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Your Guide to Advanced Wine Studies

Your Guide to Advanced Wine Studies

Information provided by the Culinary Institute of America. As a long-recognized leader and trailblazer in the food and beverage industry, the Culinary Institute of America’s online Wine and Beverage Management program is the perfect place to earn...

Professor’s Industry Experience Adds Value to Students’ Studies

Professor’s Industry Experience Adds Value to Students’ Studies

Teaching at SHTM provides Dr. Crystal Shi with a desirable atmosphere of diversity and international research This is the third of three blogs about the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). In February, we...

Terroir Noir: New Research on Blacks in the Wine Industry

Terroir Noir: New Research on Blacks in the Wine Industry

Seven Questions for Dr. Monique Bell, Researcher, Educator & Wine Industry Leader Dr. Monique Bell is an educator, researcher, creator, and consultant in California’s San Joaquin Valley. She is curious about how cultural facets, such as race, ethnicity, language,...

A Student’s Perspective on Her Wine Education

A Student’s Perspective on Her Wine Education

A career in wine? SHTM student talks about career aspirations in the Chinese wine trade. This is the second of three blogs about the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Last month, we interviewed an alumnus...

What About An Exciting Hospitality Career?

What About An Exciting Hospitality Career?

Heaven on Earth? SHTM Alumnus Talks about his Career at Melco Resorts’ Macau City of Dreams If working at a Melco Resorts & Entertainment property is a wish come true for a hospitality and tourism professional, then a management position at Melco’s Macau City of...

Getting to Know Liza the Wine Chick

Getting to Know Liza the Wine Chick

Thoughts on how to follow your heart's desire in the wine business Liza Zimmerman aka Liza the Wine Chick has been writing, educating and consulting about wine, cocktails and food for more than two decades. She has worked almost every angle of the wine and food...

Behind the Scenes at a Wine Competition

Behind the Scenes at a Wine Competition

Wine competitions are a simple way for wineries to have the quality of their wines tested, judged and rated. And with hundreds of competitions to choose from, wineries often have their “go-to” competitions. Over the last two years, I’ve had the opportunity to be...

Crossover Career Opportunities in the Wine Industry

Crossover Career Opportunities in the Wine Industry

Interview with Andrea Jacoby: WSET 3-certified Wine Rep We've known Andrea Jacoby for several years—from her time as a tasting room associate to a tasting room manager and now as a WSET 3-certified wine rep for Handcrafted Wines & Spirits. We've watched her relish...

New Wine Management Opportunities are Opening Up in Asia

New Wine Management Opportunities are Opening Up in Asia

This post outlines some interesting trends in Asian wine culture. What's good for you is that these trends are opening up new opportunities in the wine hospitality industry. If you are considering a career in this field, there are a multitude of programs to choose...

Q&A with Winemaker Kevin Breck, a “Recovering Attorney”

Q&A with Winemaker Kevin Breck, a “Recovering Attorney”

Q: If you think back to your childhood, were there any signs of a budding winemaker in the making? What aspects of your personality are particularly suited to this industry? A: No signs whatsoever. My parents weren’t wine drinkers (Mom’s go-to cocktail was Canadian...

Hire “Nice” & Teach Wine

Hire “Nice” & Teach Wine

Chris Cook is a founding member of Majoring In, with MajoringInWine.com and MajoringInBeer.com, and specializes in wine marketing. Her other...