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Minimum age requirement 18 at time of booking.
The Level 4 Diploma is WSET School's flagship qualification. The qualification is designed to prepare people for responsible jobs within the wine and spirits business. The course will not only develop product knowledge to a specialist level, but will also enable students to acquire skills, for example in research and writing, that will continue to be of use beyond the course. The course is taught by industry experts, many are MWs, all will have up to date knowledge of contemporary issues related to wines and spirits.
The course is suitable for those within the trade either working in or wishing to progress into management roles and for the serious wine enthusiast wishing to build on knowledge gained at Advanced level and acquire expertise in wine tasting. The WSET Diploma is viewed universally as the stepping-stone to the Master of Wine qualification.
The Level 3 Advanced Certificate is the required entry qualification for anyone wishing to enrol on the Diploma course. Students who have studied outside the UK, who hold the WSET International Certificate and the Diploma entry qualification, will be able to join the Diploma programme. No other qualifications are accepted for enrolment on the London Wine & Spirit School Diploma programme.
The Diploma is a unitised qualification and requires a student to prove competency through a variety of assessment methods attached to the six units required for the Diploma. A student must pass all six units to obtain the WSET Level 4 Diploma. All London Wine & Spirit School course programmes will prepare students for their WSET Awards unit examinations through an integrated programme of lectures, tastings, tutorials, feedback tests and essays.
Students will be expected to spread their study towards the Diploma over two consecutive years, but can take a gap period between their two years of study if they wish.
The Diploma course is a blend of taught time, assessment and self-study and requires substantial commitment outside the classroom. The London Wine & Spirit School recommends that students complete at least 250 hours of personal study outside the classroom hours during each semester of study.
For those attending a block release course it is essential that a substantial amount of this study takes place prior to the course start. It is strongly recommended that the course is booked in sufficient time to receive the study material a minimum of four weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
Throughout the course students will be expected to complete feedback tests and essays to aid their study and provide valuable feedback prior to WSET Diploma examinations. Additional information on feedback programme will be given at induction.
The London Wine & Spirit School uses email as its preferred form of communication with students. It is therefore compulsory for students to provide an email address when booking a course. Students who do not have access to an account will be able to set-up an email account and collect emails by using the computers located in the School Library. For those outside of London, Public Libraries offer similar services.
Study Options
Daytime Semester Programme (London, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh)
The Diploma course is divided into two semesters. Usually, these are studied in consecutive years. Each semester covers a set programme of study; semester one must be studied first. The Semester programme is available as a day-release or a block-release programme. Choice of delivery mode may be limited outside London.
First Semester Programme:
Global Business of Alcoholic Beverages
Wine Production
Fortified Wines
Light wines of:
Bordeaux, South-West France
Burgundy, Loire
Alsace, Germany
United Kingdom
WSET Awards Examinations
Unit 2 Wine Production
Unit 6 Fortified Wines
Unit 1 Global Business of Alchoholic Beverages Closed Book Examination
Second Semester Programme
Sparkling Wines
Spirits
Light wines of:
Rhone Valley, Southern France
Italy, Spain
Portugal, Central Europe
North America, South America
Australia, New Zealand
Other wine-producing regions of the world |
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