What is Wine & How is it Made?

• Name the main parts of a grape and what they contain.
• Name the key stages in the annual cycle of grape growing and know what happens during ripening.
• Name and define different grape-growing climates and state how they can affect the characteristics of grapes. List the requirements for and the products of alcoholic fermentation.
• Name and correctly order the key stages in the production of still white, red and rosé wines.

Types & Styles of Wine

• Identify the three main styles of wine: still wines, sparkling wines, fortified wines.
• Study the notable structural characteristics of all wines.

Introduction to Tasting

• Learn how to taste wine and describe its notable characteristics using language from WSET’s Systematic Approach to Tasting.
• Learn to distinguish differences and similarities between different styles of wine.

Grape Varieties & Wines

• Name the principal grape varieties and identify the characteristics and styles of their wines.
• Identify and relate named wines from principal grape varieties to the grape varieties, types, characteristics and styles of wine.
• Identify and relate other popular named wines to the types, characteristics and styles of wine.

Storage & Service of Wines

• Identify and define the ideal conditions for the short and long-term storage of wine.
• State the recommended service temperature for the principal types and styles of wine.
• State the correct procedures for opening and serving wine.

Pairing Food & Wines

• Identify the principal food and wine interactions and recognise the effect they typically have on a wine.