MBA

Graduation ceremony at an exceptional host’s Château Haut-Lagrange An evening full of emotions and memories for MBA International Hotel Management alumni Warmly welcomed by the Château Haut-Lagrange owner, Francis Boutemy, the future alumni had the privilege of touring the vineyard and tasting several different wines. They then met for the graduation ceremony speech, given by [...]

Vatel Bordeaux hosts the Aquitaine Organic Winegrowers competition   Experts blind-tasted hundreds of samples to determine the 2017 winning wines. Each year, in May, the New-Aquitaine Federation of Organic Wine organizes the Organic Winegrowers Competition to find the best organic wines in the area. “Open to all organic certified wines, (VQPRD and IGP, two French [...]

On March 11, Vatel Bordeaux hosted the L’Étiquette - Blind Tasting Inter-School Wine Tasting Challenge created by Kedge in 2016.   Six teams of four students from the Kedge, the ESVV (School of wines and wine sciences), the EM Lyon and Vatel Bordeaux met to defend their schools’ colors. In front of a jury made [...]

Qian Qian Wu, a Chinese fifth year student, gives us her opinion on her schooling and life in Aquitaine.     Why did you decide to study at Vatel Bordeaux? Because of Vatel’s great reputation! After I finished my Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management in Amiens, I wanted to specialize in the hospitality […]

February 3rd, Vatel Bordeaux went to Château Castera, cru Bourgeois in northern Médoc, close to Saint Estèphe, for the Graduation ceremony of our MBA Wine & Spirits Business Management class. Welcomed by the sales manager Jean-Pierre Darmuzey and the technical manager Philippe Grynfeltt, the students were able to appreciate the history of this property and […]

Being part of the seminar dedicated to introduce our MBA students to the world of hospitality, wine and spirits, we had the chance to welcome ast Friday (October 2, 2015) Bastien from Valade & Transandine. MBA students getting introduced to WW wines JP Paubert serving a “Dog Point” Sauvignon Blanc MBA students (English Course) Thanks […]

Alexandra is an ambitious, highly-motivated girl with plenty of plans for the future and we wish her every success on a personal and professional level.       You’re the top student at Vatel Bordeaux this year and second across all the business schools in Europe. I imagine that you’re very happy with this result? […]

Château Carbonnieux, an exceptional wine for our first group of MBA graduates majoring in Wine & Spirits     On 9 July 2015, the graduation ceremony for our first MBA class majoring in Wine & Spirits Management was held at Château Carbonnieux, which produces a Grand Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan. It was an immense honour for […]

Michaël has been studying at Vatel Bordeaux for the past two years to obtain his diploma in International Hotel Management. He joined our establishment with a very clear idea in mind concerning his future career plan       Michaël, could you introduce yourself and briefly describe your profile and career so far? While pursuing […]

As part of their MBA International Hotel Management course, Vatel’s two first year classes each spent an afternoon visiting Darwin Eco-System, an innovative and environmentally-committed centre in Bordeaux. Our students were accompanied by their teacher Michel Londeix who, being a tenant on the premises, was able to underline the management issues involved in the running […]