Article: Accessing All Areas
While the wine and hospitality industries are starting to address the needs and working opportunities of the disabled, there’s still a way to go. Written by Lisa Cardelli (Sommeliers Australia … Continued
Article: Accessing All Areas
Article: Cheers to freedom: The drinks that embody one man’s fighting spirit
Winemaker Farhad Bandesh has realised his dream the hard way. “This is a fight for all the refugees who are still held by cruel policy.” Written by Max Allen, published … Continued
Positive Business: Addressing flexibility in the workplace – Jo Marsh & Billy Button Wines
Winemaker, Jo Marsh runs a successful, multi-faceted and growing business in Ovens in NE Victoria. She chooses to make adjustments to employment roles in order to best access the skills … Continued
ASI welcomes 62 new ASI Sommeliers in 2022
On Monday 14 March 2022, 17 ASI member nations hosted the ‘International ASI Sommelier Diploma’ certification exam, and it is with great pleasure that ASI announces 62 new ASI Diploma … Continued
Positive Business: Part 2 – Vue de monde & Mirko Pastorelli
For Part 1 of this Positive Business piece Sommeliers Australia’s D&I Working Group spoke to Vue de monde’s Carlos Santos Simoes MS about how the business came to employ Italian … Continued
Committee Spotlight on: Imbi Knappstein (NAT)
Each week since November 2021, we’ve travelled the country to hear from our 30+ Committee members. Today the Committee Spotlight series comes to an end in Melbourne, as we shine … Continued
Positive Business: Part 1 – Vue de monde & Mirko Pastorelli
“Mirko Pastorelli was born with spastic paraplegia. Since the age of 14 he has been in a wheelchair. But this hasnʼt deterred the 27-year-old from pursuing his chosen profession working … Continued
Positive Business Builds Positive Experiences
Highlighting positive D&I practices in the workplace Since January 2021, the Sommeliers Australia D&I Working Group has been delving into how to better support diversity and inclusion in the … Continued
Committee Spotlight on: Jamie Sprague (NSW)
While our Committee Spotlight has so far focused on Sommeliers Australia’s diverse and talented national Committee members, in our two final posts for this series we meet the team who … Continued
Committee Spotlight on: Matt Dunne (NSW)
I AM: Matt Dunne, Group Wine Ambassador & Resident Sommelier at Joval Wine Group, Plumm Glassware Ambassador, WSET Educator, Wine Judge (NSW committee) I BECAME A COMMITTEE MEMBER TO: Give … Continued
