{"id":361348,"date":"2025-06-05T16:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T06:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=361348"},"modified":"2025-06-05T16:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T06:18:57","slug":"group-takes-over-wine-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/06\/05\/group-takes-over-wine-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Takes Over Wine College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>June 5, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A consortium consisting of industry, tourism and council representatives will take over operations of the beleaguered <span xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Queensland College of Wine Tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The State Government announced on Thursday the consortium would be <span xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"auto\">led by the Stanthorpe and Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce, with representatives from:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Granite Belt Wine and Tourism\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Granite Belt Growers Association<\/li>\n<li>Queensland Country Tourism<\/li>\n<li>Queensland Wine Industry Association, and<\/li>\n<li>Southern Downs Regional Council <span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The State Government will support the transition period over the next two years with seed funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The college had been operating since 2007, delivering accredited training in Hospitality, Wine Industry Operations and Commercial Cookery as well as short courses to support skills across the wine tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>Its future looked bleak late last year after its partnership with the University of Southern Queensland ended.<\/p>\n<p>However, the State Government stepped in during last December to throw a lifeline to the college before new arrangements could be organised.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/12\/06\/lifeline-for-wine-college\/\">Lifeline For Wine College<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A consortium consisting of industry, tourism and council representatives will take over operations of the beleaguered Queensland College of Wine Tourism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":183766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3,36,10],"tags":[1134,1130,46],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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