International Vintage Master

Second year students finishing their level 3 classes

Tasted 75 wines from 15 countries 🌍🍷

France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Hungary, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, England, Chile & Argentina

Life is hard in our master’s program… but someone has to taste all these wines 😊

All the best for their exams tomorrow 🎓



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Winery internships 2025 🍇🍷

1st year students placement internships for their first semester on wine science in Portugal 🇵🇹








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Winery internships 2024 🍇🍷// Portugal 🇵🇹

Thank you to the 13 wineries that hosted our first year students & thank you to the students for their dedicated and hard work 💪

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South Australia viticulture research visit 🇦🇺 🦘 travelling across 3 regions & , visiting 🍇 grape growers &🍷 wine makers !

With an already warm & dry climate in the context of , these regions offer the opportunity to understand how vineyards are managed to produce quality wine with a focus on sustainability 🌱 As shared by , you need "bullets before cannonballs", allowing for varietal & technical innovation & success !

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Barossa Valley

Eden Valley

1year students tasting 🍷 with Vito Intini of the national organisation of wine tasters in 🇮🇹 at Piacenza 📍

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We celebrate the achievement of our female graduates. Since 2006, 432 students have completed our 2 year Master of Science in Vine Wine & Terroir management, with 242 female students from 40 countries.

We are extremely proud of their achievements & success in the sector, inspiring the next generation of current & future female students!

success stories

Wine Paris 2024 🍷

Familiar faces with former students

From winter pruning in to in , first year students are using their extended holidays between semesters in 🇵🇹 and 🇮🇹 to gain practical experiences !

Image 1 Clémentine Picot at Champagne Jean François Moussy in congy
Image 2 Evan Kern at in

First year students finished their classes in 🇵🇹

We are grateful for the institutional relationship with welcoming each year our students for their studies on science starting in September with winemaking internships in and with partner companies

The master wishes students & colleagues a peaceful winter holiday with family and friends 🍷

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Native to & mentioned since 16th century, covers about 9000ha from metamorphic (schist) soils of to sedimentary limestone soils of . With , Chenin as other varieties worldwide is faced with question of ripening correctly under warmer & drier climate. Fortunately Chenin has a large geographical spread & a major variety of (about 18000ha) & compared to oceanic temperate climate of Loire, growing season conditions are 3°C warmer & 2times drier. Tasting Chenin from Loire to SA allow to discuss climate change and impacts, but importantly to consider the genetic variability & environmental plasticity of Chenin, including importance of , farming lessons & making use of different , while continously asking questions about environmentally friendly & socially responsible practices. And Chenin offers the opportunity to explore all these issues!

Two masterclasses were held at & with a blind tasting of 6 wines from Anjou, Saumur, Vouvray, Swartland, Stellenbosch & Breedekloof

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Tasting 2 at Wine Paris: .et.transandine

We are thankful to the winemakers offering their wine including .et.transandine

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South Africa is paving the way on adaptation producing excellent under a very warm & dry regional climate. Here the exemple of produced by in the where the climate is 3 to 4°C warmer than the native to chenin blanc

The winemaker Paul Jordaan explains that grapes are from a vineyard planted in 1980 on granite bedrock. Located in valley floor next to old river bank, vines are less exposed to early and late afternoon sun. Grapes are whole bunch pressed, followed by spontaneous fermentation & wine remains on lees for 10months in 400 to 500 L oak vats before bottling.

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With a vineyard surface of about 4000 ha where & are the most planted varieties on the limestone soils , produces sparkling, still & sweet wines under 7 appellations :
1) Saumur rouge 550 ha
2) Saumur rosé 80ha
3) Saumur blanc 390ha
4) Saumur fines bulles 1190ha
5) Saumur Champigny 1570ha
6) Saumur Puy Notre Dame 60ha
7) Coteaux de Saumur 15ha

Winery 1 with former student
Winery 2 with former student
Winery 3 with former student



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