57,000+ sommelier students since 2015
Wine Training for Hospitality Teams
Our wine training systems were developed by industry veterans in both the restaurant and winery trades. We know above-the-line expenses like wine education have to be simple to deploy, easy to manage, increase team cohesion, and benefit the bottom line. Our programs are designed by American professionals for the American hospitality trade.
Our programs are designed for all levels of employment: from servers to sommeliers, from tasting room employees to winemakers. Employees can take classes at any time and at their own pace, while different teams can be managed from the same screen.
57,000+ sommelier students since 2015
Wine Training for Hospitality Teams
Our wine training systems were developed by industry veterans in both the restaurant and winery trades. We know above-the-line expenses like wine education have to be simple to deploy, easy to manage, increase team cohesion, and benefit the bottom line. Our programs are designed by American professionals for the American hospitality trade.
Our programs are designed for all levels of employment: from servers to sommeliers, from tasting room employees to winemakers. Employees can take classes at any time and at their own pace, while different teams can be managed from the same screen.
Our online wine courses are deployed by wine shops to get their staff up to speed without any downtime. Wine importers and distributors use our systems to standardize training for their sales teams and wine buyers. Hotel chains use our wine education programs to quickly deploy wine education across the country.
- First Step Toward Sommelier Pin
- Service Staff
- Tasting Room Employees
- Trade Onboarding
- Influencers
- Second Step Towards Pin
- Wine Production Teams
- Wine Buyers
- Management
- Import & Distribution Sales
- Final Step for Sommelier Pin
- Restaurant Sommeliers
- Senior Management
- Import & Distribution Management
- Wine Writers
Select “Group” on the course page and enter the number of seats.
What Your Organization Receives
Our online wine certification programs are trusted by top restaurants, hotel groups, and wineries across the U.S. Designed for real-world service teams, these programs are practical, flexible, and results-driven. When you enroll your staff, you’re getting more than just a course: you’re investing in a complete training solution.
Offering our systems is simple. You simply add your employee’s name and email, and we take care of the rest. Managing, grading, and teaching are all handled by our staff, and you can monitor your staff’s progress at any time. Need to add a new employee? Give us their name and email, and we will onboard them seamlessly. At the end of each program, your staff earns state-recognized trade credentials. The only things not supplied by the National Wine School are wine samples, sensory kits, or tasting supplies.
Automatic Discounts for the Food & Wine Trades
We offer impressive discounts for the food and wine trade. With a base discount of 15% for two or more seats in any program, we add an additional 5% discount for six seats, up to a 50% discount for 48 seats. These seats never expire and are one-use, meaning that each seat is created for an individual student. Discounts are calculated automatically during checkout. No coupon is required. Discounts are calculated per program.
- 15% Base Discount for the Food & Wine Trade
- 3 Seats: additional 5% discount per program.
- 6 Seats: additional 15% discount per program.
- 12 Seats: additional 20% discount per program.
- 24 Seats: additional 35% discount per program.
Manage Staff Training from One Account
Hospitality teams need more than textbook knowledge—they need real-world wine smarts. That’s why our programs are built around service-oriented education. From understanding a wine list to confidently making recommendations, your team will walk away with skills they can use immediately.
We manage the teaching and certification so you can focus on running your business. No instructors required. No grading. No paperwork. Just professional results.
You can purchase as few as two seats, and can add more at any time. Assign a group leader to manage your team, and add members by adding their name and email address. You can offer wine courses from level one to level three sommelier, and even offer Advanced Sommelier courses as well.
Professional Wine Credentials for Your Employees
The National Wine School is a trade school based in Vermont that offers professional sommelier credentials to students across the United States. Other certifications are offered by European trade organizations; we are an American trade school that is focused on professional sommelier and wine trade credentials.
Your staff members receive professional wine credentials that are becoming the cornerstone of the American food and wine trade. Our certifications can be integrated with social platforms such as LinkedIn and Facebook. Plus, as an employer, you can verify wine credentials by scanning a QR code through our internal systems and trusted platforms such as the IMS Global Open Badges Validator and BadgeCheck.io.
