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W
hen Katy Jossy isn't pad-
dle boarding with her
husband and German
Shepherd mix, Ipo, she's studying
for the WSET diploma, a five-level
program that focuses on wine and
spirits education.
The last three years she's also
been sharing her enthusiasm for
wine and educating others at Wente
Family Estates. As Lead in the Vine-
yard Tasting Room, she serves
guests, conducts tasting classes
and aroma seminars and plans
wine pairings and special events.
Interacting with guests, whether
behind the bar in the tasting room
or with a private group, is her fa-
vorite part of the job.
"I also enjoy training staff to raise
the overall wine knowledge and
credibility of our wine ambassadors
in the tasting rooms," Jossy says.
Here's what else Jossy had to
say about her dream job...
What is your greatest strength
on the job? Wine knowledge.
What is your motto at work?
There's a wine for everyone,
sometimes it's just waiting to be
discovered.
Your favorite Wente Family Es-
tates wine? Sonata. I tend to
gravitate towards bold, complex
wines and Sonata never bores me.
Tell us something that we
wouldn't know about you. I
worked at a Colorado horse farm
in college training and showing a
championship American Morgan
Horse stallion.
Describe yourself in wine terms.
I'd like to think I'm complex and
well balanced. I may have been
called fruity a time or two.
KATY JOSSY
Tasting Room Lead relishes her role at the Vineyards
livermore
shakes coming to
wente vineyards!
S
hakespeare's Associ-
ates, producers of
the Livermore Shake-
speare Festival, will
stage their 2015 season
at the Wente Vineyards
Estate Winery and
Tasting Room.
Livermore Shakes
will build a stage and
set up chairs on the
sprawling lawn at the
Estate Winery & Tasting
Room for five weeks this
summer to showcase
the company's brand of
accessible Shakespeare,
high-quality perform-
ances and community-
building theatrical
experiences.
Tickets go on sale
beginning in February.
CLICK HERE for
more information or
call (925) 443-BARD.
5 QUESTIONS WITH…
Katy Jossy
on the job.
