WSET Level Three Award in Wines with Polly Gibson of Wine with Polly, at Goat on the roof

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Take your wine knowledge to the next level with this advanced level course for wine professionals and wine enthusiasts. We'll delve deeper into the world of wine, providing a detailed understanding of grape growing and wine making. You’ll develop your analytic tasting abilities through a carefully selected series of 82 wine samples.

What you’ll learn:

The key factors in the production of wine: location, grape growing, winemaking, maturation and bottling

The key characteristics of the principal:

-still wines of the world

-sparkling wines of the world

-fortified wines of the world

How to make appropriate wine recommendations

How to taste wines using the WSET Level 3 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine® (SAT)

Tutored tastings of 82 wines

The specification can be found here.

Who’s it for?

This course is aimed at hospitality professionals and knowledgeable enthusiasts. We recommend that you already hold the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines and Spirits or can demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge. If you’d like to talk through which qualification would be best suited to you please get in touch.

About Polly Gibson

A wine lover on a mission to never be a wine bore! Polly is a WSET Diploma holder with over a decade of experience in the industry and is the founder of 'Wine With Polly', an events and education company based in West Berkshire. She has put hundreds of students successfully through WSET training (with a 100% pass rate to date!)

'Informed but informal' is her motto and approach to learning about wine, though there are few things she takes more seriously. With a background in horticulture, Polly is a strong advocate for organic and regenerative farming and works closely with Winding Wood Vineyard, a multi award-winning vineyard near Hungerford. She is delighted to be collaborating with Wild Wine School, bringing new and exciting opportunities for sharing the wine love!

Where is the course held?

Goat on the roof, Newbury

A wine bar and restaurant nestled in the heart of Newbury, West Berkshire, celebrating the best of British cuisine with a commitment to sustainability and local sourcing, the impressive wine list features over 150 carefully curated organic and sustainably-produced wines.

Course dates

1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th November and 6th December 2026

The course runs over 6 Sundays 9.00-4pm with an additional dates for the exam and an optional visit to Winding Wood vineyard- dates to be mutually agreed.

*Please note a booking form must be completed 14 days prior to course start date.

In addition to classroom study this qualification requires a minimum of 54 hours of personal study. Unit 1 is assessed by a closed-book exam of 50 multiple-choice questions and a short-written answer paper. Unit 2 is assessed by a blind tasting of two wines.

Price includes tea and coffee, the course will be uncatered, you will need to bring lunch with you.

Please read our Terms and Conditions before booking.

What our students say

“Just a note to say a huge thanks for your help on Level 3. It’s been tremendous fun, and I am so glad I’ve done it – a massive step up from L2, but so worth it. WSET are lucky to have such a great teacher in their ranks, and we were so lucky to have done all three levels with you!”

Jack Crawford, Level 3