Job Description

Sommelier — Rhone Wine Merchant & Grape & Grazing

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Rhone Wine Merchant is a wine store, wine bar and private dining room in New Farm. Next door is Grape & Grazing, the restaurant that came first. Between the two sit tastings, long tables, producer dinners, and regulars who hand back the list and say, you choose.

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We are looking for one sommelier to look after the wine in both.

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The role

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Build and run the Rhone tasting program: the themes, the flights, the producers, the verticals and back vintages worth opening and the food served alongside.

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Look after the wine bar, the shop floor and the retail conversation. The by-the-glass list, the Coravin pours, the allocations set aside for the people who will love them. Recommend, sell, remember.

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Be the sommelier for Grape & Grazing: the list, the cellar and its rotation, the pairings, and the staff training that turns "the red one" into Grenache, old vine from sandy soils.

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Work the floor on service evenings, from mise en place to the last decanter. This is a hands-on role, not an office job.

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Host private events in Rhone, from the greeting and the first glass of Champagne to the final pour.

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You

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A junior sommelier ready for the step up, a career hospitality professional with strong wine knowledge who wants to become qualified (WSET or Court of Master Sommeliers), or an experienced sommelier ready to run the show.

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You sell without selling. You read a table,



then you read the room and you know when a guest wants the story and when they just want the glass.

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You understand food. You can explain why the lamb wants Syrah with a little age on it, why the Marsanne suits the butter sauce, and how to build a tasting around the kitchen rather than beside it.

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Your hospitality is warm first and formal second.

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You know that the service matters as much as what's in the bottle.

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You hold the right to work in Australia long term.

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Who this is not for

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We are not hiring working holiday makers. This role is for someone who wants to stay, to grow a list, a program, a team and a business, and to still be here when that work pays off. Like the best cellars, it rewards patience. If your visa has a clock on it, this role is not for you. A person who is only about the wine, we are a team that work closely together.

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You also need real wine experience. If you are not there yet, please come back to us when you are.

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What you get

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A small company where your name is on the program.

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Direct access to the owner, the buying and the numbers.

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Regular tastings, time with suppliers and producers and access to wine you are excited to try

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A genuine path to head sommelier as the group grows.

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Full time, part-time or casual. The role will be shaped around the right person, with a minimum of 30 hours a week.

📌 Sommelier -- Rhone Wine Merchant & Grape & Grazing (Queensland)
🏢 Grape And Grazing
📍 Queensland