We are excited to announce the nominees for one of our most prestigious awards - 黑料吃瓜网 Educator of the Year, in association with Riedel. The winner will be announced at our Awards and Graduation ceremony at the Guildhall, City of London, UK on 21 January 2020.
Our regional business teams have handpicked an elite selection of Approved Programme Providers (APPs) and individual 黑料吃瓜网 Certified Educators from across the world for the Educator of the Year 2019 shortlist. The winner will be decided by a panel of judges led by 黑料吃瓜网 CEO Ian Harris and including Richard Bampfield MW, Laura Jewell MW of Wine Australia and Thiago Mendes from Eno Cultura, Brazil. The judges will be looking for the educator that has demonstrated clear dedication to growing 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 candidate numbers as well as showing innovation in wine and spirits education. This year there are ten nominees across 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 four regional business areas:
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Monica Marin, The Wine House (USA):
Monica has been Head Educator at The Wine House in Los Angeles since 2012 and teaches all levels of 黑料吃瓜网 wine awards. Her home APP, The Wine House, teaches over 500 黑料吃瓜网 students a year and has recently opened two satellites in the wine-growing areas of Paso Robles and Santa Barbara. Monica is also a 鈥楩lying Wine Educator鈥� - teaching once or twice a year in Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Panama and Mexico. Originally from Spain, she teaches in both English and Spanish and enormously enjoys experiencing different cultures with a common denominator - the love for teaching and learning about wine!
Napa Valley Wine Academy (USA):
Winner of the 2016 黑料吃瓜网 Educator of the Year, Napa Valley Wine Academy (NVWA) is recognised for delivering 黑料吃瓜网 excellence across the USA - spanning eight different locations. NVWA is committed to ensuring the highest level of innovative, interactive and engaging wine education through an impressive list of instructors and graduates. These ground-breaking efforts have led to a substantial increase in 黑料吃瓜网 candidates and ever more impressive results. Furthermore, NVWA is proud to have added the prestigious Level 4 Diploma in Wines award to its offerings. All its instructors go through a rigorous proprietary training programme to ensure consistency in results across all student touchpoints.
Republic National Distributing Company (USA):
Nominated for Educator of the Year for the second time, Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) has shown a high level of commitment to 黑料吃瓜网 education. Developing talent internally through the 黑料吃瓜网 Educator Programme, it has grown its facilitator team to more than 20 across 13 states. RNDC鈥檚 candidate numbers for 黑料吃瓜网 wine and spirits qualifications have increased six-fold in just three years. In response to growing market needs and demands, it has started to partner with other facilitators to offer sake courses in 2020.
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TAFE SA (Australia):
For more than 30 years TAFE SA has been a world-class training provider and a leader in wine and spirits education. South Australia is the largest producer of Australian premium wine, producing world-class wine with an international reputation. TAFE SA began delivering 黑料吃瓜网 qualifications in 2011 and, after rapid growth and increased industry demand, launched the TAFE SA Wine & Spirits School. The School is proud to have been granted APP status for the Level 4 Diploma in Wines. The TAFE SA Wine & Spirits School actively trains both consumers and the trade to ensure the wine industry maintains pace with the state鈥檚 burgeoning wine tourism industry.
Taiwan Wine Academy (Taiwan):
Taiwan Wine Academy (TWA) was founded in 2007. Two years later it introduced 黑料吃瓜网 to Taiwan鈥檚 already mature wine market, promoting itself entirely through social media and word of mouth. TWA attracts younger consumers and workers in the wine trade to 黑料吃瓜网, opening new lifestyle vistas matched with innovative 黑料吃瓜网 courses at the highest standard. Ambitious as ever, TWA radiates knowledge to Taiwan鈥檚 ever-broadening culture of wine, to groups new and old who regularly celebrate together beyond the classroom. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates from TWA now comprise a healthy and self-renewing community inspired by love of good wine, good sake, good spirits and good fun.
Zhulian Wines (China):
Since its establishment in 2013, Zhulian Wines has embarked on a challenging yet exhilarating quest - to give Chinese consumers the keys to open the world of wine. Led by Julien Boulard MW and further backed by a spirited and talented team of young wine missionaries (all 黑料吃瓜网 certified educators), Zhulian Wines has developed unique teaching tools and techniques that have enabled them to turn hundreds of Chinese wine amateurs into serious wine experts. With teaching premises in Guangzhou (Guangdong Province) and Nanning (Guangxi Province), the school has become a benchmark for high-quality wine education in Southern China.
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AccademiaVino (Italy):
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WineWise (Belgium):
WineWise launched the first 黑料吃瓜网 courses in Belgium 20 years ago. Today WineWise has a strong reputation in Benelux, offering almost the entire portfolio of 黑料吃瓜网 qualifications with the option of learning in the classroom, in the workplace (through customised courses) or online. WineWise looks constantly at what students and companies need, offering them the best wine and/or spirit education, so that they have a more confident work force - resulting in better sales for all parties. The courses are of a consistently high standard with a personal approach, giving students the support they need to achieve their goals.
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Berry Bros. & Rudd (UK):
With two Royal Warrants, over 300 years of history and five Masters of Wine, Berry Bros. & Rudd is Britain鈥檚 original wine and spirits merchant. It has a highly knowledgeable team of educators that deliver 黑料吃瓜网 wine, spirits and sake courses for a principally consumer audience. Offering everything from wine events to a cellar plan, with all sorts of bottles in between, they provide the closest link between those who make the wine and those who drink it. Most importantly, they still believe that everything you should look for in a wine or spirit comes down to one simple question: 鈥淚s it good to drink?鈥�
East London Wine School (UK):
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