This course covers basic wine tasting skills as well as how grapes are grown and how wine is made. The focus of the course centers on understanding different styles of wines and being able to identify principal grape varieties, wine types, and characteristics in the glass. Additionally, this course offers information on wine storage and service as well as Food & Wine pairing. The course assessment includes a 45 minute, 30 question, multiple choice exam that can be taken online or in-person. The course material should take about 6 hours to complete. The Level 1 Wines Specification outlines course objectives and suggested wines.WSET Level 1 Award in Wines Specification
WSET level 1 Wine – Flex-study
Created to offer the most flexibility for those pursuing wine studies, AWS Flex-study, provides a mix of virtual & online instruction as well as one-on-one feedback to practice questions and tasting notes by AWS trained learning tutors. While the educational content of the course is available 24-7, and may be viewed at any time, all AWS Flex-study courses begin with a virtual, instructor-led, launch session giving learners the opportunity to participate, meet other candidates, and ask questions about the course, wines, or exam. Launch sessions have set dates and focus on course induction as well as wine tasting. The sessions are recorded for future viewing by candidates who were unable to attend the launch session or perhaps would like to watch the session again. After the virtual launch session, all education content such as practice quizzes, tasting note feedback, narrated presentation, and recorded lectures may be viewed anytime during the course.
Once the course is over, students sit the exam in person at an American Wine School location or online from the comfort of your own home. While there is no blind tasting on the exam, sampling wines is a fun part of the learning experience. Students should taste a range of wines during their studies. A list of suggested wines will be sent to candidates prior to the first class so you can source them locally.
AWS Flex-study WSET Level 1 course fee includes study guide, online course, and exam fee. All wines tasted during the course are purchased by candidates.