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• Review fromBenjamin J

  Date: 11/11/2023

  5 stars

  Benjamin J

  Date: 11/11/2023

  When I took this class I had no idea what was laid out before me but after the very first class I knew I was in good hands. From the moment *** the instructor said his first sentence I could tell this man has class. He has been a bartender for a very long time and it shows! He went into each subject with exact detail about how every drink should be made, as well as how to upsell alcohol and more importantly yourself. This class and dans teaching gave me the knowledge and confidence to put myself out into the world of bartending. Great class, even better teacher.
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 11/12/2023

  Thank-you for the wonderful comments about our professional mixology and spirts programs and our instructors. As you had noted, both your program and its instructors have been in the business and in the fields of consulting and teaching of the trades for a long time. Apparently you were very astute to recognize this and to make the very best of your learning experience. Yes, presented all hands-on with lots of review and open to all questions -- we continue to bring top-shelf mixology, cutting-edge bar-mechanics and retention techniques to all of our students with the purpose to build your confidence level to excel on the job and on the interview. We are proud to say that our nationally award-winning programs are recognized as the gold-standard in the hospitality industry. We of course are equally proud to recognize you as an accomplished student of the professional ****************** trades. Thank-you again for your kind remarks. We are sure that you're another rising star and wish you much continued success at your new position as a pro mixologist at a 5-star resort.

• Review fromCarson M

  Date: 11/09/2023

  5 stars

  Carson M

  Date: 11/09/2023

  During my first out of High School, I was recommended to attend Wines, Steins, & Cocktails Mixology program. I took a change of fields and after a couple years I decided to return to the mixologist trade. In my time in this class my instructor *** has provided me with the knowledge and skill sets to not only succeed but to excel at my craftsmanship. With the decades of experience, Wines, Steins, & Cocktails has to offer, will impart you with skill sets needed to preform at any level of establishment that you desire to work at. I highly recommend Wines, Steins, & Cocktails to any and everyone who wishes to learn and also master the trade of Mixology. I'm grateful for the time and patience my instructor *** has spent to teach me his craftsmanship.
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 11/10/2023

  Thank-you for your comments. It was our pleasure to share the professional mixology & spirits expertise that will assist you to perform at a high level when interviewing for positions and while being employed at a wide variety of lucrative jobs in the hospitality industry. These include fine dining venues, top-shelf nightclubs, country clubs, premium hotel and resort establishments, casinos, cabana bars, cruise ships and island oasis, just to name a few of the prestigious destinations that you can now routinely apply your new skills. You had mentioned that you had the boardwalk beach bars of South Carolina and the Florida Keys on your mind. As your instructors had shared with you, they are all veterans of these most beautiful and lively areas, filled with sun, fun, lively people and entertainment. We are thrilled that you'll soon be on your way to tapping into the paradise that awaits you on your way to fulfilling your dreams. You'll find that all of the hands-on mixing practice, especially the tiki, island and oasis drinks that you had the opportunity to master, will make you the life of every beach outing and party on the patio night club. No doubt, some jobs are just better than others. College may not be for everybody, and at a cost of only 2-3 shifts of work at the bar, your learning experience, will provide you with quite a return on your investment -- and in just a few weeks, not years like traditional education and at a cost that can set you back for a lifetime. Different strokes for different folks we know. We wish you the very best and count you as another successful graduate of our programs. We are confident that you'll do an amazing job in your new career.

