- Wine Campus
Wine Campus is an independent wine school based in Malta but open to students from around the world.
History
Wine Campus was founded in the 1990s by wine writer and educator
Georges Meekers .
It was originally a small college providing face to face courses in Europe [Foundation for International Studies [http://www.fis.org.mt/page.asp?p=5988&l=1 ] ] . Given the popularity of the Web at that time, Wine Campus quickly developed into a virtual winecampus . Today, the wine school delivers wine tuition to anyone anywhere in the world with a PC, access to the Internet, and the keenness to learn.
Wine Campus is one of the few colleges providing wine education via up-to-date and carefully researchede-learning modules. The school facilitates novice oenophiles and aspiring wine professionals from different countries, often living in remote areas or simply with busy time tables, to follow self-paced interactive wine courses. They are delivered by first-rate wine experts and tutors to whom students would otherwise have no access.
Wine Campus is unique in that it is geared up to also accredit wine stewards and sommeliers anywhere in the world through a network of qualified examiners.Educational Programmes
The wine education programmes developed by the school are delivered via the online platform. They are run at various levels. The programmes begin with Apprenticeship Courses (Brevets), followed by Advanced Graduate Courses (Higher Brevets), Advanced Master Classes (Honours Brevets) and Vocational Programmes.
Wine Campus also offers bursaries through the Fortis Plan.Organisational Structure
The school changed its original name Mediterranean Wine Campus to Wine Campus™ when students from all over the globe started enrolling.
Wine Campus aspires to become a not-for-profit college in 2010. [Malta’s Ministerial Viticulture and Oenology Unit [http://www.agric.gov.mt/viticulture.htm] ]See also
Sommelier Oenology Viticulture Notes
References
* Cru Wine Classes, The Malta Business Weekly, Thursday, December 20, 2007 [http://www.maltabusinessweekly.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=4808]
* Back to Wine School! The Malta Business Weekly, Thursday, January 25, 2007 [http://www.maltabusinessweekly.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=3720]External links
* [http://www.winecampus.org Official site]
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