WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines Unit D4 (Sparkling Wines of the World ) **ONLINE** Course

Unit D4: Sparkling Wines of the World (5 weeks of guided study) – $700

Understand how the growing environment, viticulture and winemaking options, industry associations, labelling terms and wine business influence the style, quality and price of the principal sparkling wines. This includes describing, comparing and explaining how these factors influence the style, quality and price of these wine styles.

Includes online tuition and online materials, feedback theory & tasting tests, ONLINE tasting tutorial taught by a CWS instructor on May 9, 2020, with wine samples selected by Jay Youmans, MW for pickup in advance by appointment for curbside delivery, and the exam at the Capital Wine School on October 27, 2020.  The exam is 90 minutes and consists of an assessment of 3 wines tasted blind and multiple-part open response theory questions.

*The original exam date of June 9, 2020 was cancelled by the WSET due to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 public health emergency. If a special exam date prior to the October 27 exam is established/announced by the WSET, students will have the option of attending the earlier exam date.

Other Important Information

***When registering for this course, existing Diploma students should use the email address on file with the WSET.

***The registration deadline for this course is April 8, 2020 and there are no refunds or rescheduling after this date. Requests for registrations after the deadline will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and will incur a $50 late registration fee. Late registrants will be unable to sit for the June 2020 exam and will be automatically registered to sit for the next scheduled D4 exam date.

***The WSET does not permit candidates to enroll in concurrent online courses (courses with overlapping start or end dates).

***Students will require access to a computer (recommended) and/or HTML5 compatible mobile or tablet with the following minimum requirements: Internet Explorer 10, Firefox 25.0, Safari 6, Chrome 30.0 or other HTML5 compatible; web browser with Javascript and cookies** enabled; Adobe Reader XI or equivalent; Internet access (broadband recommended)