What It’s Like Being a Wine Guide
Jonelle Swiger, a wife and mother of two living in Jane Lew, West Virginia, became a Wine Guide withnTraveling Vineyard in 2014. She is now a Ruby Director, which is one of the highest leadership levels within Traveling Vineyard. Jonelle regularly earns the annual incentive trip, or LUXX Getaway, to places like Jamaica and Cancun. She also attends leadership retreats focused on wine and leader education, and manages a team of Wine Guides from across the country. Jonelle has achieved great success while setting her own hours and being fully available to her family, which remains her number one priority. Along the way, Jonelle has rediscovered her own ambitions and sense of self, and built lasting relationships with other Wine Guides.
Previously, Jonelle had worked with her husband at their pipeline company and with her mother at the guesthouse they co-operated. Evenings and weekends were a flurry of homework, ballgames, and backcountry adventures with the kids. Her positive attitude and love for her family made every challenge worthwhile, but it took a new venture to shownher something she’d forgotten: herself.
