Now Hiring: Wine Sales Associate

posted July 11, 2025

RETAIL WINE ASSOCIATE: PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME

Artisan Wine Shop is seeking a part-time or full-time retail wine associate to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a candidate who’d like to learn more about wine, cider, sake and spirits through mentorship, tastings, and research, in a congenial work environment with terrific colleagues and customers. We focus on small producers, and have a wide selection of natural, organic, biodynamic wines. This is a long-term position.

Responsibilities:
- offer assistance and product recommendations to customers while being hospitality-minded, welcoming and helpful
- accurately fulfill cashier duties
- assist in website maintenance: wine information, product photos
- receive inventory; maintain storeroom
- re-stock and maintain sales floor
- assist in weekly wine tastings and other events
- maintain store cleanliness and orderliness

Qualifications:
- have an interest in and some basic knowledge of wine and food, and want to learn more
- be over 21 years old
- be able to interact with all types of people in a professional and friendly manner
- be mature, trustworthy, reliable, punctual, and able to work independently
- have a genuine interest in fostering a positive work environment with respectful, personable, open communication, and genuine enthusiasm for the store’s selections
- be able to regularly lift and move 40+-pound cases
- be able to work at minimum Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
- have an interest in researching and writing: a plus
- computer proficiency and the aptitude to learn: POS system, word processing docs, and as a plus, design software including Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Illustrator

We offer the opportunity to learn more about wine through internal and supplier tastings, and active mentoring, as well as a generous wine discount.

Compensation range: $16-$20 per hour depending on experience

Please respond with a cover letter and resume to Mei at:
[email protected]

Thank you!