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Welcome to the Academy of Spirits and Fine Service. This program is designed for Beverage Managers, Bartenders and Restaurant personnel who want to upgrade their knowledge and skills in bar operations.
This is a 12-week program conducted once a week for a two-hour session. The Academy provides working product knowledge on all types of alcoholic beverages in the United States and throughout the world. This hands-on program allows participants to recreate “Prohibition Era Cocktails” and create new, trendy cocktails while focusing on the use of simple garnishes that enhance
Upon successful completion of the Academy, graduates may apply for United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) membership. The Academy of Spirits and Fine Service is the foundation for the bright future of mixology.
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Master Sommelier Serafin Alvarado offers a series of courses that cover an extensive range of subjects that vary from wine and service fundamentals to regional or varietal focus.

Two-hour classes take place three times a month at The Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago, a Le Cordon Bleu Program. From Sauvignon Blanc to Sake to Eco Friendly wines there is a course for everyone.


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SWS Illinois Latest News
  
The Charmer Sunbelt Group and SWS Announce Agreement Under Which Distinctive Wine & Spirits To Be Acquired by SWS of Illinois
NEW YORK, NY and MIAMI – FEBRUARY 7, 2008 -- The Charmer Sunbelt Group (CSG) and Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc., Miami, Florida, today announced an agreement under which CSG’s Chicago, Illinois-based Distinctive Wines & Spirits, LLC is to be acquired by Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc...Read More
Top shelf
The credit goes to founder Bridget Albert, master mixologist for the distributor Southern Wine and Spirits and a Shorewood resident...Read More
SWS of Illinois Mixologist Battles it out on Iron Chef
Set your TiVo or tune in to the Food Network Channel on Thursday (3/8) at 9:00 PM to see SWS of Illinois Mixologist, Bridget Albert, compete on the Iron Chef show!!...Read More
Peter and Robert Mondavi to Receive Southern Wine & Spirits Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival
MIAMI - January 12, 2007 —Napa Valley icons Peter and Robert Mondavi will reunite at the 2007 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival to receive their first ever award together, the Southern Wine & Spirits Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More
Southern Wine & Spirits of Illinois Master Sommelier, Serafin Alvarado, voted as one of Chicago's Top 40 Under 40.
Miniature golf, hot dogs, fake waterfalls — Sports Zone Park in Aurora seems like an odd place for a master sommelier. But here is Serafin Alvarado in the batting cage, crushing fastballs like they were grapes in a vineyard...Read More

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