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Beverage / wine director

Owns the drinks strategy across a restaurant group or hotel: wine, spirits, beer, coffee and soft drinks. They manage budgets, supplier relationships and the drinks teams.

A real shift

Commercial meetings, buying trips, tastings and list development across sites, plus training and quality visits.

Skills that matter

  • Strategic buying
  • Commercial leadership
  • Supplier relationships
  • Training programmes
  • Drinks trend awareness

Qualifications

  • WSET Diploma
  • Master Sommelier or Master of Wine (desirable)
  • Business or management qualifications

Where it leads

  1. Beverage / wine director
  2. Group operations director
  3. Founder of a wine business
  4. Consultancy

What we'd ask on the show

  • How a group decides which wine goes on fifty lists
  • Pricing markups explained honestly
  • Climate change and the wine list

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