wine sommelier
Wine sommeliers have general knowledge about wine, its production, service and wind with food pairing. They make use of this knowledge for the management of specialised wine cellars, publish wine lists and books or work in restaurants.
wine sommelier wine sommeliers have general knowledge about wine, its production, service and wind with food pairing. They make use of this knowledge for the management of specialised wine cellars, publish wine lists and books or work in restaurants. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include types of wine, fermentation processes of beverages, taste wines, describe flavour of different wines, match food with wine.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £22,936 a year for Waiters and waitresses (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £18,363 to £27,395 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 9264). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Service and sales workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only wine sommelier, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 5. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does wine sommelier do?
Wine sommeliers have general knowledge about wine, its production, service and wind with food pairing. They make use of this knowledge for the management of specialised wine cellars, publish wine lists and books or work in restaurants.
What skills does wine sommelier need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include types of wine, fermentation processes of beverages, taste wines, describe flavour of different wines, match food with wine, apply extensive study of wine types. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace wine sommelier?
Our AI-durability model gives wine sommelier a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.