Diploma D1: Wine Production

Welcome!

Welcome to the WSET online Level 4 Diploma D1 Wine Production. The unit is broken down into weekly modules. There are two online educators to guide you through, one dedicated to guiding you through the theory content and one dedicated to guiding you on your tasting notes. Please see the information below for an outline of this unit.

The unit is based around a six week online programme with a recommendation of between two to three hours study per week to cover the online activities and read the relevant chapters in the textbook. The D1 online unit should take approximately 16 hours in total, excluding your essential reading.

Introduction

D1 is one of the two foundation units that must be studied at the beginning of a Diploma programme. It is important to understand what the vine requires to produce and ripen grapes for wine production and how the growing environment influences the vine’s ability to produce and ripen grapes, grape growing options, winemaking options and how they influence the style, quality and price of wines. Specialist knowledge and understanding of the core principles of wine production is gained through comprehensive study of a large number of wine regions, and practically, by developing your wine tasting skills through the Level 4 in Wines Systematic Approach to Tasting (SAT).

Course Format

This course has a weekly schedule, it is important to keep up with the work set for that week as the educator is not obliged to assess your work if you fall behind. This course is designed to build upon knowledge you have gained from prior weeks, so you will not get the most out of your online education if you skip ahead. There are no set times to login to the course.

Note that this course is administered in the GMT/BST time zone. Should you wish any scheduled virtual events in your course calendar or course deadlines to reflect in your local time zone, you can adjust this in your user settings. More information is available here.

Educators

There are two educators to guide you through the six weeks of learning. Each educator will introduce themselves to you via the 'Announcements' at the beginning of the course. One educator is there to provide feedback and guidance on your tasting notes and the other educator is there to guide you through the theory content in the quizzes, discussions and assignments and provide feedback where indicated. You are welcome to contact them directly via the course 'Inbox' or 'Chat' if you have any questions.

Prerequisites

Students will have the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines or the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines and Spirits prior to enrolling into the course. It will be assumed that students have good computer literacy, internet navigation skills and a good level of English.

Students will require access to a computer (recommended) or a tablet with these requirements.

Navigation Tip

Work through the unit in order by using the 'Next' button in the bottom right-hand corner. Make sure you complete all the activities as you go.

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