1. C ELINDA NORTON
206.310.4369
SECRETCHEF@GMAIL.COM
Objective: To obtain a position in the wine industry where I may share my
skills in bringing Wine~Food~People together
Qualifications
Marketing Giving the customer ‘ownership’, making sales today and tomorrow!
Retail Sales Wine shop owner, Departmental Manager
Business Management Wide ranging experience in restaurant, wine and retail
Teaching Extensive experience instructing staff on how to successfully sell and market.
Food & Wine Pairing
Wine Dinners, creation, implementation & entertaining, my passion;
key skills at the tasting rail, teaching each customer more ways to
enjoy the wines I’m selling them.
Events Comprehensive experience with all aspects of wine events and wine clubs inc:
dinners, tastings, field trips, newsletters, coordinating educational speakers,
and repeat case sales
Super Palate Truly understand wine and able to share with others from novice to professional
Work History
Restaurant Owner/Chef
2011-2014 Café Parco
2005-2011 94 Stewart Restaurant “Top 10 New Wine Lists in the Nation”
Food and Wine Magazine 2006
1999-2003 Cibo con Amici First Wine Spectator Award in Cowlitz County
1996-2003 Rusty Duck Restaurant First licensed house. Was told it wasn’t possible to sell wine in
Longview. Thru extensive education of staff and customers I developed the market
to the point that grocery stores had to expand and hire wine managers
1979-1996 Several small restaurants and a catering company
Wine and Retail
2004-2005 Departmental Manager, Pennhollow Group
Hired to manage a dept that had consistently lost as much as $20,000 a month for five
years. Able to make it profitable in 30 days. Improved over-all sales by 60% over next
nine months.
2000-2003 Pig Feathers Wine Shop 3000 sq ft bottle shop supporting extensive retail wine sales
from both restaurants and my wine club with monthly events and newsletter
References
Guy Harris Guy@cruselections.com 425-444-8739
Cru Selections, owner
Michelle Gotschalk mlgseattle@gmail.com 206-225-0559
Previous Wine Sales Professional with Columbia
Currently Account Administrator, Microsoft
Ray Hoekstra 206-931-1507
Long time customer