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| Russell Hearn chats with visitors at Mattituck's Premium Wine Group |
Don’t whine when you can wine. That was one of the big ideas ... when a select group of educators, hospitality professionals and economic-development experts - each with a particular interest in addressing Long Island’s infamous “brain drain” –- [recently] toured several East End winemaking facilities.Go here for the full story.
Arranged by the Long Island regional office of the Workforce Development Institute, the field trip was designed to help insiders understand the workforce needs and career opportunities inherent to the Island’s burgeoning wine industry –- information they can share with students and others who might not know that hundreds of good-paying jobs are available in eastern Suffolk County right now, with hundreds more ripening on the vine.
To be sure, the tour was not focused only on low-hanging fruit. While eastern vineyards do need farmhands to harvest grapes and otherwise maintain crops -- “especially with the political climate right now,” noted one winemaker -- there are career paths aplenty in the rapidly expanding wine business, with needs ranging from HVAC mechanics to accountants to chemists, and salaries flowing well into the six-figure range.
“There are jobs here that require no degree, and jobs that require advanced degrees,” noted Workforce Development Institute Regional Director Rosalie Drago. “This industry is literally for everyone.”
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• Go here to visit the Capital Region Brew Trail
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