WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines Unit D4 Sparkling Wines Online Self-Paced Course

Unit D4: Sparkling Wines of the World (5 weeks of guided study) – $750

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Includes online tuition and online materials, feedback theory & tasting tests, a live online tasting tutorial taught by a CWS instructor (wine samples included with the tutorial), and the exam at the Capital Wine School.

5 weeks of guided study. 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.

Candidates should complete Units D1 and D2 before enrolling in this course.

The exam is 90 minutes and consists of an assessment of 3 wines tasted blind and multiple-part open response theory questions.

The individual units follow a weekly structure and it is important that you keep up with work set for that week. The educator is not obliged to assess work if you fall behind. The individual units are designed to build upon knowledge gained from the previous weeks, so you should not skip ahead. The online units prepare you for the WSET qualifications and they are guided by a WSET educator. You can contact the educator any time for the duration of the scheduled course, should you have any questions. Each unit includes a series of independent and/or group activities that require you to look in depth at the wine industry, applying subject knowledge and professional skills to analyze key issues. This unit also includes an online feedback test.

Schedule

November 6, 2023: Course start date
November 11, 2023 (9:00am – 11:00am): Virtual tasting tutorial with wine samples included
December 3, 2023 – Online feedback test due date
December 10, 2023: Course end date (students have access to online classroom content in read-only format after this date for one year from the course start date)
January 24, 2024 (1:30pm – 3:00pm): Final in-person exam at the Capital Wine School

You are advised to taste a range of wines during your studies. A list of recommended tasting samples can be found in the course specification.

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

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Additional Information

*Aside from the wine samples included in the tasting tutorial, students enrolled online, self-paced courses are responsible for finding, purchasing and paying for all additional wines for tasting.

*Wine samples for the tasting tutorial will be available for pickup curbside by appointment at the Capital Wine School the day before the tutorial between 12pm – 5pm.  Students who are unable to come to the school to pick up their tutorial wine samples may have their samples shipped to them for an additional shipping fee – please email info@capitalwineschool.com for more information. Please note that we cannot accommodate requests for wine sample pickups earlier than noon on the day before the tutorial, and that any requests for shipping must be received no later than 7 days before the tutorial date. Finally, wine samples for those who request and pay for shipping will ship to arrive the day before the tutorial, and we cannot accommodate requests for earlier arrival.

Course Minimum: There must be at least 2 students registered for this course in order for it to proceed. If we do not have a minimum of 2 students enrolled by the registration dealine noted below, we will have to cancel this course and offer the remaining registrant the opportunity to tranfer to a future course or to receive a refund.

*The registration deadline for this course is October 26, 2023 and there are no refunds or rescheduling after this date. 

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

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

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