FORTHCOMING COURSES
BIIAB National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders                                     (£145.00)
      15 June                  Over, Cambridge      
      20 July                    Over, Cambridge 
      12 August              Over, Cambridge  
      7 Septemer            Over, Cambridge    
Anthony also offers his services to applicants for Premises Licences.
BIIAB National Certificate for Designated Premises Supervisors                      (£145.00)
      8 April                       Over, Cambridge
      29 June                     Homerton College, Cambridge
      6 September           Over, Cambridge
WSET Advanced Certificate in Wines                                                                                    (£475.00)
     27, 28, 29 July, 3 & 4 August       Over, Cambridge
WSET Intermediate Certificate in Wines                                                                            (£300.00)
    29, 30 June & 6 July                       Over, Cambridge
    11, 17 & 18 August                          Over, Cambridge
    21, 22 & 28 September                   Over, Cambridge
Level 2 Food Safety in Catering Certificate                                                                       (£60.00)
     12 May                                             Over, Cambridge
     16 June                                            Over, Cambridge
     21 July                                             Over, Cambridge
Level 3 Intermediate Certificate in Food Safety in Catering                                   (£220.00)
     7, 8 & 9 July                                     Leicester
     1, 2 & 3 September                       Over, Cambridge


The first international competition for wine tutors was sponsored in 2005 by CIVC, the controlling body for Champagne.  Competitors from eight European countries submit essays on Champagne production and details of their training career to get to their national final.

Anthony won the title of Ambassadeur du Champagne at the UK in 2005 and, In late November the eight finalists gathered at a hotel in Epernay, France where they competed for three prizes.  In the morning of the tests, each had five minutes to prepare a tutorial on three champagnes tasted blind.  After lunch the candidates were asked to choose one from five envelopes.  This contained the topic for a twenty-minute lecture for which a fifteen-minute preparation period was allowed.

Anthony won a trophy in the form of a champagne chiller, certificate, laptop computer and magnum of Billecart-Salmon pink champagne for ‘the best and most original presentation’.

       Bordeaux Accreditation
In 2006, Anthony attended a week-long course at the École du Vin in Bordeaux to learn the finer points of the six families of the wines of Bordeaux.  As part of this system, tutors must attend an update in Bordeaux every three years which Anthony completed in June 2009.  This gave an opportunity for him to learn of the cutting-edge reasearch in wine undertaken by the wine department of Bordeaux University.

       Wine Study Trips
As a member of the Association of Wine Educators, the Institute of Wines and Spirits and a WSET accredited tutor, Anthony has the opportunity to undertake a number of wine study tours.  Recently he visited vineyards and met makers in Alsace, Austria, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne The Loire, the Rhone Valley and Switzerland.. We are prepared to run similar visits for our clients where there is a demand. 
These would take the form of four or five day tours for up to a dozen participants with Anthony as guide/tutor. Costs will include travel, most food (probably one free evening) and accommodation. Champagne, Chablis, Sancerre, Alsace and Burgundy are all possible candidates for coach travel.  Other venues would entail travel by air. If anyone is interested, please let us know and we will build up a mailing list.