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WSET Award in Wines Level Two – Intensive Summer School

July 7, 2025 at 10:30 am - July 11, 2025 at 5:00 pm

£600

Course dates: Monday 7th July to Friday 11th July 2025 – 10:30-17:00

Booking deadline: Friday 23rd June 2025

Educators: John Shuckburgh DipWSET and Tim Bradley DipWSET

About the course: This structured and informative course explores the major grape varieties and important regions that define the world’s key wines. You’ll learn about production, key labelling terminology and major classifications to help you identify wines with confidence. This course is fantastic CV material for those pursuing a career in Wine or hospitality. For the amateur consumer it will provide invaluable knowledge and expertise – meaning that you will be able to choose and appreciate wine with confidence!

Successful students will receive a WSET certificate.

What’s Covered

  • How wine is made
  • What factors influence wine style
  • The key white and black grape varieties and their characteristics
  • The important wine-producing regions of the world in which these grapes are grown
  • The production of sparkling, sweet and fortified wines
  • Label terminology
  • Tutored tastings of 48 wines
  • How to describe wine using the WSET Level 2 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine® (SAT)
  • How to make food and wine pairings

Do I need any prior knowledge? No prior knowledge is required. All classes are delivered in English therefore a good level of English is beneficial. Students completely new to wine and spirits study may wish to complete the Level 1 Award in Wines first. However, this is not essential.

Course delivery – This qualification has a minimum requirement of 28 hours of study time, including 16 hours of classroom time. There will be eight classes lasting two hours each on the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The Friday will be comprised of revision time in the morning and the examination in the afternoon.

Assessment – Assessment is by a closed-book exam of 50 multiple-choice questions, to be completed in one hour. The exam will take place at the end of the course on the afternoon of Friday 14th July. This qualification is regulated by Ofqual

What’s included? – The cost includes all study materials, wine and samples, tuition, six ISO tasting glasses, examination, postage and VAT.

Details

Start:
July 7, 2025 at 10:30 am
End:
July 11, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Cost:
£600
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Organiser

The Oxford Wine School
Email
school@oxfordwine.co.uk

Venue

The Jericho Wine Rooms
7 Little Clarendon Street
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2HP United Kingdom
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Phone
01865 558838