Your Wine Career

Programme’s first graduates due in 2011 Now recruiting motivated applicants for the second intake in 2010 Programme dispensed entirely in English

The MSc Wine Business Programme will deliver dramatic new career opportunities for those seeking managerial positions in the wine sector.

Based on feedback from an international network of wine academics and business professionals, our programme is uncompromising in its commercial orientation, with emphasis on marketing, distribution and financial skills.

The MSc will arm graduates with the experience required to succeed as wine entrepreneurs in an increasingly competitive global market.

To that end, the Burgundy School of Business has helped shape the wine sector’s business culture for more than twenty years. The School now brings that knowledge and experience to bear on this exciting new programme. The MSc Wine Business will complement the highly respected Masters in Wine and Spirituous Beverages. Together, the programmes will continue to shape wine business practices in Europe and abroad.

For questions, or further information about anything on this website, please contact the Program Director, Dr. Damien Wilson, at damien.wilson@escdijon.eu

Principal Positions of Interest

• Marketing Manager: Small, Medium or Large winery
• Distribution Manager : Winery, Wholesale or Retail
• Regional or Group Collective Representative
• Wine, or Regional, Tourism Manager

Course Prerequisites

The MSc in Wine Business is aimed at graduates (4 years after Baccalauréat or Bachelors level) with an academic background in management or oenological technical area (vine, wine, agrifood), international trade, law or languages, and seeking to pursue a career in the wine sector and its connected activities.

An equivalent degree will be required for all students.

Candidates begin the application process by completing their an application form along with proof of their level of education. Shortlisted candidates are notified when their application is received for review, and they are then presented with a unique research question, designed in response to their provenance, experience in wine and understanding of business practices. Applicants are then interviewed by a member of the recruitment committee who, then submits their application form and comments to an academic selection panel. This panel could consist of at least two or more of the programme director, a member of the teaching team and a wine sector professional. Successful candidates will be notified within three months of the day that their initial application is received by the school. Successful applicants will receive notification by email soon after the closing date in any academic year, with a document signed by the programme director being mailed to the successful candidate on the same day.