Online: WSET Level 3 Award in Wines with West London Wine School
Sunday 31 January 2021
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The Level 3 Award in Wines is a course designed for anyone wishing to gain in-depth knowledge of wines and build upon the knowledge gained at Intermediate level. You will acquire a thorough understanding of the factors influencing the style, quality and price of wines from key wine producing regions of the world. You will also develop analytical tasting skills using the systematic approach to tasting, your blind tasting skills will form part of the examinations. WSET Level 3 Award in Wines has full accreditation from OfQual as part of the UK Government’s Qualifications & Credits Framework as a Level 3 Vocational Qualification.
This course is delivered ONLINE over seven weeks with a minimum of 80 hours total study (including LIVE virtual lessons) recommended to successfully complete the course. Regular internet access and participation is essential.
PLEASE NOTE: The course fee includes a tasting kit of 50ml samples of all wines tasted on the course (60 in total). Students are able to book onto the course without receiving wine samples for a reduced fee. Please read below for more information about course wine options.
The Level 3 Award in Wines Online covers the same syllabus as the classroom course, but through a supported Online Classroom which allows you to study alongside your peers under the guidance of a dedicated educator.
Please note that the exam is completed in person and not online. The course fee includes an attended examination at West London Wine School.
What’s Covered on the Course:
Through a combination of tasting and theory, you’ll explore the factors that impact style and quality and learn how to describe these wines with confidence.
- The key factors in the production of wine: location, grape growing, winemaking, maturation and bottling
- The key characteristics of the principal:
- How to make appropriate wine recommendations
- How to taste wines using the WSET Level 3 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine® (SAT)
- Friday 29th January 2021 at 4pm: Registration Deadline
- Sunday 31st January 2021 at 10:00am – 4:00pm: 1st LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Sunday 7th February 2021 at 10:00am – 3:30pm: 2nd LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Sunday 14th February 2021 at 10:00am – 3:30pm: 3rd LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Sunday 21st February 2021 at 10:00am – 3:30pm: 4th LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Sunday 28th February 2021 at 10:00am – 3:30pm: 5th LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Sunday 7th March 2021 at 10:00am – 3:30pm: 6th LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Sunday 14th March 2021 at 10:00am – 3:30pm: 7th LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- NOTE: All live virtual sessions will be recorded, so if you are unable to attend one of the sessions above as planned, you can revisit the lesson in your own time.
- Sunday 21st March 2021 at 10:30am - 3:30pm: In-Person Tasting Revision Day at West London Wine School
- EXAM - Sunday 28th March 2021: To obtain the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines Qualification, you will need to successfully pass an IN-PERSON exam that is made up of two components. The Theory Exam (50 multiple-choice questions and 4 comprehensive short written questions) and the Tasting Exam (blind assessment of two wines). You must achieve at least 55% on both the Theory exam and the Tasting exam to pass the exam. Please see below for options if a different exam date is preferred.
- The course will have 7 full LIVE virtual taught lessons with an award-winning West London Wine School tutor. These lesson times are reflected above in the course schedule.
- The course tutor will additionally host zoom face-to-face sessions each week after each lesson to further answer any in-depth questions students may have during their revisions.
- Enrolled students will receive exclusive access to West London Wine School Founder and Chief Educator Jimmy Smith’s Online Revision Portal: E-Learning Wine. This portal contains hundreds of multiple-choice revision questions specific to this course as well as other revision tools such as short written mock exam questions, revision exercises, flashcards, study templates and useful videos.
- As part of the course fee, students will be invited to attend a tasting tutorial day at West London Wine School to help you prepare for the tasting examination. This tasting tutorial is scheduled to occur on Sunday 21st March 2021 from 10:30am - 3:30pm at West London Wine School in Fulham, West London.
- Students will be scheduled to attend the exam on Sunday 28th March 2021 upon enrolment. If they would like to sit the exam on a different, later date, this can also be arranged after enrolment provided that students inform West London Wine School in writing no later than 15 working days prior to Sunday 28th March 2021.
- Tasting kit containing 50ml samples of each wine tasted on the course (60 in total). For more information about the tasting kits, please see below.
- Course study pack (students can choose to either receive a physical pack in the post or a digital copy accessible online)
- Access to 'LIVE' virtual taught lessons taught by a West London Wine School WSET Certified Tutor (and access to the recordings of each of these lessons)
- Exclusive access to Jimmy Smith’s ‘E-Learning Wine’ online revision platform
- Professional WSET tuition
- Exam & all related examination fees
- Internationally-recognised WSET qualification certificate and pin for those who pass the in-person exam
- Tasting kit delivery can be made to anywhere within the UK. If you are interested in receiving the tasting kit, however the delivery address is not within the UK, please get in touch BEFORE booking as depending where you are located, we may be able to still arrange delivery for an additional fee.
- If you do NOT want to receive a tasting kit, and just want to book onto the course without receiving wine samples – NO PROBLEM! Please just enter the code WSETL3REG as a ‘Promotional Code’ upon checking out, and the tasting kit associated fees on this course will be removed before you make course payment. Course fee without wine samples is £595.
- If you would prefer to receive full bottles of wine instead of 50ml samples, this can also be arranged. Please just enter the code WSETL3REG as a ‘Promotional Code’ upon checking out, and the tasting kit associated fees on this course will be removed before you make course payment. After making your course booking, just send us an email indicating that you’d like to purchase the full bottles instead, and we will send you a bespoke link to purchase the full bottles of wine directly from our 3rd party supplier. Note that the full case of 60 wines will cost £725. A smaller case of 24 ‘essential’ wine bottles for the course is also available for £295.
Event details
Date
Sunday 31 January
to Thursday 2 May 2024
Time
10:00
to 15:20
Type
Wine course
Cost
£745
Booking required
Yes
Venue details
Online Course