Beginner-to-intermediate vocational wine qualification from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, with tasting and theory at Stanlake Park Winery.
Stanlake Park Winery is running the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines on Sunday 27 June 2027, starting at 10:00am. It's a beginner-to-intermediate vocational qualification from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, which describes itself as the world's leading wine and spirit trade educational body. The course is aimed at drinks-industry professionals with little prior wine knowledge and at enthusiasts looking for a structured, internationally recognised qualification. It carries OfQual accreditation as a Level 2 Vocational Qualification, and you don't need to have completed Level 1 to register.
The programme combines tasting and theory to cover eight principal grape varieties and 22 more that are regionally important, the areas where they're grown and the styles they produce, and the factors that affect style and quality. You'll also learn how to describe wine with confidence and pick up the WSET Level 2 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine. Over the course, you'll taste more than 40 wines, with 16 hours of tuition and 12 hours of home study. The whole thing is assessed by a 60-minute multiple-choice exam, and you need 55% to pass.
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It's a proper qualification rather than just a tasting day, so it's one for when you want to actually get your head around the why behind the wine. The course runs at Stanlake Park Winery, Stanlake Park, Reading, RG10 0BN, and costs £595.00.
