The American Cider Affiliation (ACA) is happy to announce the growth of its Licensed Cider Skilled (CCP) training and certification program to Asia. Lee Reeve, founding father of inCiderJapan and organizer of the celebrated Japan Cider Cup, has joined the ACA workforce as an educator for the Stage 1 Licensed Cider Information in Japan, China, Korea, and elsewhere in Asia. The primary in-person class for candidates learning for the Licensed Cider Information examination is scheduled for August 31, 2024 at Antenna America Kannai in Yokohama, Japan. Registration for the category will open in July.
“The American Cider Affiliation’s Licensed Cider Skilled program is the world’s main cider training program,” states Reeve. “It is a useful device and certification that may profit anybody with an curiosity in cider: from lovers to these working within the meals and beverage sector, and particularly professionals inside the cider and drinks trade.”
“Lee has been eager to deliver the CCP program to Asia for a while,” says ACA CEO Michelle McGrath. “Together with his in depth information of cider and the Asian cider market, and his many contacts within the area, we’re very excited by what he’ll deliver to this system.”
“As cider continues to develop and change into more and more related to the Asian area,” continues Reeve, “so will the thirst and want for high quality data and information relating to all issues cider. As such, making the CCP obtainable in Asia is an thrilling and welcome alternative and win-win for everybody. As somebody who has been selling cider and cider training since 2017, and in addition a Licensed Pommelier, I very a lot look ahead to serving to the ACA attain out and empower others by studying about this historic and future vital drink.”
Whereas Asia shouldn’t be generally considered a cider area, Japan has a rising variety of enthusiastic cidermakers in addition to a strong and fruitful observe file within the breeding of recent apple cultivars, that are an vital crop in a number of components of the nation, together with Aomori and Nagano. As well as, China grows extra apples than any nation on the earth, and whereas the marketplace for cider there’s comparatively new, the chances are huge.
The American Cider Affiliation is a not-for-profit commerce group of cider and perry producers in america. The Licensed Cider Skilled program helps the ACA attain its imaginative and prescient for the trade by growing the understanding and appreciation of those historic drinks.
For extra details about CCP in Asia, contact Lee Reeve at [email protected]. For extra data on the worldwide CCP program, contact the ACA’s Training Operations Supervisor, Jennie Dorsey, at [email protected].