• Review fromLisa S

  Date: 11/08/2023

  5 stars

  Lisa S

  Date: 11/08/2023

  I originally looked into this course as an easy way to make a few extra dollars for Christmas. It has the potential to become so much more! I have learned so much more than I ever expected. I assumed it would be basic, and brush over some strategies and techniques to pour drinks. It is so much more than that! The amount of information covered is so detailed and the history and background of different types of liquors, liqueurs and different types of drinks, is amazing. We covered drinks from every corner of the globe. I never imagined the course would be so in depth all while learning a craft. You won't just learn skills for a career but also interview and budgeting skills to prepare you for pretty much any Bartending/Mixology job you could imagine. The binder of information that you take home with you when this course is over is an invaluable reference guide, recipe guide and history book with no equal. I have never worked food/beverage service before and the instructor allowed me to stay after to ask any question I had, he genuinely wants you to succeed and will do whatever he can to help you. Even after the course was over, he permitted us to come back for a refresher class to make sure that we are completely confident and comfortable with what we have learned. Thankfully I am confident and my potential for a few extra bucks has turned into a whole new career that, thanks to the instructor, I am completely prepared and excited for! This is absolutely worth it and you will not be disappointed!!!
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 11/09/2023

  Thank-you so much for your thoughts. As excited as you are with your learning experience and the confidence level to pursue your new trade, your instructors are equally pleased with your positive comments on the professional manner, that together, made your participation a personal success. In a nutshell, we want you and all of our graduates to excel on the job and on the interview. This has been our mantra since ****, now approaching our 37th year of celebrating the opening of our first training facilities. And, as you have discovered over the course of your 50-hours of totally hands-on instruction working with some of the finest mixologists and spirits pros in the hospitality industry, that the immersive quality of training puts you in the center of what actually happens in a wide variety of working situations behind the bar. And, as we discussed the applications to upscale restaurants, hotels, country clubs, banquet facilities, casinos, cruise ships and even the operation of your own festive mixology service -- you are now prepared to choose to work where you desire, on your own time and terms, no matter where you elect to locate and at any time or ******************* life. Yes, some jobs are just better. As you suggested, you do have a unique training manual for personal and job related activity. Together with the outstanding job-search and interviewing skills that you have acquired from instructors who have actually owned their own businesses and done the hiring for top-shelf bartenders of your caliber, provides the directives needed to package and position yourself for success time and again. We are confident that you now have the tools to succeed in your new trade and we are excited for the opportunities that lie before you - a recession-proof profession with flexible hours, good pay and plenty of work all year long. May you become the success that you envision. We are proud to count you as another graduate of our professional mixology and spirits programs.

• Review fromRichard D

  Date: 11/07/2023

  5 stars

  Richard D

  Date: 11/07/2023

  Great experience and learned a great service. Knowlegable instructor and great facilities. Highly recommended.
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 11/08/2023

  Thank-you for your upbeat commentary. It has certainly been our pleasure to provide such a positive learning experience for you. Having been in business all of your life and having owned a high-volume pub of your own, we appreciated your cogent remarks and thoughtful incite to actual business practices and insights as they apply to real-life situations that your classmates will experience as part of daily operations while working their shift behind the bar. Obviously, there is no substitute for plenty of hands-on practice of drink-making, bar-mechanics and their applications as they directly apply to actually learning the trade of professional mixology on your road to becoming a spirits pro. In that context, we are pleased to have offered you one of the most advanced training facilities for you to practice and acquire the confidence level to excel on the interview and on the job. We are proud to count you as another successful graduate of our professional mixology and spirits programs and thank-you for selecting Wines, Steins and Cocktails to provide the positive learning experience that you desired.

• Review fromJoyce H

  Date: 10/22/2023

  5 stars

  Joyce H

  Date: 10/22/2023

  Wines, Steins, & Cocktails is a top-quality school. I am glad I chose this school for my training. *** is a master of his craft, and a great teacher! He truly cares that his students learn and understand the appropriate techniques of bartending and Mixology. *** has a strong ethic and high integrity level that he brings to this industry and ingrains those same principles into his students. When I took my classes I had decided to make a major life move....*** understood that and he took a novice and worked with me to give me the confidence and skill set I needed to become a professional Bartender. He desires his students to be successful and offers to be available to answer questions you may have in the future. You leave the course with a 'reference manual' of recipes, history, and Bar/Mixology techniques. It's an immersive/hands-on experience starting the first day of class. Well worth your time and money.
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 10/23/2023

