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.
Students and graduates across North America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania
Institute incorporated as a non-profit under the BC Society Act
Online and live certification — self-paced and instructor-led formats
The four pillars
Sensory mastery
Disciplined palate development across Old World, New World, and fortified categories.
Table authority
Hosting, pairing, and protocol — the silent language of luxury hospitality.
Hospitality doctrine
Service philosophy, guest psychology, and the economics of memory.
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.