Wine lovers with a legitimate passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘one of the best summer season job ever’.
A 3-day placement will embrace a go to to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro area.
Majestic stated the vintern can even style wines from its Wine Membership’s Spain & Portugal Summer time Case ‘in situ’, earlier than attempting the identical wines again at house for comparability.
It’s providing £600 remuneration for 3 days, which it stated was equal to a £52,000 annual wage, in addition to protecting flight and lodging prices.
No prior expertise of wine tasting its wanted, and candidates should submit 200 phrases on why they deserve the position, in addition to their ideas on whether or not wine tastes higher overseas.
The profitable applicant can carry a ‘plus one’ and the working day features a three-course lunch and tasting of wines from Quinta da Boavista winery, which is run by family-owned enterprise Casa Santos Lima.
Different parts embrace a guided tour of the winery in horse-drawn carriage, visits to the cellar and barrel room, a tasting of premium olive oils and a sampling session of wines from 5 areas of Portugal: the Algarve, Alentejo, Lisboa, Douro, and Vinho Verde.
As soon as house, Majestic stated it’ll publish the vintern’s findings, ‘confirming as soon as and for all if wine truly tastes higher on vacation’.
Functions shut on 19 August, and the position is ready to be in September.
Majestic stated it’ll launch extra schemes like this if the primary one proves profitable. Functions are open through the retailer’s web site.
