June 2008 - A number of courses authored by Wine Campus have been revised. Not only has the content been enhanced but fees have become more democratic too. Good news all round!

April 2008 -

School Director, Georges Meekers, won the Gourmand Book Award for Best Wine Guide in the English language for his reference work The Wines of Malta - The Essential Guide.

February 2008 - The course 'Wine and Food Dynamics' has been accepted and adapted by Barkan winery as part of the winery's ongoing educational programme for restaurateurs and hoteliers in Israel.

26 January 2008 -

Further to a meeting between Wine Campus and top sommelier Dott. G. Vaccarini, a course in 'Water, Wine and Food Harmonisation' is being designed and made available online.

2 October 2007 - In addition to the f2f classes, online documentation on 'Wine Service Proficiency' has been made available to Maltese members of the hospitality trade.

22 September 2007 -

A light-hearted take on all thing vinous (which do not find their place in the curriculum) are posted on the newly launched blog. The institute has also been re-branded as Wine Campus tout court.

22 June 2007 - Over 100 delegates have completed one of the courses of the 2007 programme of regular wine classes organised in Malta at FIS, University of Malta. Besides the popular course 'Assessing Wine Methodically', two new courses were extremely well received: 'Wine and Food Dynamics' and 'Sparkling Wines and Champagne Intensive'.

2 January 2007 - Georges Meekers, school director has written the first ever reference book about the emerging wines of Malta. The publication 'Wines of Malta - the essential guide' can be purchased from Amazon.

E-LEARNING

E-learning technologies work. Perhaps one might find it curious how wine can be taught over the net - "without tasting it together", you ponder? Well, if one can learn how to play the violin via e-teaching, one can surely master the subject of wine - after all, tasting comes natural to us and all we need is guidance. Watch this video to see how it works!

MORE HEADLINES

16 November 2006 - Wine Campus have started offering free sample classes. The scope is to offer clarity in the way how distance learning courses are accessed by students on the platform. Especially the complimentary  'Wine and Food Pairing' Classes are very popular.

2 March 2006 -

So as to reach out to the students of the Levant, Ms Carmi Lebenstein has been appointed P.R.-officer for the Eastern Mediterranean. She brings with her a wealth of in-depth knowledge of this exciting wine region where she has been consulting to top wineries in Israel.