January 13, 2025 – As of today, the Gérard Basset Foundation is welcoming applications for the 2025 Artémis Domaines Golden Vines® Victims of Conflict Scholarships.
The Artémis Domaines Golden Vines® Victims of Conflict Scholarships offer meaningful assistance and career progression to wine professionals who have been affected by war and geo-political conflict. Each Scholar receives a 6- month paid bespoke internship at one of Artémis Domaines’ world-renowned estates, learning new skills in viticulture and viniculture.
The Artémis Domaines Scholars need to be able to show and confirm that they meet the following requirements:
– Scholars must be wine professionals, already working in the wine industry, with appropriate qualifications including, but not limited to, Diploma Advanced Technician (French BTS) in viticulture/oenology – Scholars will have previous experience working in a vineyard/winery
– Scholars will have a conversational level of English and some knowledge of French
The Artémis Domaines Scholars can be located anywhere in the world provided they have valid residence permits and/or working permits.
According to Romané Basset, co-founding trustee of the Gérard Basset Foundation: « Through the Artémis Domaines Golden Vines® Victims of Conflict Scholarships, we are both honoured and humbled to be able to award scholarships that will provide educational support and career progression to three wine professionals who have been affected by war and geo-political conflict. Everyone deserves a fair chance. »
The Artémis Domaines Scholars will be chosen by a committee of judges led by Ian Harris, Chair of Trustees at the Gérard Basset Foundation and Jérémy Cukierman MW, Communications & Sustainability Director at Artémis Domaines
For more information and to apply: https://gerardbassetfoundation.org/scholarships/the-artmis-domaines-golden vines-victims-of-conflict-scholarships-in-wine
Applications are open until midnight GMT on 28th February 2025.
About The Gérard Basset Foundation
The Gérard Basset Foundation is the world’s leading charitable foundation dedicated to using the wine, spirits and hospitality industries as a vehicle for change. Gérard Basset (7th March 1957 – 16th January 2019) OBE MS MW MBA OIV MSc ASI World’s Best Sommelier 2010 was without question one of the greatest wine professionals of his era. During his lifetime, Gérard mentored and trained a generation of young sommeliers who sought out his expertise and guidance to launch their own successful careers. Many of those protégés are now connected with the Foundation and remain instrumental in keeping Gerard’s legacy alive and flourishing. The Gérard Basset Foundation was co-founded in 2021 by Gérard’s wife Nina and their son Romané who also serve as trustees alongside Jancis Robinson OBE MW and Ian Harris: https://gerardbassetfoundation.org
About Artémis Domaines
Created in 1993, Artémis Domaines selectively invests in high-quality vineyards and terroirs with a view to managing and developing them over the long term. Artémis Domaines owns 8 properties in Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône Valley, Champagne, the Napa Valley in California and Oregon: Château Latour, Eisele Vineyard, Domaine d’Eugénie, Château Grillet, Clos de Tart, Champagne Jacquesson, Beaux Frères, and Bouchard Père et Fils. The Artémis Domaines properties share the same constant quest for excellence and commitment to environmental protection. Almost all are certified organic and cultivate their vines in accordance with biodynamic and agroecology principles.
