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 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.

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.