  Thank-you for your upbeat commentary on your learning experience with Wines, Steins and Cocktails -- trainers of top-shelf bartenders coast-to-coast since ****. Your remarks on the integrity and work-ethic that our instructors bring to the programs that you have participated, is especially appreciated. Yes, the professional ****************** program is totally immersive, always taught from 'scratch' with plenty of hands-on practice and lots of repetition to hone mixology skills that are second to none. And of course, you were making a major move geographically and life-changing. So, in *******, the flexibility that is built into our programs proved to be very handy to you. Since you left our program, you have proceeded to go directly to work in the private yacht and cruise industry. And since, training individuals to work in the cruise and casino industries are our specialty; you certainly made an informed choice by attending an institution that has professionals who directly work in and within these sectors of the hospitality industry. In total, it has been our pleasure to have fulfilled your desire to achieve your goal to become a professional mixologist and spirits pro and to fulfill your life's dream to work aboard a luxury yacht and/or cruise line, living on your own terms and time at this or any stage in your life. We all wish you much continued success and thank-you again for choosing our organization to provide your training and certification to assist you in bringing your dreams to reality.

• Review fromJames J

  Date: 10/10/2023

  5 stars

  James J

  Date: 10/10/2023

  This class was very well set up. *** the instructor has a skillset for bartending and teaching bartending class that makes one excited to become a bartender. He is a one of a kind instructor and his facility makes you feel as though you are already a bartender. My son and I both enjoyed the class very much. In fact, my son secured a bartending position at a high end 5 star resort before we even finished the class. This resort knew of *** and his reputation which did more than help with his interview. I highly recommend this class to anyone interested in securing a position as a bartender.
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 10/11/2023

  Thank-you for your wonderful commentary. Our professional staff is always pleased to hear that you, and in this instance, that your son has been so successful to secure employment as a professional mixologist at a 5-star resort, even prior to his graduation from our program. We are not surprised to feel your pride in his accomplishment, having taken part in one of our nationally award-winning programs conducted since ****. It is reliable to say that your son has already recouped his entire tuition after only 2-3 shifts on the job at the resort. And of course, he will be able to enjoy quite an array of perks and amenities as an employee including: (1) generous ****************** (2) meals, (3) bonuses, (4) education reimbursement, (5) insurance, (6) 401-k retirement plan, (7) use of gym, spa and related facilities, (8) interesting people, (9) a world-class working atmosphere and management group. Wow, considering the cost of college and related trade schools -- Professional Mixology sure offers a lot of immediate solutions for all motivated ladies and gentlemen of all ages and situations in life. Good pay, plenty of work and flexible hours to list just a few -- working day, evening, part or full-time. And working on your own time and terms for a change -- life-changing, game-changing -- providing any individual in a short period of time the tool-sets, mind-sets and emotional maturity with the know-how and the resources to have the time and money to enjoy more of what you want to experience in life. And, you of course are now looking ahead to life after work aka retirement, that is an active retirement tending bar a few days or evenings -- again good pay, plenty of job opportunities locally or in any geographical are you decide to relocate -- employment is plenty: restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, country clubs, banquet facilities, river-boats and casinos found near and around every community today. So, welcome aboard to you and your son as two newly minted professional mixologists that we have had the distinct pleasure to provide the assistance and expertise totally hands-on in a real bar atmosphere -- a totally immersive, life-changing experience. We at Wines, Steins and Cocktails wish you and your son much continued success.

• Review fromAlexis W

  Date: 09/27/2023

  5 stars

  Alexis W

  Date: 09/27/2023

  Taking this course was absolutely the best decision I have made. I learned so much and was very hands on through the entire time being a student here! This actually was my second course I have taken one in Houston, TX which was longer but wasnt very knowledgeable on my end pretty much in/out heres your certificate. This specific class was so great for me and taught me the right techniques I needed to be great at what I came to learn! I recommend to everybody I come in contact with who compliments my work ethics and hope my fellow encounters found their way to Mr Dan at wine steins!
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 09/28/2023

