A Home Study option is available for students unable to participate in the classroom lectures and tastings. You receive the WSET study materials, study and taste wine on your own, and take the exam at NYWCC on a date agreed upon with the instructor. For those who are able to attend classes, the in-class option provides several advantages over home study. These advantages include: the increased discipline that classes bring to your studies, networking with other students, the opportunity to have questions answered by instructors, wine tasting instruction, and wine tasting practice at each class.

There is no prerequisite for this course. However, WSET Level 2 or a comparable wine appreciation class is strongly recommended. Please take our on-line quiz to find out if this level is right for you.

The Advanced Home Study packet includes:
~Exploring the World of Wines & Spirits, a 260-page textbook
~160-page review guide with self-study questions and answers, plus maps and a place to record tasting notes
~List of types of wines tasted in class
~Additional course handouts

The cost for Level 3 Home Study is $595. If a Home Study student is not able to take the exam on a date already scheduled by the NYWCC, and a special exam date must be scheduled, an additional private exam fee will be charged. You must provide15 business days notice to participate in a regularly scheduled exam. Home Study students must participate in an exam within one year of registration, otherwise additional exam fees apply.

The exam is comprised of 50 multiple choice questions, short written answers, and a blind tasting of two wines. For a detailed description of the syllabus, please download the Advanced Specification.

New York Wine & Culinary Center is an Approved Program Provider of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.  WSET qualifications are part of the UK qualifications framework, and the education courses leading to WSET qualifications are an invaluable source of information for students to enhance their knowledge of wines and spirits.  WSET qualifications are not a guarantee of employment or career progression, nor do they form part of any regulated qualifications framework outside the UK.