News and Events

New SWA Course dates for 2009 announced

See our calendar for 2009 courses (posted 13/11/08)

Sydney Wine Academy announce new course for 2009

The Academy is proud to announce that it will deliver the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET®) Level 2 Professional Certificate in Spirits throughout 2009. More information and course dates to follow.  ( posted 12/11/08)

Fantastic Support from Hunter Valley Wineries in the Simulated Wine Show

Every year students studying in the Wine Studies and Sommelier courses get the opportunity to 'don the white coat' and act as a Show Judge. This year we have approximately 30 Shiraz lined up in a re-enactment of class 14 of the Clear Image 2008 Hunter Valley Wine Show which will prove a challenging class activity and part of the students studies in the wine management module. The Sydney Wine Academy would like to thank the following companies for kindly donating the wines and for supporting our students: Tyrrell's Vineyards, McGuigan Wines, Pooles Rock Wines/Cockfighter's Ghost, Tower Estate, Mistletoe Wines, McWilliam's Mount Pleasant Winery, Capercaillie Wines Co, De Bortoli Wines, Krinklewood Vineyard, Pokolbin Estate Vineyard, Hungerford Hill Wines, Tulloch Wines, Bimbadgen Wines, Drayton's Family Wines, De Iuliis Wines, Wandin Vallley Estate, Arrowfield Estate Wines.

2008 Gourmet Traveller/ Fine Wine Partners Wine List of the Year Awards

We are delighted to announce our past and present students are progressing well in the industry and have recently picked up some great results in the National Wine List of the Year Award.

Sydney Wine Academy – past & present students

3 Glass  Altitude – Tom Crosby

(Certificate IV in Hospitality - Sommeliers)

2 Glass Bistrode – Clara Davidson

(Certificate III in Hospitality – Sommeliers – Currently studying)

2 Glass GPO Cheese and Wine Room – Sue Guest

(Certificate III in Hospitality -Sommeliers)

2 Glass Aqua Dining – Addy Lam

(Certificate IV in Hospitality - Sommeliers, Wine Studies, Adv Italian Wine, WSET level 3)

2 Glass Johah’s – Murray Knowles

(Certificate III in Hospitality - Sommeliers)

(3 glass is the top rating – Very Highly Recommended) posted20/8/08)

 

Wine Industry Research at SWA

The Sydney Wine Academy is actively involved with research projects. The latest project involves assisting researchers from the Centre for Forensic Science based at the University of Technology, Sydney in their analysis of various trace metals in wine to enable provenance testing.

Similar studies have examined and classified wines from New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the UK. It is anticipated that the developed method will permit the classification of samples into the various wine regions of Australia and also enable the discrimination of local and international wines from a provenance testing perspective.

Along with the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) the Academy will collect samples of wine to be analysed by the researchers.