Unit D5: Fortified Wines (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 fortified wines. This includes describing, comparing and explaining how these factors influence the style, quality and price of these wine styles

Includes online tuition and study 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, 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.

Students  will pick up their wine samples for the tutorial curbside at the Capital Wine School, by appointment. Curbside pickup for the virtual tasting tutorial is currently scheduled for May 6 between 12pm-6pm, but is subject to change.


*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. This is a firm deadline and registrations after this date will not be possible.

***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)

 

 

  • Start Date:
     April 20, 2020
     8:00 am
  • Finish Date:
     May 24, 2020
     5:00 pm
  • Feedback Test:
     May 17, 2020
     8:00 am
  • Tasting Tutorial WEBEX
     May 9, 2020
     2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Exam Date:
     October 27, 2020
     3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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