Upcoming WSET Wine courses

WSET Wine Education Course - Advanced Level 3

Rawlings & Wine Ltd, is a WSET Approved Programme Provider

Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Certified Educator Chris Rawlings AIWS, is holding a Level 3 Advanced Wine Education Course:

Starting Tuesday October 5th 2010 and finishing Tuesday February 1st 2011.

Venue Canada Square, Canary Wharf, Docklands London.

This course is open to people who already hold the WSET (Level 2) Intermediate Certificate. As with the Level 2, the Advanced Level 3 course, carries national vocation recognition and is therefore valuable to individuals working in the wine trade.

The course is conducted in the usual WSET structured format.

Course nights will be held weekly, every Tuesday evening for 15 weeks, from 18.30 to 20.45hrs. Week one only, will start at 18.00, to enable registration and issue of course materials before class commences. Week 15 is the examination evening.

Due to the Christmas and New Year holiday period, there will be no classes on December 21st 28th and January 4th.

The cost of this course is £595.00 and is discounted from the usual WSET price, £625.00. It is based on a minimum of 10 and maximum of 20 students. The price includes wine samples, study materials, full tuition, examination entry and subject to passing, the appropriate WSET certificate. ISO tasting glasses are used for the course and optional to purchase, available on request at a charge of £15.00 for 6 stems.

The Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) is the most highly regarded nationally and internationally recognised formal wine education body in Britain.

For further information on Chris, visit his web site at http://www.rawlings-and-wine.com/.

Please also see the commendations page on this site.

Course Content

The course covers in much more detail than the level 2, the global wine industry, focussing on many wine producing countries and their regions within. One of the main aims is to guide the student to become fully familiar and understand the myriad of different wine styles from around the globe. This will involve detailed study of regions; grape varieties used, growing techniques, climate and microclimates, local soils, aspect and wine making practices.

All types and styles of wine will be covered, including fortified and sparkling wines. Potential students should be aware that this level requires considerable home study.

We recommend at least 56 hours over the course duration.

For the fully detailed itinerary go to; http://www.wset.co.uk/qualifications/23.asp

Wine tasting and evaluation

Learning how to taste wine continues on from the Level 2 Certificate and is a major part of the course. In order for students to develop personal tasting skills and to help recognise and evaluate wine from different origins, the WSET systematic approach to tasting will be followed.

Examination

The examination will comprise of 50 multiple-choice questions

4 Short written answers from 4 set questions

A written assessment of one wine tasted blind, using the systematic approach.

Students who pass the course will receive a WSET certificate

55-65% = pass

65-80% = pass with merit
80% + = pass with distinction (aggregate score over all 3 papers)

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