Twitter and Wine a “Really Goode Job”

  • Posted by Charlotte Barker, on May 4, 2009

Do you love Twitter, facebook, blogging and drinking wine? California’s Sonoma Valley is looking for someone that does. Murphy-Goode Winery’s has created a “Really Goode Job” after they ‘got to thinking about the new age of communications and figured it was a pretty good thing.’ They have started a search for someone social media savvy and wine crazy to join them for six months to report on the lifestyle of Sonoma County Wine Country and blog about what they learn. This dream job will lavish the employee with wine, food, poker games, free accommodation and social media fame, and will pay $10,000 U.S. per month for six months plus travel expenses.

What is the job description exactly?

Taken from the Murphy-Goode website:

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Exploring the vineyards of Murphy-Goode and surrounding areas and discovering what the Sonoma County Wine Country has to offer, from well-known destinations to off-the-beaten-path spots.
• Tasting hundreds of wines and meeting the locals in our tasting room.
• Increasing your wine wisdom: while studying isn’t required, our winemaking and vineyard experts will take the time to show you how it’s all done.
•Working with our winemaker, David Ready, Jr., to create a new wine commemorating your job with us.
• Filing reports on your experiences, via weekly blogs, photo diaries, Twitter, Facebook, video updates and ongoing media interviews.

But it is not all fun and games. Don’t forget to protect the vines.

• Tracking the local owl and raptor populations: There are hundreds of raptors patrolling the vineyards, keeping the grapes safe from harmful pests. Monitoring owl and hawk populations — particularly those that inhabit the new series of nesting boxes — is helpful to our sustainable farming practices.


So, if you’re over 21, legal to work in the U.S., love web 2.0, wine and want to spend six months in a quirky winery blogging and playing poker this job is for you.
 

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