WSET Intermediate Course
Next course date for WSET Intermediate. Starts Saturday 10 March 2012.
The Intermediate Course is aimed at those who wish to broaden their wine tasting experience and knowledge and leads to an internationally recognised qualification administered by the Wine & Spirits Education Trust.
Intermediate builds on the wine tasting technique and knowledge covered in the WSET’s Foundation Course. There are no prerequisites for Intermediate and the course material assumes no prior knowledge. As a rule, this course suits those who have been working with wine for a little while who wish to strengthen their knowledge, or wine enthusiasts who want to try new wines and deepen their knowledge.
The course begins by covering grape growing and wine making before moving on to look at the principal grape varieties and the main wine making regions of the world. As well as still wines, this includes sparkling wines, sweet wines, fortifieds and spirits.
By the end of the course students will feel comfortable with wine label terminology from around the world, they will have an understanding of key wine producing countries and regions as well as the styles of wine they produce. Students will also be able to describe wines more fully, using the WSET’s Systematic Approach to Tasting at level 2.
The course finishes with the WSET’s Intermediate exam which is a 50 question multiple choice paper.
Wine Academy offers WSET Intermediate by classroom and by distance learning.
The fee for the classroom based course is $700 which includes all wines, text book, study material and exam fee.
We have two courses scheduled for 2012.
The first starts on Saturday 10 March and runs over three consecutive weeks, with the exam being held at the end of the final day, Saturday 24 March.
The seconds starts on Saturday 11 August and runs over three consecutive weeks, with the exam being held at the end of the final day, Saturday 25 August.
The fee for the distance learning option is $250, which includes the text book, study material and exam fee. Please note that this option does not include any classroom time but learning support is available via email. As there is no classroom time there is no tasting component but sample wine lists are provided. The exam is held at the same time as our WSET Foundation exams.
Dates for 2012 are: Saturday 18 February, Saturday 16 June and Saturday 27 October.
Wine Academy is happy to provide dedicated on site courses for restaurants, retail outlets or other businesses. Please contact for further details.
Please also note that the WSET Intermediate exam does not contain a tasting section and that tasting the wines is not required to pass the course. This makes the course suitable for those who cannot drink alcohol, for whatever reason.
If you have any questions about this course, please do not hesitate to contact us.