I know why people like consulting - it’s like a high of another level. Which honestly thinking about it now it makes sense why it’s filled with a bunch of bros and over-opinionated people and loud people with no filters and oversharers and perfectionists…

My time in wine sales has taught me a lot of things. It taught me what I was willing to do to make a sale and most importantly, what I was not willing to do just to meet my monthly sales goals.

For those of you not in the wine world, workwiths are essentially forced day-long blind dates where you are expected to take a supplier representative from a winery or producer around with you to all your best accounts so they can present their wines and hopefully (fingers crossed) make some sales so they can go home happy.

Here’s how to handle the trials and tribulations of wine sales rep-dom (aka how not to cry in your car during your first weeks on the job). Step 1: Suck it up, buttercup.