Of course you do! So why not enter The Academy of Food and Wine's travel scholarships, which are now open for entries.

Through field tours and talks with local producers, they offer fabulous opportunities for the recipients to further their knowledge and understanding of the wine growing region they visit.

Hospitality employers are urged to encourage their staff to enter and support the future and education of the industry.

The awards on offer this year include:

* The Matthew Clark and California Wines Travel Award 2008 where the winner will receive a fantastic trip to visit some of the regions wonderful wineries in 2009.

* The Wines of Germany Travel Award 2008 will take the winner in April 2009 to visit Mainzer, Weinbeorse, the prestigious annual German wine fair which is organised by BDP - a body representing some of Germany's most prominent wineries. The fair will also be the showcase for the 2008 vintage with 150 exhibiting wineries. It will be followed by a short trip around the wineries as one of the local wine growing regions.

* The New Zealand Wine Travel Bursary 2008 which is provided courtesy of the New Zealand winegrowers, the winner will receive a fantastic 10 day education trip to this stunning country, visiting a selection of vineyards in the regions of Auckland, Hawkes Bay, Martinborough, Marlborough and Central Otago.

The winners will be announced in September and presented with their prize at the Academy's annual awards ceremony which takes place at Vintners' Hall on Monday, September 8th.

To enter simply answer the questions which can be downloaded here relating to the trip or trips you would like to go on and return them with the entry form to the Academy by fax on: 020 8661 4647 or email: [email protected]

Alternatively you can post your entry to:

The Academy of Food & Wine

Trinity Court 34 West Street

Sutton Surrey

SM1 1SH

The deadline for entries is Wednesday 20th August.

The BHA wishes you the best of luck.