WSET Level Three Award in Wine at Cook House, Newcastle

Take your wine knowledge to the next level with this eight-day 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 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.

Where is the course held?

Cook House is the restaurant where we imagined we'd like to hang out. Casual dining, focused on food, but most of all hospitable and convivial. 

Cook House began life as a recipe blog and supper club, my first steps in escaping a job in architecture which I didn’t really love. Self taught, I embarked on a journey from ‘pay what you think’ supperclubs and one off location specific dinners to Cook House 1.0, via time at London restaurants Quo Vadis and Rochelle Canteen. 

Originally housed in two converted shipping containers overlooking Newcastle’s Ouseburn river, Cook House was born of a straightforward idea. A simple, open space where guests were in the kitchen, the food was delicious and the experience was always warm and welcoming.

Course dates (students are required to attend all 8 days): 

Mon 19th, Tues 20th January, Mon 2nd (Vineyard visit day, location TBC), Tues 3rd, Mon 9th, Mon 16th, Tues 17th, Tues 24th February 2026- Exam Day 

Tea, coffee and a light lunch each day is included.

Course days run 9.30-5pm

For more detailed information on what is covered in the courses please see the specification here. 

*Please note a booking form must be completed two weeks prior to course start date.  

About your educator

Greg Turner-Deeks

Greg is a wine professional and educator based in Newcastle. He represents the Italian importer, Passione Vino outside London and was formerly a Wine Director and Sommelier for THE PIG and Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall. Prior to this he has also worked as a brewer and distiller, and also ran cocktail bars. His passion lies in conveying the stories of the people and places behind each wine, choosing to work with small family producers that make responsibly made wines with authenticity. Greg’s specialist areas all spring from places that he has spent time; Italy, Spain, New Zealand and South America, as well as the rapidly developing UK wine industry. Greg holds the WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines and places a high value on wine education, as well as one-to-one coaching and mentoring. 

What our students say about this course...

"...your teaching has been outstanding - balanced between getting through all the syllabus but also offering enough interesting extras and anecdotes to make the facts memorable.

Definite highlights have been getting to smell all the wet grass, forest floor & mushroom smells on the first morning walk, the smell of Gevery-Chambertain, and a serious bout of reminiscing/wanderlust induced by the Chianti this afternoon." 

Ben Piper, Newquay

"Thank you very much for putting on a really enjoyable, informative and well-executed course. I learnt loads, and found the whole experience excellent. It was a great group, really nice to get to know everyone."

Jim Michell, St Wenn