Practice making your own wine. Enter your wine in the American Wine Society’s Amateur Wine Competition (https://americanwinesociety.org/commercial-wine-competition).
Read publications such as Wine Business Insider and Wine Business Monthly (which can both be found at http://www.winebusiness.com) to learn more about trends in the industry and potential employers.
Visit the following Web sites for job listings: http://www.winebusiness.com/classifieds and http://www.asev.org/job-board.
Join professional associations such as the American Society for Enology and Viticulture to access training and networking resources, industry publications, and employment opportunities.
Conduct information interviews with enologists and ask them for advice on preparing for and entering the field.
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