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Nicola Solimeo

Nicola Solimeo

Margaret River,WA

Summary

Wine professional with deep understanding of wine pairing, inventory management, and customer service.

Excellent aptitude for working outdoors in agricultural activities that require physical strength and great attention to detail.



Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Vintage Worker and Cellar Door

Mr Barval
02.2025 - Current

Involved in different tasks during harvest season: picking grapes, collecting crates, processing grapes.

Cellar hand: hang plunge, pressing, tipping crates in the fermenters, cleaning and washing cellar's equipment and machinery


Cellar door sommelier: serving wines and presenting the products and winery production philosophy to guests and customers.

Cleaning and setting up the cellar door area before opening and closing time. Restocking wines on the shelf and in the cellar door fridges.


Sommelier and Tour leader

Oneonthehill
01.2022 - 11.2024
  • Organization and management of wine tours and wine events in the Langhe region in northen Italy for foreign tourists and wine enthusiasts.
  • Held wine tasting sessions for guests to showcase the selection of wines of the wine-club , offering advanced knowledge of a variety of wines.
  • Suggested menu items and related beverages matching guest preferences during the wine dinners events.
  • Resolved customer complaints to maintain the highest satisfaction about the experience.

Tasting room sommelier and sales management clerk

Oddero Poderi e Cantine
01.2019 - 01.2022
  • Organization and management of guided tours and tastings inside the historic cellar of La Morra for private clients and buyers.
  • Held wine tasting sessions for guests to showcase the selection of beverages available at Oddero winery, offering advanced knowledge of a variety of wines.
  • Management of incoming orders, creation of sales documents on company management system and management of the order fulfillment process and relationships with the warehouse

Vintage worker

Coppo
06.2018 - 10.2018
  • winery work assistant during the harvest
  • cellar practices: production, packaging and warehouse

Restaurant and Wine shop Sommelier

Signorvino
06.2016 - 05.2017
  • Welcoming customers, assistance with the sale of wines in the wine shop, dining room service and wine pouring. Management of the restaurant room and all procedures relating to the organization of the point of sale.

Education

Certificate of Higher Education - Economics and wine-food management

Apro formazione
2017

Wine Sommelier

Associazione Italiana Sommelier
2015

Bachelor of Arts - Modern Literature and linguistics

Università degli Studi di Torino
2013

Skills

  • Multitasking efficiency
  • Cleanliness and hygiene
  • International winery experience
  • Wine pairings
  • Sommelier certification
  • POS systems operation
  • Teamwork

Languages

English
Upper Intermediate
B2
Spanish
Elementary
A2

Education

other,other,other

Timeline

Vintage Worker and Cellar Door

Mr Barval
02.2025 - Current

Sommelier and Tour leader

Oneonthehill
01.2022 - 11.2024

Tasting room sommelier and sales management clerk

Oddero Poderi e Cantine
01.2019 - 01.2022

Vintage worker

Coppo
06.2018 - 10.2018

Restaurant and Wine shop Sommelier

Signorvino
06.2016 - 05.2017

Wine Sommelier

Associazione Italiana Sommelier

Bachelor of Arts - Modern Literature and linguistics

Università degli Studi di Torino

Certificate of Higher Education - Economics and wine-food management

Apro formazione
Nicola Solimeo