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Last week DOCa Rioja Regulatory Board announced the launch of Rioja Wine Academy its own education platform. The Regulatory Council approached us some months ago to develop tailored content for the project, edit existing content and coordinate the academic guidelines of the courses. Rioja Wine Academy is an international, bilingual (Spanish-English) digital training platform offering specialised courses on the region, aimed primarily at professionals, but also available for wine enthusiasts

The Wine Studio has recently been appointed to develop the Wines from Spain Education programme, after presenting their project to the public tender published by ICEX. The Wine Studio project is very much focused on the future, value and diversity of Spanish Wines. The work will involve creating the concept, editing and layout of study materials as well as the actual instruction during the next years.

¿Tienes que hacer un regalo a un winelover y no tienes ni idea de vino? Te damos ideas más allá de una botella de vino.

 Cuenta Monty Python que los tres sabios llegaron de Oriente a adorar al Niño guiados por una estrella… “¡Por una botella!” les gritó la desconfiada madre de Bryan, y al final se quedó sin oro, ni incienso ni mirra. Si eres tan friki como nosotros, ya sea del humor inglés, o del vino o conoces a alguien de esta especie cada vez más común, estos son los regalos que no te puedes perder.   

Se trata de una selección hecha por nuestros profesores en su carta a los Reyes Magos. 

 Wine Education Week: You´ve got plans on September 9th at 18h!

The Wine Studio team has made an enormous effort to increase the pass rate of the WSET Level 3, and we’ve achieved that goal. Our school has always been above the international average, aiming to help our students thrive in both the theory and the tasting exam. This course is demanding, and students need to master the writing techniques as well as what we call “SAT” or Systematic Approach to Tasting in “WSET-speak”. After many years of correcting tasting exams, we’ve narrowed down the mistakes that come up regularly, and we want to draw your attention to them so that you can correct and/or avoid them. Here we go!

Para los que queréis aprender sobre vinos, sea cual sea vuestro nivel y vuestro objetivo, la tarea puede resultar muy complicada. Existen pocos centros de referencia y hay enormes saltos de nivel entre los cursos más básicos ofertados en tiendas de vinos, bares y restaurantes y los cursos para profesionales, dentro y fuera del entorno académico oficial.