  Thank-you for your compliments and insight to your positive experience while learning the trade of Professional Mixology, together with our fine instructors and 'All Hands-On Approach' that really locks in your skills, so you can perform with a high level of confidence both on the job and on the interview. Since we are both Professional Mixology and Spirits Trainers and a Hospitality Consulting Institution, you were able to literally experience first-hand, as to what the differences are when attending some of the other programs out there for your comparison. In essence, you had the opportunity to work and study with instructors that are working professionals; ladies and gentlemen who have actually owned, supervised and consult regularly to the businesses that our graduates find and/or directed by Wines, Steins and Cocktails for your employment. So, it is with great optimism that we believe that you and all our graduates of all of our programs move forward smartly, confidently and with purpose. Congratulations on completing your Professional Mixology & Spirits Program. Your instructors and our staff welcome you aboard as yet another of many in a long line of successful graduates. We wish you the very best, and if you desire assistance in the future, please contact us. It will be our pleasure to be of service to you.

• Review fromEllen C

  Date: 09/25/2023

  5 stars

  Ellen C

  Date: 09/25/2023

  I wish I had taken this course 25 years ago! I would not have imagined learning a trade could be so much fun! The hands-on experience and classes that suit almost any person's busy schedule will help you transition from student to professional in record time. This industry will NEVER go away; having the knowledge and professional backing of such a well-respected and accomplished instructor can set you up for tremendous continued success all over the country. Whether I choose to go into business for myself as a Professional Bartender or share my talents in a local tavern I know that I have received the training needed to exceed my own or any employer's expectations after completing this course. This almost 50-year-old Marine Corp Veteran gives Wines Stines and Cocktails 2 enthusiastic thumbs up!!
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 09/26/2023

  Having worked with a lot of veterans over the past 37 years, Wines, Steins and Cocktails knows how serious many of these fine men and women take their service and accomplishments to heart. So, a complement as yours is sincerely appreciated. With an air of excellence, it is our intention to provide all of our students and clients of the Trade of Professional Mixology & Spirit Pros with the finest and most cutting-edge know-how, skills and practical applications to excel on the job and on the interview -- a template for success that can be replicated again and again. And, as you have indicated, over and above, you have a wide array of opportunities to put your talents and skills to use. Most notably, you have served in volunteer and leadership roles while directing a staff at the AMVETS. So, you've already developed a flair for creating new food & drink menus for your members. And of course, the ordering of stock and inventory for business purposes and managing it more correctly, are all functional skills that can certainly propel you to achieve even greater goals in the future as you have suggested -- that of successfully running your own restaurant, pub, or nightclub smartly and profitably. In all, we are elated that your pleased with your learning experience with our company, Wines, Steins and Cocktails. We welcome you aboard as another one of our proud graduates and wish you the best in all of your future endeavors.

• Review fromGlenora K

  Date: 09/09/2023

  5 stars

  Glenora K

  Date: 09/09/2023

  Dan is a structured instructor (even if the student is not). I had enjoyed being in this class, and I have learned much attending this course. Dan did not pressure the students into "you must attend this course on this and this day or you will be booted from the program!" *** is very personable, and he is a humbled person who enjoys making others happy attending the program, and has a love of sharing his knowledge. I knew a little about mixing drinks (the happy home drink mixer, NOT at all a mixologist!), but with the hands on that came with the program, I learned how to mix a great drink. Dan's knowledge of alcohol and the creation of multiple drinks is astounding. I may not have all of Dan's all-encompassing knowledge of drinks and their creations as he does, but I am more confident about the knowledge that I have gained while attending this course. I highly recommend this course to anyone who want's to bartend.
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 09/10/2023

