November at Vista Hills

Hi all it's Stephanie again,

Things have been busy at Vista Hills and are continuing to be busy.  Over the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to start learning about the production of wine, wrap up the wedding season, and start the holiday season with planning and preparing for Thanksgiving events.

With all of the activities I have been learning the ins and outs of Vista Hills.  One area in particular that I have working at, is the serving and selling wine in the tasting room.  The tasting room can be a lot of fun, but also challenging at times too.  I am putting a lot of my communication and persuasion skills to good use, but there are also times when working in the tasting room can be difficult because I don't always know the background information with the wines that we serve.  Thus addressing questions that I receive from customers is not always an easy task, but no matter what I am always honest with them if I don't know an answer to their question.  I usually mention I can find out the answer and in the meantime I fall back onto my communication skills and mention other things I do know about the wines, or have learned.  Of course I know all the interactions in the tasting room help me develop my marketing skills and help me learn about some of the best ways to interact with customers.

Besides the tasting room, as mentioned we have been preparing for numerous events for Thanksgiving.  This has been a great opportunity to have a better understanding of what is involved with planning events, especially since I am interested in pursuing event planning.  As I have discovered event planning is one of the key areas where wineries sell their products.  At this point I have been working on the preparations for our upcoming events. By the end of next week I will have experienced the whole process of planning, implementing, staffing, and wrapping up our upcoming Thanksgiving event.

Till next time,
Stephanie