Weinakademiker

December 01^st 2008

The first five Diploma Course graduates from Winewise and Frank Smulders Wijneducatie, have obtained the title of WINEAKADEMIKER on september 26th 2008. With a live eludication versus the professors Klaus Schaller and Monika Christmann, and the Masters of Wine Josef Shuller and Frank Smulders, the applicants Pedro Ballesteros, Derek Koch en Sybille Troubleyn from Belgium and the Dutch Natalja Eggen en Martin Derksen concluded an additional thesis after graduating for the Diploma Course. A top prestation!

In 2008, WineWise has started a collaboration with the Weinakademie Oesterreich in Rust, Austria. This fellow wine school offers the Diploma Course in all German speaking countries and regions, and created a proper graduation programme for Diploma Course graduates. It consists of a thesis with a live eludication (in English or German). If passed, the candidates obtain the title Weinakademiker, renowned already in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and northern Italy. Other European countries are on the verge of adopting this programme, thus raising the title Weinakademiker to an important European qualification. To summon op everything, candidates can apply for the Weinakademiker programme after passing all Diploma Course exams. This can be done every spring, after which the thesis has to be submitted in June. The public presentation is the held in September in Geisenheim, Germany.