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WSET Online

Online courses: how do they work?

Wine Courses Barcelona offers students who cannot attend classroom courses the option to study wines and spirits certifications online with WSET School London. While your educator will be based there, bookings will be made and exams taken with Wine Courses Barcelona. From the start date of the course, students will have one year of access to the online classroom and a set number of weeks of educator support from their educator. The online platform is designed and administered by the Wine and Spirits Education Trust, and will clearly guide you through modules, activities and feedback exercises. You’ll then have one year in which to attend an exam, with presential and online options available. For further details, see the FAQs below, or contact us if you have any concerns or questions.

Check out our blog article A Guide to Studying WSET Online. Student experiences, study tips and more!

FAQs

No. Once you have passed the exam, you will hold the WSET certificate for that level. There will be no difference with having attended a presencial course.

For Level 1 courses, no physical study pack will be issued. All study material will be included in the online classroom. For Level 2 and 3 Wines study packs, students can choose between physical study packs or eBooks. For physical packs, courier costs to any Spanish mainland address are included in the course price. For delivery to an address outside mainland Spain, please contact us for a quote. 

All courses include tasting modules, along with a list of recommended tasting samples. You can view the list of samples by clicking on the relevant course’s page below, under ‘Tasting modules’/’Optional equipment and tasting samples’. You will be provided feedback on your tasting notes by your course educator.

Sample kits can be purchased from e-tasting, which include all recommended tasting samples for the certification (e.g. 40 samples in the case of WSET Level 2). However, it may be more cost effective and enjoyable to source full-size bottles of the references required for the tasting modules of the online course (e.g. 14 references in the case of WSET Level 2).

It is important to note that, while tasting is an important element of learning for the WSET courses, there is no tasting exam at Levels 1 and 2. 

Online courses are taught in English. Study materials and exams will also be provided in English.

A presential exam at Wine Courses Barcelona’s central location (Hotel Aranea) is included in the course fee. Students will be offered a minimum of 4 available exam dates, which will take place throughout the year. Students will be contacted with upcoming exam dates as their courses are coming to an end, and asked to confirm their attendance by the registration deadline.

For Level 1 and 2 courses, online exams are available with a €30+IVA surcharge. For more information on remotely invigilated exams, please click here

Click on your chosen course below or visit our online booking page. You will be asked to choose from available dates listed.

By clicking on your chosen course below or visiting our online booking page. You will be asked to indicate your chosen course code during the booking process. Registration deadlines are 11 days prior to course start dates. Upon receipt of your booking and in the case of Levels 2 and 3 courses, we will contact you to arrange delivery of your study pack. WSET will then confirm your booking directly and provide your login details to the online classroom.

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