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…
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….
2020 dates with Wine Academy Italia
It’s been a busy year for Wine Academy Italia, a record number of students and visits to both old and new venues. And it’s not over yet, we finish 2019 with WSET Level 3 courses in Florence and Montefalco. Planning for 2020 is nearly complete with dates available in the ‘Upcoming Courses’ section of our…
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…
Consorzio Vini Soave collaboration
We are delighted to announce our forthcoming collaboration with the Consorzio Tutela Vini Soave to provide English language wine training for their producers. Initial courses start in November 2017 and will continue on a regular basis. The Soave Consorzio is highly successful in raising the profile of wines from this beautiful region. Producers and the…
WSET è il primo posto al mondo
WSET è il primo posto al mondo. L’anno scorso un numero record di studenti ha studiato corsi WSET. 85.487 candidati si sono esaminati attraverso la serie di qualifiche riconosciute a livello internazionale (un aumento del 19% rispetto all’anno precedente) rendendo WSET la più popolare organizzazione del settore della formazione del vino nel mondo. WSET è relativamente nuovo per l’Italia,…
WSET Courses in Italy 2017
Wine Academy Italia WSET Courses in Italy during 2017. We have just finished running our October WSET Level 2 at Serego Alighieri #Masi in Valpolicella. A great group of students and such a wonderful venue. We are busy for the remainder of 2016 (in November we have Level 3 courses in Campania, Sicily and Valpolicella),…