Online: WSET Level 3 Award in Wines with West London Wine School
Saturday 2 October 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 eight 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.
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 1st October 2021 at 4pm: Registration Deadline
- Saturday 2nd October 2021 at 10:00am – 4:30pm: 1st LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Saturday 9th October 2021 at 10:00am – 4:00pm: 2nd LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Saturday 16th October 2021 at 10:00am – 4:00pm: 3rd LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Saturday 23rd October 2021 at 10:00am – 4:00pm: 4th LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Saturday 30th October 2021 at 10:00am – 4:00pm: 5th LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Saturday 6th November 2021 at 10:00am – 4:00pm: 6th LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Saturday 13th November 2021 at 10:00am – 4:00pm: 7th LIVE virtual classroom session (NOTE: 1 hour break will occur from 12pm to 1pm)
- Saturday 20th November 2021 at 10:00am - 12:30pm: 8th LIVE virtual classroom session
- 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.
- EXAM - Saturday 27th November 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 8 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.
- Students will be scheduled to attend the exam on Saturday 27th November 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 Saturday 27th November 2021.
- Tasting kit containing 50ml samples of each wine tasted on the course (over 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.
Event details
Date
Saturday 2 October
to Friday 29 March 2024
Time
10:00
to 10:49
Type
Wine course
Cost
£795
Booking required
Yes
Venue details
Online Course