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MMD offers WSET Alsace scholarship
Maisons Marques et Domaines (MMD) has become a corporate patron of the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET), offering with its membership a new scholarship focusing on the Alsace that will be awarded to one outstanding level four diploma graduate.
MMD is the 45th partner to have joined the WSET’s Corporate Patrons programme, as a Bronze level patron, which ensures that the WSET receives essential funding to develop its courses and qualifications.
It has also swiftly moved to introduce the new Alsace Crus et Terroirs Scholarship for a WSET Level 4 Diploma graduate, in partnership with the Domaines Schlumberger in Alsace, for which it is the UK agent.
The scholarship will give one graduate the chance to visit Alsace as a guest of the Alsace Crus et Terroirs Association and its associate members, and will be awarded to an outstanding graduate from the UK wine and spirit trade.
The scholarship will be awarded for the first time at the WSET Awards and Graduation ceremony in January 2017.
“With MMD’s support as a WSET Corporate Patron, both our organisations can benefit from a closer working relationship,” said Ian Harris, CEO of WSET. “The introduction to Domaines Schlumberger for the new Alsace Crus Terroirs Scholarship is a great first step, and a welcome new addition to our roster of awards that aim to celebrate and nurture talent in the industry. MMD joins a growing list of companies that value education across their business, and we very much appreciate their support.”
MMD was established in 1986 by Champagne Louis Roederer, one of the last independent family-owned houses in Champagne, to manage the sales, marketing and distribution of its Champagnes in the UK. The company has now grown to establish itself as a fine wine importer in its own right.
“As a business we recognise the increasingly important role of education and training for both the trade and consumer and are therefore very pleased to extend our involvement with the WSET and support the great work and value that it delivers as the leading global wine and spirit educator,” said Richard Billett, managing director of MMD.
Details of the new scholarship are listed in the full list of WSET scholarships for 2016/17 here.