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| Minister
of Tourism officially launches Cape Wine
Academy’s Wine Advisors level 1 Cape
Sommelier™ Programme |
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has been a 15-year journey realised for
Marilyn Cooper, Cape Wine Master and CEO
of the Cape Wine Academy, as Minister of
Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk officially
launched the Wine Advisors – level
1 Cape Sommelier™ programme - from
La Motte Wine Estate on the 12th November
2012. |
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Tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk
and
CEO of the Wine Academy Marilyn Cooper
with newly trained wine stewards (sommeliers). |
The National Department
of Tourism (NDT) is investing R11-million
in the first Wine Advisor - Level 1 Sommelier
Project, and in partnership with the Cape
Wine Academy, is running a 12-month training
programme, which began on the 1st March
2012, for 200 unemployed youth between the
ages of 18 and 34.
Selected from townships within the Cape
and Gauteng regions, the previously disadvantaged
students will gain the Wine Advisors
– level 1 Cape Sommelier™
qualification. The training
centres are in Soweto, Tembisa, Mitchell’s
Plain, Gugulethu and Langa.
Said Minister of Tourism, Marthinus
van Schalkwyk, “It is
well known that the private sector bears
the major risks of tourism investment as
well as a large part of the responsibility
to satisfy tourists. |
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Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk
with newly trained Cape Wine Academy sommeliers |
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"Through
its training programmes, government is committed
to encouraging the further growth, development
and profitability of the tourism private
sector by providing already-trained staff,
such as these level 1 sommeliers, which
are immediately able to fulfil a productive
role in the hospitality sector.“
This 12-month Wine Advisors – level
1 Cape Sommelier™ programme includes
the following courses – the Wine Service,
South African Wine Course, Certificate in
Wine, Front of House, Retailing, a Marketing
module and the Wines of the World Course.
Hein Koegelenberg,
Chairman of the Cape Wine Academy Board,
CEO and owner Leopard’s Leap winery
and CEO of La Motte wines says, “Education
is the key to unlock the golden door of
freedom. With this freedom, we can build
a true rainbow nation.” |
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Cape
Wine Academy CEO Marilyn Cooper
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MInister
of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk |
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Commonly referred
to as the Sommelier Project,
the 200 students have completed three wine
courses, and three practical six-week sessions
within the industry. They now return to
complete their theory on the Wines of the
World course, after which they will do their
final working practical, graduating end
of February 2013.
Says Cooper, “This project is
unearthing and developing many outstanding
students that will do very well in this
industry, locally and internationally, should
they chose to do so.
It is also incredible
how supportive the industry has been in
facilitating the students’ practical
6- week sessions. This project would have
been impossible had the industry not taken
an interest and believed in these students’
abilities and aspirations.” |
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| Minister of Tourism launches Level
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