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SF Chronicle Wine Competition: Project Opportunity
November 20, 2012 9:10 AM
Organization Name: San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Location: Sonoma and San Francisco
Position Title: Wine Competition and Event Assistant
Length of Project: 99 hours over 13 days from December 1, 2012 through February 16, 2013.
Type of Organization: Non-profit professional wine competition benefiting the Cloverdale community and college wine studies and culinary programs in California.
Participants will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the operation of the largest professional wine competition of American wines in the United States by volunteering and assisting at both the annual professional judging and the annual public wine tasting.
Qualifications Required: Hard working individual who can concentrate and focus on a specific subject for a long period of time. Attention to detail is a must. The ability to repeatedly lift 35-45 pounds is a must.
Training Provided: Hands-on experience in categorizing wine, learning about the multitude of appellations and grapes from around the United States, the methodology of professional wine judging and staging a large scale public event.
Applicants must be available to assist with coding and proofing wine entries for a minimum of 5 days of the applicant's choice in December 2012. During the judging, applicants must be available to assist with the organization and staging of the competition, from Monday January 7 through Saturday January 12, 2013. For the public tasting at Fort Mason in San Francisco, applicants must be available to assist with the set-up and staging on Friday, February 15 and 16, 2013 at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.
This is an independent volunteer position, not eligible for academic credit. Interested candidates should draft a brief paper of not more than 3 paragraphs outlining why you are qualified and how you expect the project to benefit you. Send an e-mail to: Anne Vercelli amvercelli@myway.com.
Read what past participants have said about their experience...
"My experience assisting with the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition has been tremendously valuable for my career in the wine industry. When I asked the person who hired me at Sonoma-Cutrer why she decided to interview me she said the mention of my work with the wine competition was something that grabbed her interest and made my resume stand out. I still use the knowledge, information and contacts I got through that experience today as I manage the tasting room at Sonoma-Cutrer. I would recommend this opportunity for anyone who is serious about finding a career in the wine industry." - Mark Elcombe
"Assisting at the SFCWC was infinitely valuable in that it not only allowed me to experience first-hand the comprehensive care the competition takes in making sure the wines are judged in an impartial manner, but I was also able to witness the actual evaluation of wines by a panel of professional judges with a pervasive knowledge of wine. Working in wine sales, the procedural information I gleaned from the SFCWC coupled with the judges wine component evaluation has greatly helped my DTC sales in that I am able to pass on to my customers a strong understanding and appreciation of wine medals and how it can aid their purchasing decisions." - Andrea Gonzalez