banville & jones wine institute
Gary Hewitt receiving his Diploma in Wines and Spirits from Yvonne May, Wine Australia Director for UK, Ireland and Europe( L) and Jancis Robinson, OBE( Order of the British Empire), MW( Master of Wine), Honorary WSET President( R)
Gary Hewitt Among World’ s Finest!
Gary Hewitt, Senior Wine Educator of Banville & Jones Wine Institute, has graduated with the Wine and Spirits Education Trust ®( WSET ®) diploma as the winner of a scholarship for top achievement in wine studies.
Gary graduated in January 2012 with the prestigious Diploma in Wines and Spirits from the London, Englandbased Wine and Spirits Education Trust ®( WSET ®). He is one of the top five diploma graduates who received the Wines of Australia Scholarship, an expense-paid study trip to Australia for the five highest performing international graduates from mainland Europe, Canada, the United States, Ireland, and Asia-Pacific. The scholarship winners are selected for high standing in a graduating class of more than 300 people from around the globe.
Gary has been a lead staff member since 1999, and is senior buyer for Banville & Jones Wine Co., Sommelier instructor( International Sommelier Guild), Certified Wine Educator( Society of Wine Educators) and our lead in developing the WSET ® courses. The diploma means an opportunity to develop the Wine Institute’ s courses even further.
The WSET ® Diploma in Wines and Spirits is recognized worldwide as a premium all-round wine and spirit qualification. Students must develop a high level of knowledge of the business and trade of wines and spirits, and pass rigorous tasting and theory exams in order to qualify.
The ability to offer WSET ® programs means that students of wine in Manitoba have several options for study. The Banville & Jones Wine Institute offers:
• The highly successful International Sommelier Guild, a program that culminates in the prestigious Sommelier Diploma, an internationally recognized standard in the hospitality industry.
• The WSET ® programs, which provide increasing focus on areas that relate more specifically to the wine trade, in addition to solid grounding in wine styles, technical knowledge, and theory. Importers, distributors, marketers, and wine professionals throughout the world strive to attain the WSET ® Diploma.
Banville & Jones offers WSET ® programs at Red River College, through Continuing Studies and Distance Education. With the launch of the Paterson GlobalFoods Institute in downtown Winnipeg, the programs will see a new level of exposure and excitement.
“ Wine knowledge is extremely valuable in today’ s market,” explains Tina Jones, Proprietor of Banville & Jones.“ We are fortunate in Manitoba, and in Canada, to have someone of Gary’ s calibre leading our wine education programs.”
Stephanie Forsyth, President of Red River College, reinforces Tina’ s comments:“ It is great to see education valued as much as Tina Jones and her staff value education, and we are happy that we have Banville & Jones as a resource to the College.”
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