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Winery cellar-door host jobs in Australia
A cellar-door host welcomes visitors, guides tastings and helps them buy wine. It is guest service and sales, often with weekends and booked groups. The work differs from vineyard labour or vintage cellar work, so choose the hospitality listing and explain your ability to communicate with customers.
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This could suit you if…
You enjoy telling a product’s story, hosting tastings and helping visitors choose wines.
The trade-offs
Sales and weekend service are part of the role. Reaching a winery without a car can be harder than reaching a city bar.
What does the work involve?
Prepare glasses and tasting spaces, check reservations and present the wines in the order and style the winery uses. Adapt the explanation to the visitor rather than assuming everyone knows wine terminology.
Process purchases, organise agreed delivery details and explain wine-club offers accurately. Reset between groups, manage stock and communicate with the restaurant or tours team when bookings overlap.
Will it fit my trip?
Check the commute to the winery itself, not just the nearest wine-region town. Driving may be practical even where the role does not require a licence.
Learn enough of the estate story to explain it accurately, then keep learning from supervised tastings and team briefings. Never guess about allergens or promise shipping arrangements the winery has not confirmed.
What do I need before applying?
Meet the local RSA requirements for tasting and sales duties. Learn the winery’s approach to sample sizes, refusal of service and groups before hosting independently.
Wine knowledge is useful, but employers may value confident service and sales experience alongside willingness to learn. A wine qualification is not automatically a requirement; read the individual listing.
Which training is worth doing?
RSA accepted in your work state
Check the local regulator before booking. This NSW regulator page explains NSW training; use the parent hospitality guide for other states and recognition rules.
WSET Level 1 Award in Wines
Optional introductory wine study covering foundational knowledge. Check an approved provider’s dates and cost; this does not replace an RSA or the winery’s product training.
TCP Training — NSW RSA
Classroom RSA training in Sydney and surrounding suburbs. Published price: $190 (14 October 2026). A USI and identification are required. This is a NSW course; other states have their own recognition rules.
TCP’s NSW RSA course covers SITHFAB021: $190, seven hours plus breaks, in Sydney CBD and listed suburban venues. A USI, required identification and an assessment device are needed. Checked 23 October 2026. Other states: compare RSA providers and recognition.
Companies and application routes
Direct employer and agency application routes, checked 17 October 2026.
Margaret River region, WA
Swings & Roundabouts
Official work-with-us page includes cellar-door recruitment and a direct CV route. Check whether the listed role remains available and which site it covers.
Mansfield region, VIC
Delatite Wines
Cellar-door recruitment with tastings and guest service. The careers page offers beverage training and a direct CV route: [email protected].
Langhorne Creek, SA
Bleasdale
Winery careers page invites applicants with wine interest and service skills. Send a résumé through its published cellar-door recruitment contact.
Tamborine Mountain, QLD
Witches Falls Winery
Cellar-door work hosting wine and cider tastings. The winery accepts a résumé in person or at [email protected].
How do I put together a good application?
Show examples of explaining products, taking bookings or making helpful sales recommendations. Name the region and property you want to work in, and state your actual wine experience without inflating it.
Search cellar door, tasting host, wine sales and visitor experience. Distinguish permanent sales careers from seasonal or casual visitor-service openings before planning a move.
What can you earn?
Cellar-door employees covered by the Wine Industry Award have their own pay stream. The casual rates below include loading; Sunday rates are noticeably higher than ordinary weekday pay.
| Cellar-door classification | Weekday / hour | Saturday / hour | Sunday / hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 — first six months | $32.24 | $38.69 | $58.03 |
| Grade 1 — after six months | $33.05 | $39.66 | $59.49 |
| Grade 2 — competent tasting, sales and service duties | $33.55 | $40.26 | $60.39 |
Adult minimums from 1 July 2026, before tax and excluding super. Grade 2 recognises completed training and assessment or equivalent skills accepted by the employer. A winery restaurant can have different award coverage from its cellar door.
Sources and further reading
RSA accepted in your work state
Sources checked 17 October 2026.
Delatite Wines — official recruitment · checked 17 October 2026
Bleasdale — official recruitment · checked 17 October 2026
Witches Falls Winery — official recruitment · checked 17 October 2026