20 scholarships and an innovative program designed in collaboration with industry: 5 modules, 37 days of training, and a 3-month internship. Top-performing students will be hired by partner companies.
Luiss Business School in collaboration with Italia del Vino Consortium, announces the launch of the Wine Business Program 2025, an innovative educational project designed to train young talents for strategic roles in Italian wine companies. The program is open to graduates and undergraduate students, including those holding a Bachelor’s degree, who are motivated to build a career in the wine sector. The objective is to bridge the gap between academia and business by providing practical, job-ready skills.
“This project,” says Roberta Corrà, President of Italia del Vino, “aims to address a current challenge in the sector—the lack of specialised managerial profiles—by offering a concrete solution through a high-level program that combines international vision, academic rigor, and hands-on experience. Developed over several years in collaboration with Luiss Business School faculty, this initiative represents a virtuous model of university-business cooperation, fostering youth development and the competitiveness of Italian wine on global markets.”
The programme includes 37 days of classroom training at Luiss Business School’s campus in Rome. Courses will be held in English and will focus on viticulture, oenology, marketing, export, sustainability, digitalisation, and innovation, with the integration of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence applied to the wine sector. Practical workshops and wine tasting sessions are also part of the course, which will end with a three-month internship at one of the member companies belonging to the Italia del Vino Consortium.
“This collaboration combines academic rigor with real-world application,” says Rita Carisano, General Manager of Luiss Guido Carli University and former Director of Confindustria Verona. “The Wine Business Program 2025 aims to train professionals who are poised to develop a strategic vision, cross-functional skills, and a particular sensitivity towards the innovation trends in the wine industry. Our partnership with Italia del Vino reflects our commitment to making education a driver of economic and social development, offering learning skills that make a real impact on the productive fabric and, above all, provide concrete job opportunities”.
The project is supported by a network of technical partners who share its mission and is open to new collaborations. Throughout the program, students will be hosted in Rome at the Luiss Business School campus and in accommodations provided by companies during the internship period. At the end of the course, top-performing candidates, selected by a panel of experts and industry representatives, will be offered a fixed-term employment contract at one of the Consortium’s companies—turning education into a tangible professional opportunity.