  Thank-you for such a heart-felt comment on your positive experience with both Wines, Steins and Cocktails and members of its staff of instructors. It's always our sincere pleasure to share the expertise that is needed to excel as a Professional Mixology & Spirit while on the job and on the interview. Your work-ethic and persistence, in light of a tight schedule, is most commendable. Starting and achieving one's goals and bringing one's aspirations to fruition is more than an exception today. So, may I congratulate you on a job well done. All that 'Hands-On' Practice, targeted discussions on How to relate to a wide variety of Spirits, formulating a plan to set up and run your own Pro Festivity Bartender Sevices-- yes, this will not only come in handy, and will serve you for years to come -- working where you desire, and moreover, on the terms and times that you desire most. Yes, some jobs are just better -- the Trade of Professional Mixology can provide you with unlimited job opportunities, flexible hours, tips, perks, meals, insurance, mobility and the additional opportunity to meet new and interesting people. It's no wonder that Professional Mixology continues to be rated a #1 Best Part-Time Job and Full-time Career Opportunity. We wish you continued success, thank-you for choosing Wines, Steins and Cocktails to assist you on your journey to achieving your goal, and are here to contact if you need further direction. Thank-you again for taking the time to share your experience and feedback with others.

• Review fromVictoria N

  Date: 09/08/2023

  5 stars

  Victoria N

  Date: 09/08/2023

  I'm currently a student at Wines, Steins and Cocktails and the lessons that have been taught to me thus far, have given me so much information, knowledge, and confidence. Class times are conveniently scheduled for everyone's needs, with a mix of students at different levels, which helps you learn not only from the instructor but from the students as well. Classes aren't rushed, you can go at your own pace. They have a great payment plan. I get advanced and beginner lessons no matter when attending a class. The instructor is very, very knowledgeable on all aspects of the bartending and mixology world. He helps you understand the expansive amount of information that is needed to become a Professional Mixologist and to be Great at our craft. I have more knowledge than I could have ever imagined having and I'm not even finished yet. It's a great hands-on learning experience, that's exactly what I need. It's extremely helpful in many ways of putting out a great product. The instructor answers any question you may have about the components in a cocktail to classifications of liquors, and the classification of the cocktails themselves. It is an all-around great place to experience the in's and out's, the do's and don'ts of the Wines, Steins and Cocktail world! You won't go wrong in attending this school no matter if it is for fun or for a long-lasting career. And they help you with job placement and how an interview should be conducted in the prospect of getting the job you want. I would recommend for young and old alike, so call Wine, Stiens and Cocktails today!!!! you won't regret it .
  

  Wines Steins & Cocktails Ltd

  Date: 09/11/2023

  Thank-you from all the staff at Wines Steins and Cocktails for your generous feedback on your experience in the Professional Mixology & Spirits Programs. It's true, Hands-On Mixing Practice is not only essential, but mandatory for mastering the key elements of the Trade. Professional Mixology, as you have suggested, involves so many different topics, components and applications. So, along with quality, outcome focused practice sessions, is the need for quality instruction by instructors that have worked in supervisory Food & Beverage Positions and preferably have owned and operated their own businesses and have done the hiring and firing in a purposeful and professional manner. Humbly, our company has been in the business for training, operating and consulting to the Hospitality Industry since 1987. It is our pleasure to share the expertise needed to excel on the job and on the interview, no matter what environment one may become employed -- upscale restaurant, nightclub, country club, hotel-resort, banquet & catering facility, casino, river-boat, and cruise ship to name just a few. In your case, you and your family, your father, an executive chef, are laying the foundation for a new business enterprise. Having worked with countless business-owners, supervisors and proprietors over the past 35+ years, we are confident that you will perform with distinction, already have mastered key concepts of creative cocktail preparation, classic drinks, menu planning fr all spirits -- liquor, beer and wine. Also, and because of your ready supply of questions; you now have a solid back ground and understanding of liquor types & production; Single Malt, Eau-de-Vie, Cognac, Amari, Champagne, Claret and a host of 'Top'Shelf' concepts that has been presented to you from some of the very best in the Industry. Without any hesitation, you are more than sufficiently informed and practiced to set-up and run your own Bar & Restaurant Operation smartly and successfully. The staff, and particularly your instructors, are pleased to have been assistance toward helping you achieve your dream. We wish you much success!