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The Sommelier or Wine Steward works in procuring, storing, rotating and servicing of wine for costumers in a fine restaurant. The Wine Steward works together with the kitchen staff of the restaurant and they team up by exchanging ideas on matching foods and wine. Thus, anyone who wants to become a professional Sommelier must have understanding about blending foods with alcoholic beverages. The Wine Steward works on the floor of restaurant and do direct contact with customers. The Wine Steward is responsible for the taste preference as well as the budgeting factor for the customers.
A Wine Steward supervises the wine list, assisting in the maintenance of it for the restaurant. A Wine Steward gives suggestions about food matching so that it will be suitable to the chef’s dishes if needed. A Wine Steward is capable of discussing, buying and serving all kinds of wine. A Wine Steward is comfortable to talk with customers and capable of giving recommendations to fit the customers’ tastes. A Wine Steward has to impress customers without intimidating them. There are times that a Wine Steward travel for the job and part of it is to speak other languages. A Wine Steward are known to be organized in handling the wine cellar and sometime they help in the marketing and promotion aspect.
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