How to Launch Your Wine Career

Hating life in a cubicle where the only greenery is that of the mold growing on the rungs of the corporate ladder? In 2007, 1,100 new wineries opened for business in America. The wine industry is one of the fastest growing in the world with job prospects being created every day and in a variety of skill application from agricultural work to marketing and business. The first of its kind, this book, written by successful and respected industry professionals, gives practical, real-world advice on how to begin, develop and succeed in a career in: Wine Making Wine Production Vineyard Management Wine Marketing and Sales Wine Public Relations Wine Writing Wine Education Wine Management and Accounting Including interviews with some of wine's most prominent figures, like winemaker Heidi Barrett, and wine writer James Laube of the Wine Spectator, about how they "made it," the book builds a career from the ground up, explaining job descriptions, educational and s