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See you on our Education Roadshow in Q2 2026. Please click here if you want to register for Term 2 | 2026, or apply for a bursary. We believe in investing in hospitality staff to unlock Guest experience, and all of the linked returns for a property. We deliver this through our Beverageintelligence education platform, and knowledgable team of wine, bar and service trainers across Africa. To this end, we are privileged to have trained over 35,000 waiters, bartenders, retail an

See you on our Education Roadshow in Q2 2026. Please click here if you want to register for Term 2 | 2026, or apply for a bursary. We fundamentally believe that learning is an ongoing journey. So often in life we are taught that you stop and start learning. You start High School, you finish it. You start University, you finish it. That is not how careers work though, it is a constant quest for learning and growth, and that is how we have designed the Beverageintelligence lear

One of the pillars of our Art of Storytelling course, is that of place. A place often has a personality of its own, shaped by its history, geography and community. These intertwining stories often have a major impact on what you find inside your wine glass. In this snippet from the Art of Storytelling course, we explore the personality of place, and dive into one of the most characterful places in the South African winelands, the Swartland. Please click here if you want to re

You can't become a great soccer player by just reading about the game. You need to kick the ball. It's a line we've repeated in training sessions across Africa for years, and it sits at the heart of our training philosophy. Knowledge on its own doesn't change what happens at the table. A waiter can pass every quiz on the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley and still freeze when a guest looks up from the wine list and asks, "What would you recommend?" The gap between knowing and doing close

See you on our Education Roadshow in Q2 2026. Please click here if you want to register for Term 2 | 2026, or apply for a bursary. Well done to all of our fantastic learners across the continent for a superb start to 2026! Term 1 saw record participation across the Beverageintelligence University, and we are thrilled to share the end of term awards and leaderboards for our top performing learners in Term 1 of 2026. The big highlight of the Term was the launch of our new Maste

The culmination of our Learning Journey in the Beverageintelligence University is the Cape Wine Advisor week, where we host top performers from Level 3 courses, and dive into an immersive learning program in the Cape Winelands. This is where the Art of Storytelling comes alive, as learners spend time with the people, and in the unique places, behind the bottles of wine. Our aim is to not just teach hard skills, but enable the Wine Advisors to speak to their Guests and custome

A new course from Beverageintelligence University to help your teams transform from order takers to memory makers. Click here to pre-register your interest. Art of Storytelling course Trailer Picture this. A guest settles into their chair after a long day on Safari. The sun has set, and dinner is about to be served. The campfire flickers warmly. Your waiter approaches with a bottle of wine and says: "May I interest you in a Pinot Noir from Elgin?" Accurate? Yes. Memorable? N

Here is a little update, awards ceremony, and some end of term leaderboards for our top performing learners in Term 2 of 2025!