WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines: Unit D1 Wine Production Online & Live

$1,250 – 4-week course plus exam

Includes WSET’s 3 year registration fee; access to all Diploma study materials in the WSET Online Classroom; the four week course, wine samples, and the Unit D1 Examination at Capital Wine School.

This 4-week course will be taught by winemaker and technical director for RdV Vineyards, Joshua Grainer, and classes will be held on Zoom on January 27, February 3, 10, 17 and the exam will be held on February 24. Class we be held virtually from 6:30pm – 9:30pm, the exam will be in person at the Capital Wine School from 6:00pm – 7:30pm.

This unit focuses on viticulture, vinification, maturation, and bottling. You will learn what the vine requires to produce grapes for wine production, grape growing, winemaking, and post-fermentation options and how this influences style, quality, and price. This unit must be taken before attempting any other Diploma course. This course provides the foundation needed for taking D3, D4, and D5. This unit is assessed by a 90-minute multiple-part open-response exam.

You must have passed the WSET Level 3 exam before registering for the Diploma Program.

Wine samples are included in the course and available for pickup curbside by appointment at the Capital Wine School on Wednesday, January 26 between 12:00pm – 5pm. Please make a note of the wine sample/study guide pickup date mentioned in the schedule above, as it will not appear on your registration confirmation. We cannot accommodate requests for wine sample pickups in advance of the date/times mentioned above. Students who are unable to come to the school to pick up their wine samples and study guide may have their materials shipped to them for an additional shipping fee – please email info@capitalwineschool.com for more information. Requests for shipping must be received at least 7 business days before the first scheduled class. Finally, wine samples for those who request and pay for shipping will ship to arrive the day of the first scheduled class, and we cannot accommodate requests for earlier arrival.

***Diploma New Candidate Registrations will be submitted to the WSET 2-3 weeks before the course begins, or within 72 hours of registration if the course start date is less than three weeks from the date of registration. Once we have submitted your New Candidate Registration to the WSET, cancellations/refunds are not possible. 

***All Diploma study materials are in e-book format and in the WSET Online Classroom, and students will receive instructions on accessing these materials once their Diploma candidacy has been approved by the WSET. 

***Students must provide their WSET candidate number when registering for this course. Candidate numbers can be found on the letter of achievement received with your Level 3 certificate (candidate numbers are NOT printed on the certificates themselves). If you achieved your WSET Level 3 qualification with an APP other than the Capital Wine School, please contact them for this number if you are unable to locate it.

For detailed information about the WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines, please click here to download a PDF of the WSET’s Specifications.

System Requirements for WebEx Classes

Supported Operating Systems

Windows

• Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit
• Windows 8 32-bit/64-bit
• Windows 8.1 32-bit/64-bit
• Windows Server 2008 64-bit
• Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit
• Windows 10
• Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB

Notes:

• Windows OS support on Microsoft Surface Pro is supported.
• Each Webex Meetings monthly release is tested and certified against the current preview of monthly rollup and all semi-annual Windows 10 releases.
• Webex Meetings supports Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 with limitation that, for Webex meetings, Productivity Tools, and the desktop application, if a user doesn’t have administrator privileges, then an administrator is required to install the Webex Meetings applications and Productivity Tools.

Mac OS X

• 13
• 14
• 15

Notes:

• FedRAMP-compliant Webex Meetings sites require Mac OS 10.13 or later.
• Starting with Mac OS X 10.7, Apple no longer offers Java as part of the Mac operating system. Since Webex Meetings previously relied on the Java browser plugin to download the meeting application for first-time users, users without Java installed found it difficult to join a meeting. The dependency on Java was removed. Instead, the user is asked to install a small plugin that, once installed, handles the rest of the meeting application installation and then starts the meeting.

• When you start or join an event using Webex Events for the first time on Safari 6.X and Safari 7, a problem occurs. After you have installed Webex, Safari requires you to trust the plugin for the site you are attempting to join or start the event from. The page will refresh after that, but you will not join the event. In order to join, go back to the link you originally selected and you will be able to join successfully.