The Gérard Basset Basis has partnered with Artémis Domaines to supply The Golden Vines Victims of Battle Scholarships.
Artémis Domaines is the proprietor of famed estates Château Latour (Bordeaux), Clos de Tart (Burgundy), Domaine d’Eugénie (Burgundy), Château Grillet (Rhône) and Eisele Winery (California).
The scholarships will ‘assist certified wine trade professionals who’re victims of struggle and geopolitical battle’, mentioned the group.
Profitable students shall be supplied six months of viticultural and vinicultural coaching at Artémis Domaines’ prestigious estates.
There are 5 scholarship locations on supply, every value as much as £17,000/$21,500. These shall be funded by each Artémis Domaines and the Gérard Basset Basis in partnership with Liquid Icons, the publishing and analysis firm co-founded by the late sommelier.
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The judging panel for the scholarship purposes will embrace Ian Harris MBE DipWSET, Hélène Génin (technical director at Château Latour) and Jean Garandeau (Artémis Domaines).
Who can apply for the victims of battle scholarships?
In line with the scholarship utility web site, candidates:
- shall be a wine skilled who has been affected by a geopolitical battle
- may be situated anyplace on the planet
- should already be working within the wine trade with acceptable {qualifications} together with, however not restricted to, the superior technician diploma in viticulture/oenology
- can have earlier expertise working in a winery or vineyard
- can have conversational degree French and English
Frédéric Engerer, CEO at Artémis Domaines, mentioned ‘we’re delighted to associate with the Gérard Basset Basis and Liquid Icons to assist our fellow trade colleagues whose lives and livelihoods have been so devastated, by giving them a chance to get again on their toes and profit from the unimaginable studying alternatives that they’ll have on the nice estates that we’re lucky sufficient to personal and handle.’
Purposes are actually open. The applying window closes on 4 July 2022.
The Gérard Basset Basis was arrange in honour of the late, world-renowned sommelier Gérard Basset OBE MW MS, to handle the wine trade’s most urgent points via schooling, coaching & mentorship.
The Gérard Basset Basis and Liquid Icons have beforehand launched a lot of different scholarships aimed toward enhancing variety within the wine trade.
