Our mission is to distil and safeguard wine and spirits culture by sharing knowledge with as many as possible to ensure the professionalisation of all industry players. Therefore, our challenge is to build a rich heritage of skills and knowledge in wines and spirits to promote our industry globally. Furthermore, we want to act in service of current and future generations and help them find their place. So we act daily to innovate in our pedagogical approach to support and train each learner inclusively. We seek to connect all our stakeholders : learners, educators, alumni, and partners in a collaborative spirit. We focus our commitments on five pillars.
Innovation is our DNA. At WiSP, we cultivate creativity in the service of educational excellence. We rely on active and collaborative teaching methods that combine theory and practice to facilitate the learning of demanding certifications. Our teams are constantly innovating and testing new approaches to improve the learning experience while adapting to the desires and motivations of each individual.
Without exception, individualised support for all learners is a foundational pillar of the WiSP philosophy and is particularly important to us. We aim to create a relationship of trust conducive to learning and success before, during and after our training sessions. We offer hands-on support to each learner in reaching their objectives by listening to their needs and difficulties.
As internationally-recognised experts in wines and spirits, we believe we have a role to play in serving the industry. We also know that our profession can contribute to employability and the emergence of new skills. Passionate and committed, we sincerely defend the accessibility of our training courses to as many people as possible. We are also committed to transmitting a taste for learning so that professionals will want to continue expanding their skill sets throughout their lives.
At WiSP, we provide WSET® qualifications, but not only! We also offer companies and their employees 100% tailored content and courses adapted to the market and the constraints of their structure. Furthermore, we work closely with all the industry stakeholders to transform the sector's needs into relevant training actions and thus guarantee the employability and integration of all.
We believe that it is by connecting all stakeholders: employees, educators, alumni, partners, industry professionals and companies that we will succeed in entering into a virtuous process of continuous improvement. Therefore, WiSP's vocation is also to establish connections between professionals worldwide.
By joining WiSP, each learner benefits from individualised support before, during, and after training. Discover our innovative, inclusive and immersive teaching methods.
Making the excellence of our educational training and resources a priority.
Acting with ethics, transparency, tolerance and humility is our philosophy.
Daring to make bold educational choices and constantly reinventing ourselves to facilitate learning is our ambition.
Focusing on human relations, proximity, trust, and active listening to our stakeholders is part of our corporate culture.
To make learning a pleasurable experience, tastings and interactive activities are organised.
WiSP is a training organisation of excellence, and as such, it has been the place to be for wine and spirits professionals and enthusiasts for the past 10 years. Meet the team.
Engineer in the food and beverage industry specializing in the beverage sector, certified instructor Cicerone®, WSET®, IFCO, Sake Sommelier Association of London®, Julia is passionate about the brewing industry and
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Passionate about spirits, wine and the art of cocktails, Kevin has ten years’ in-depth experience of cocktail bars. He also held the position of bar manager at the Hôtel de
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Each WSET online course is moderated by an expert from the WSET teaching team who will give you feedback on the exercises and activities provided. He/she will follow your progress
... Each WSET online course is moderated by an expert from the WSET teaching team who will give you feedback on the exercises and activities provided. He/she will follow your progress
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Colin Gent is a Master of Wine, an accomplished public speaker as well as an expert taster. Colin has hosted wine tastings, seminars, masterclasses and dinners all over the world.
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After studies and first experiences in the wine industry, Didier Ghorbanzadeh joins La Maison du Whisky in 2011 to take care of the Nikka Whisky house in Europe, then sets
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Frank is a leading WSET trainer in the European wine training landscape. He started in the wine business in 1985 in the Netherlands. For the next 35 years he worked
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Rod is English and currently lives and works in the South of France, in Nice. He is a trainer, speaker, consultant and journalist. His experience in the wine industry began
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Following his studies in languages and international business Matthew has always worked in the wine industry. In 1996 he brilliantly became Master of Wine by winning 2 prizes: The Bollinger
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Canadian, Michael came to the UK in 1989 where he has always worked in the wine industry. After several years working for the big names in the London trade (Oddbins,
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Caro is German and has been working as a food journalist and wine specialist in her country for more than 25 years. In 2011, she became the first female Master
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A graduate of the prestigious Master of Science (MSc.) in Wine Management from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), Fanny has travelled the world to discover the terroirs
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He is the Bearnais of the team, from Pau in the middle of the Jurançon appellation at the foot of the Pyrenees. After a first professional life in the petrochemical
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Annabelle holds the Diplôme Universitaire d’Aptitude à la Dégustation (DUAD) delivered by the demanding Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin (faculty of oenology) of Bordeaux. Perfectly bilingual,
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Originally from the Côtes-du-Rhône, Cécile is an oenologist by training. She worked in her native region in Gigondas and then in Saint-Tropez. She then resumed her studies with the Master
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Born into a family of Calvados producers and trained as an agricultural engineer, it was only natural for Adrien to join La Maison du Whisky, France’s leading distributor of premium
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Our Bordeaux spirits specialist is a self-taught man with inexhaustible knowledge. However, he has been able to validate his empirical learning into recognized certifications over the years. After a
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Matthias is originally from Bordeaux and holds the WSET Diploma. He began by training as a salesman specializing in the wine industry and worked for ten years in various family
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Emiliano is from Argentina and holds the WSET Diploma. He graduated from the Sorbonne in Foreign Languages and has a Master’s degree in pedagogy specialized in wine. He worked for
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