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

4-week course plus exam, $1,250

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

This 4-week course will be held on Cisco WebEx or Zoom on October 21, 28, November 4, 11 with the exam on December 1. Class we be held virtually from 6:30pm – 9:30pm, the exam will be in person at the Capital Wine School on December 1 from 6:30pm – 8:00pm.

Wine samples will be included in the course and are available for pickup curbside by appointment at the Capital Wine School on October 16 between 12:15pm – 5pm.  We can ship samples to students who are unable to pick them up for an additonal fee; please email info@capitalwineschool.com for a quote if interested.

***Students who register for this course after October 14 may not be able to gain access to the reading materials until after the course begins***

***Students must provide their WSET candidate number when registering for this course. If you acheived your WSET Level 3 qualification with an APP other than the Capital Wine School, please contact them for this number if you do not have it.

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.

***Diploma New Candidate Registrations will be submitted to the WSET three 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 students will receive instructions on accessing these materials once their Diploma candidacy has been approved by the WSET. 

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