WSET Level 2 Award in Wines, Tenute Rubino 3-5 December 2024
695€ – 3 days, 0930 to 1700, as well as independent candidate study
WSET Level 2 Award in Wines, Tenute Ruffino 5-7 November 2024
695€ – 3 days, 0930 to 1700, as well as independent candidate study
WSET Level 2 Award in Wines, Casa Chianti Classico 22-24 May 2024
695€ – 3 days, 0930 to 1700, as well as independent candidate study
New Florence venue for WSET courses
We are delighted to offer a new venue on the edge of Florence to our students. Starting with WSET Level 3 Wines in November we will be hosting courses at the beautiful Ruffino Poggio Casciano estate at Bagno a Ripoli on the outskirts of Firenze. Thanks to our collaboration with Ruffino, students will be allowed…
ALMA Partnership
We are delighted to announce our collaboration with ALMA “The School of Italian Culinary Arts” A world-renowned institute for the promotion of Italian food and wine excellence based at the stunning Reggia di Colorno. We will be teaching 5 WSET courses at ALMA this year, Robert will also be teaching wine business English courses. Details…
Back to class?
2021 has, so far, been a frustrating year. COVID 19 continues to cause much pain and suffering across the world. We have on several occasions hoped to restart classroom courses only to be blocked from doing so. Finally, there does appear to be optimism that the end of April or early May could see some…
Summer 2020
The summer is now here, traditionally a quiet time, we will continue our online activities including the new wine business English course. We were delighted to get back in the classroom last week for WSET Level 2 at Casa Chianti Classico, 108 days since we’d been able to teach in person. Online course are highly…
Stay at Home
Stay at Home. Covid19 is having devastating consequences across the world and our thoughts go out to everyone affected and also to those working so hard to make sure that we all get through it. Here at Wine Academy Italia we will not operate classroom courses until the beginning of June 2020, at the earliest….
WSET qualifications, where to start?
WSET courses, where to start? We are frequently asked by prospective candidates, which WSET level should I study first? This is particularly relevant for those who have existing wine qualifications, often Italian sommelier certification. The Wine & Spirit Education Trust offers four levels of wine qualifications, designated levels 1 through 4. Wine Academy Italia offers levels…
Specialist Wine Training
This week we spent several highly enjoyable days in Tuscany running WSET Level 2 Award in Wines & Spirits. This particular course was hosted by Tenute Piccini at their headquarters near Castellina in Chianti and attended by a range of their employees from winemakers, export managers through marketing and retail managers. Tenute Piccini, one of…
Specialist Wine Training for your business.
The February edition of Drinks International magazine contains a feature outlining our collaboration with the Consorzio Tutela Vini Soave to provide WSET wine training. The first course was held in November 2017, additional dates are planned for this year. Wine Academy Italia is delighted to work in partnership with a wide variety of Consorzio and businesses…
WSET courses in Puglia
We are delighted to offer our first WSET courses in Puglia. Our venue is the beautiful Castello Monaci winery and hotel in San Pancrazio Salentino, a wonderful location in which to study and learn more about this amazing region. Our course prices include IVA, WSET materials, teaching and tasting, as well as lunch each day….