China News Service, Yinchuan, February 27th (Reporter Li Peishan) On February 27th, the certification course "Chinese Wine Sommelier and Service" was launched at the Yuehai Branch of the Ningxia Helan Mountain Mountain Wine Education College located in Yinchuan City, Ningxia.
This is the first certification course system in China that is led by wine producing regions and tells the story of Chinese wine.
On the same day, the first batch of trainees from various wineries, catering industries and media in Ningxia participated in the first batch of training courses for the "Chinese Wine Sommelier and Service" primary certification course.
Like drone pilots and e-sports players, professional sommeliers are an emerging profession, but they are a link and a set of hubs for the wine industry from land to table, from production to consumption, and from product to culture.
Different from winemakers and wine sales, sommeliers accurately transmit the most upstream information such as planting and brewing in the wine industry to consumer terminals, and also popularize food and wine culture for consumers face-to-face.
With the upgrading of the consumer economy, the emergence of the sommelier profession has become more important.
It is reported that the course "Chinese Wine Sommelier and Service" is the first professional teaching assistant for Chinese sommeliers co-edited by experts such as Master Sommelier Lu Yang, Director of the Wine Engineering Department and Associate Professor of Beijing Agricultural College, and Associate Professor Li Demei of Ningxia Helan Mountain Mountain Wine Education College. class books.
The whole book systematically introduces the wine-related knowledge involved in the sommelier industry, with strong systematicity, wide coverage, and complete knowledge points. Study guide.
"What is the difference between a sommelier and a restaurant waiter?" "What is the industry prospect of a sommelier?"... With the curiosity and expectations of the students, the course of the day was rich in theoretical course explanations and practical sessions such as tasting Expand.
The training site of the primary certification course of "Chinese Wine Sommelier and Service".
Photo by Li Peishan
"The diversity of wine categories is rooted in history and terroir, and Chinese wine should also have its own industry training system. "Chinese Wine Sommelier and Service" is self-created rather than imported, and it also matches Chinese food and wine pairing, Chinese food culture , customs and etiquette and other characteristic courses, the purpose is to promote the establishment of the 'cultural system' and 'discourse system' of the Chinese wine industry, and enhance consumers' awareness of Chinese wine." Li Demei said.
Lv Yang said that China's current self-developed wine-related education is mainly dependent on the study of wine majors in colleges and universities, which mainly trains professionals in wine-related industries, while there is relatively little social education for consumers.
"The editorial committee of the course "Chinese Wine Sommelier and Service" is working with the Human Resources and Social Security Department to plan the establishment of professional standards for sommeliers, establish and improve the professional qualification appraisal of sommeliers, and make the sommelier industry more standardized and standardized in China." He said.
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