PayPal Payment Problems

March 30, 2010

We’ve just discovered that our online payment system, which uses PayPal, has not been working.  At this stage, we’re not sure why, so we’ve removed the option from the website.  Unfortunately payments appear to ‘work’ while in test mode but not when switched to live.

I’d like to take the opportunity to apologise to anyone who has been affected by this.

This means that payments for our forthcoming WSET Foundation and Intermediate courses (Saturday 17 April for Foundation and starting Saturday 1 May for Intermediate) can only be received via direct bank deposit or by cheque.  If you need to make alternative arrangements, please do get in touch and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.

As registrations for Foundation close at 5pm this Thursday (Thursday 1 April), I would urge anyone who wishes to participate to get in touch, either through our Contact page, or by calling me on 0414 562 859 (please be sure to leave a message if I don’t answer right away).

Once again, apologies from Wine Academy for this technical glitch.  We’re fortunate that wine tasting is not dependent on technology!

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WSET Foundation Congratulations

March 14, 2010

Wine Academy’s results for its second WSET Foundation course, held in January at the Edinburgh Hotel, are in and we’re pleased to announce that all candidates passed with flying colours! Results were even higher than our first course, with an average mark of almost 94%.
Congratulations to all the students. You should all feel [...]

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New WSET Course Dates and Some Tastings

February 18, 2010

You may have noticed that we’ve released our second lot of course dates for 2010.
The WSET Foundation course will be run on Saturday 17 April. The course runs from 9am and the day wraps up around 5pm. The course fee of $200 includes lunch - as well as the study guide, [...]

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Time Running Out to Register for WSET Foundation Course

December 29, 2009

Seasons greetings from Wine Academy!
We hope everyone had a relaxing Christmas and still has some energy left to welcome in the New Year in style!
If anyone does have a New Year’s resolution to learn more about wine, our WSET Foundation Course would be an excellent way to tick it off the list in January.  You’ll [...]

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Wine Course Christmas Gift Certificates

December 6, 2009

Along with last week’s course announcement we mentioned that gift certificates are available for both the WSET Foundation and Intermediate Certificate courses that we’re running in January.
We’re so pleased with the design of the gift voucher that we thought it deserved a show-casing post of its own!

The personalised gift certificates are printed on a smart [...]

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WSET Wine Education Courses for January 2010

December 3, 2009

If you’ve visited the Wine Academy website over the last week you’ll have noticed that we’ve announced course dates for January 2010.
In summary, we’re running the WSET Foundation and Intermediate courses, both starting in January.
We’ll be starting the year on Saturday 16 January with the WSET Foundation course.  This is a full day course (so [...]

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Congratulations

November 12, 2009

A quick note to congratulate the students from the WSET Foundation Course run at the Edinburgh Hotel and Cellars at the end of August.  Everyone passed  with flying colours and there were some very high marks!
I’d also like to apologise, on behalf of the WSET, to these students for having to wait so long for [...]

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Wine Academy now offering WSET courses

August 11, 2009

Here at Wine Academy we were very excited to receive our Approved Program Provider (APP) status from the WSET.  This means that we are now able to teach the WSET’s Foundation and Intermediate courses in Adelaide!
The WSET (Wine & Spirits Education Trust) was founded in London in 1969 and has become the world’s foremost wine [...]

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Edinburgh Cellars Shiraz Challenge

June 27, 2009

This year’s Edinburgh Cellars Shiraz Challenge takes off tomorrow (Sunday 28 June) at 11am, running through to 4pm.
Tickets are $30 at the door and include a glass and a $5 purchase rebate. It’s probably a little late now to think about booking for lunch at the pub, but that’s no excuse not to turn [...]

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Wine Tasting at Holdfast Bay Community Centre

June 23, 2009

Our inaugural tasting is to be held at the Holdfast Bay Community Centre on Thursday 9 July 2009, running from 2:30pm to 4:30pm.
Tickets are just $15 for our first event in Adelaide! Strictly limited to 12 places and over-18s only.
Book now using our cart below (payment by PayPal) or call Alex on 0414 562 [...]

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