Wine Taster is a professional who tastes various kinds of wines available and identifies the differences between them and gives expert advice on the various ways in which wine can be brewed in order to achieve a particular taste. Wine Tasters differentiate between various types of wine and help to brand the varieties according to quality. Wine Tasters should have their taste buds alive to understand and differentiate the contents of Taste in the wine sample.
Wine Taster is a specialized professional in the wine industry and the job of a Wine Taster is one among the most gifted careers in the world today. Although wine tasting is considered an art, it too needs the support of science to upgrade it to a career in the modern Wine industry.
Wine Taster Eligibility
The basic eligibility criteria for becoming a Wine taster are a course in Hotel Management with Wine tasting as the specialization.
Wine Taster Required Skills
- Wine Tasters need to have taste buds as well as smell buds alive so as to differentiate the contents of taste and smell in the wine samples. His olfactory nerves should active to identify the kind of fragrances that are released by the wine samples in question.
- They should have known about the manufacturing processes of the wine.
- They should have the motivation to Taste various kinds of different wines available in the market to have a sense of those.
How to become Wine Taster?
The below given are the steps which have to follow for becoming Wine Taster.
Step 1
There is no formal degree to become a Wine Taster. There are, however, some certificate courses which help you understand Wine Tasting techniques and scientific knowledge. These courses generally span from 3 months certificate course to 6 months/1 year Diploma in wine studies. The experience of working in a Brewery comes handy for the aspirants. However, joining a Hotel Management Degree can be the best start towards this filed.
Step 2
After getting the Hotel Management Degree one can go for specialization in Wine Tasting.
List of Institutes offering Courses for Tea Taster
- Asian Wine Service and Education Centre, TWA, Mumbai (www.tulleeho.com)
- Institute of Wine and Beverages Studies, New Delhi (http://iwbs.in )
Wine Taster Job Description
Wine consists of nearly 30 distinct organic acids, 23 varieties of alcohol, more than 80 aldehydes and esters,16 different sugars assorted vitamins, minerals and other components. A professional Wine Taster job description includes to look for the balance of sweetness from the sugar in grapes, sourness from the acids, particularly tartaric and malic acid, bitterness from alcohol and polyphenols, including tannins. His job also includes knowing the impact of various wines in the mouth of the human being and how it affects his senses and how long its impact on the senses is.
Wine Taster Career Prospects
With the growth of the hospitality industry and widening of Pub culture in the recent past, the demand for Wine Taster has increased at a fast pace. Most Wine manufacturing units employ Wine Tasters for ensuring quality standards and preparing blends that are demanded most. Wine Tasters are recruited by manufacturing companies, Breweries as well as Hotel and Pub owners.
- In manufacturing company/Breweries, Wine Taster detects defects in the production process by looking at the colour and Tasting and help to rectify if needed.
- They are also employed to taste various kinds of wine available at different place throughout the world.
- In Pubs and Hotels beside ensuring quality, Wine Tasters have to know what's happening in both the domestic and international markets. Many youngsters opt for this profession because of the out-of-the-ordinary nature of the work and the high pay.
- Experienced Wine Tasters can also take up consultancy services proffering advice on the varieties of Wine to be prepared, new varieties and their sources.
Wine Taster Salary
Many youngsters are coming into the profession because of the good pay, attractive perks including a comfortable lifestyle with bungalow, car and chance to move around the world. Trainees get, on an average, Rs.25,000 while senior professionals can draw Rs.50,000 per month and specialized professionals can earn in the range of Rs.70,000 to Rs.1,00,000 per month.
