Tasting Room Training (TRT) Foundations

Exceptional tasting room staff set the stage for a successful winery: creating beautiful guest experiences through storytelling, personalized service, relationship building, and sales opportunities.

The TRT Foundations Course is a comprehensive tasting room training and certification program designed to level up your skills and knowledge. Learning in this course is organized across 4 inter-related pillars, including:

- hospitality
- service
- sales
- storytelling

Join us for this interactive, workshop-style course, and build the skills you need to land your first tasting room job, level up your skills in your current position, or advance your career. At the conclusion of the course, students who successfully pass the TRT certification exam to achieve the TRT Foundations Certificate.

Schedule:

WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OR

Monday, November 17, 2025, 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Certification Exam: end of class.
Location: Chemeketa Community College

WOODINVILLE, WA

Monday, December 8, 2025, 9:30am to 5:30pm.
Certification exam: end of class.
Location: TBA, Woodinville, WA