APWASI · Est. 2015

Asia Pacific
Wine & Spirit Institute.

Founded by Dr. Clinton Lee. The institute trains senior leaders, hoteliers, and hospitality principals in the language of luxury — the sensory, social, and commercial grammar of the table.

4 Continents

Students and graduates across North America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania

2015

Institute incorporated as a non-profit under the BC Society Act

28 Courses

Online and live certification — self-paced and instructor-led formats

The four pillars

Pillar I

Sensory mastery

Disciplined palate development across Old World, New World, and fortified categories.

Pillar II

Table authority

Hosting, pairing, and protocol — the silent language of luxury hospitality.

Pillar III

Hospitality doctrine

Service philosophy, guest psychology, and the economics of memory.

Pillar IV

Commercial fluency

Cellar economics, list construction, and supplier diplomacy.

A faculty for the next generation of luxury operators.

The institute's flagship is the Twelve — a locked, application-only educational series delivered cohort-by-cohort. Admissions open quarterly.