Wine School Italia
About us
Our goal is to inspire you and provide you with the tools you need for your work.
Wine School Italia represents an excellent choice for professionals and enthusiasts, developing and providing high quality courses in wine training and spirit education.
Wine School Italia is based in Florence and develops and provides courses for wine and food and beverage enthusiasts and professionals, training the wine managers and sommeliers of the future. It also offers the best qualifications internationally by being Approved Program Provider for the Wine Spirit Education Trust (WSET). WSET qualifications are recognized worldwide as the international standard in wine and spirits knowledge.
The Wine School Italia team offers a wide range of services alongside training, including guidance and consulting to wine trade and hospitality professionals who want to improve their performance or train their staff and management team, according to their specific business needs.
In addition to collaborating with the most important international wine managers, Wine School Italia partners with Winejob.it and the European Institute of Design in Florence (IED) for the training of wine export managers through advanced training courses
Our teachers are available for tutoring sessions to assist those who might need help with studying and passing their wine and spirit certification exam.
Thanks to the endorsement and close collaboration with the Consejo Regulador of Sherry Wines, it is possible to obtain the Sherry Expert certification with a certified Jerez wine educator from the Sherry Academy Italia.
A message from the Head of Education of Wine School Italia
“It’s a great privilege for me to be Head of Education. I feel honoured to be able to teach people about wine and spirits through our training courses and qualifications.
Our courses and qualifications are delivered in Italian and in English. We make sure they are always accessible, opening doors to international career opportunities. Our mission is to reach the highest possible standards of teaching and qualifications.
Our flagship is the unparalleled knowledge and passion of our course instructors, as well as an informal and approachable style.
In other words, we focus on people’s targets and develop them through education. It’s an incredibly exciting (and rewarding) job.
We continually teach an international community of incredible students and inspire them to fulfil the life and the career of their dreams in the world of wine.
We believe in a personalised approach to education, serving as successful partners and mentors in our students’ educational journey Our involvement in a student’s journey begins with the initial informative call, chat or email.
We are a team of innovative and inspiring people who do a great job and enjoy doing it. Each one of us brings something unique to the table: we are thriving as a team.”
Gabriele Alessandroni
Gabriele has been a WSET graduate and Certified Educator since 2018. He is Head of Education of Wine School Italia. He has decades of experience in training and consultancy at an international level, collaborating with the largest catering groups, hotels and wineries.