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2018.11.22

Chosen among over 700 WSET certification schools worldwide
CAPLAN Wine Academy “WSET Educator of the Year 2018” Finalist

TOKYO, November 22th, 2018- CAPLAN Corporation, operating “CAPLAN Wine Academy”, was nominated by WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust), the world’s largest wine education institution, as one of the WSET Educator of the Year 2018 award’s seven finalists. Every year, outstanding corporations and individuals are chosen based on their significant contribution to the development of activities of the institution.

  

*WSET Educator of the Year 2018    
It consists of an award attributed to chosen credential school within the 700 schools and individuals worldwide which or who promoted successfully the values of having this certification as well as the visions of WSET.

Established in 1995 and partnered with WSET in 2000, “CAPLAN Wine Academy” is Japan’s number 1 in both the number of conducted WSET certification examinations as well as the number of qualification acquirers. Since its foundation “CAPLAN Wine Academy” has enriched the lives of individuals by cultivating global human resources capable of transmitting the charms of wine and Japanese sake both domestically and overseas. 

The academy has been reestablished in the Aoyama office where a communication lounge is available for students to learn from each other. It was selected as a WSET Educator of the Year 2018 finalist after its introduction of the first Japanese wine “WSET Sake” course in Japan. The winners will be selected in January 2019 and will be honored at the award ceremony held in London.

The “CAPLAN Wine Academy” will strive to continue its enrichment of the lives of individuals through fostering business professionals or those involved in tourism to share their knowledge and education on wine and Japanese sake globally.

Overview: “CAPLAN Wine Academy”

Establishment
January 1995
Location
Tokyo Aoyama Office NBF Minami Aoyama bldg. 2nd floor, 3-1-31 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku
Osaka Osaka Umeda Classroom Message Umeda bldg. 2nd floor, 2-16-19 Sonezaki, Kita-ku
Osaka Shinsaibashi Classroom Hearton Hotel Shinsaibashi Main bldg. “Sumire” (すみれ) 3rd floor/ “Ayame”  (あやめ) 4th floor, 1-5-24 Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku
Nagoya Nagoya Classroom Meieki Mark bldg. 2nd floor, 2-28-5 Meieki, Nakamura-ku
Nagoya Nagoya Sakae Classroom Chunichi bldg. 4th floor, 4-1-1 Sakae, Naka-ku
Contents
・The first introduction of the Japanese sake course, the “WSET Sake Course”, occurred in London in 2014. The first introduction of the course in Japan was in May 2018

・Detailed learning wine courses Level 1 to 4. Currently, only “CAPLAN Wine Academy” offers the highest certification level, Level 4. Worldwide, 9,900 individuals have acquired this qualification, and of those 9,900, 47 have received their certification from “CAPLAN Wine Academy”

・Fifty percent of the electricity used at the “CAPLAN Wine Academy” Aoyama Office, 14,000kWh out of 28,000kWh, is Green Power generated by biomass.




Fifty percent of the electricity used at the “CAPLAN Wine Academy” Aoyama Office,
14,000kWh out of 28,000kWh, is Green Power generated by biomass.
Website
Inquiries
CAPLAN Corporation “CAPLAN Wine Academy”
TEL. +81-3-5772-4410

Overview:  CAPLAN Corporation

Establishment
1982
President and CEO
Masanori Ishida
Headquarters
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Inquiries

PR Department, Pasona Group Inc.
TEL. +81-3-6734-0215
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