Wine Tasting
How to Taste & Evaluate Wine
Tasting wine throughout your distance learning study is very important to build up a memory-bank of smells and flavours.
Don't worry if you find this difficult at first you will soon start to recognise smells and flavours such as the red summer fruits of Pinot Noir and the gooseberry of a cool climate Sauvignon Blanc.
Start Tasting
- Download the tasting notes template to record your tastings and refer back to them often. You will find them particularly useful when you re-taste wines as you will be able to compare your notes, which will help you to turn information into knowledge.
- Always use the WSET Systematic Approach to tasting wine. Download a copy of this now (PDF, 165KB).
- Study the Wine Tasting Tutorial.
- Now you are ready to begin tasting wines using the tutored tasting videos starting with the White Wine Tutorial Video followed by the Red Wine Tutorial Video.
- Watch the tutorial videos below.
Tutorial Videos
- White Wine Tasting Tutorial Video
- Red Wine Tasting Tutorial Video
- Chardonnay Tasting Tutorial Video
- Pinot Noir Tasting Tutorial Video
- Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting Tutorial Video
- Merlot Tasting Tutorial Video
- Sauvignon Blanc Tasting Tutorial Video
- Syrah/Shiraz Tasting Tutorial Video
- Grenache Tasting Tutorial Video
- Riesling Tasting Tutorial Video
- Sherry Tasting Tutorial Video
- Port Tasting Tutorial Video
- Sweet Wine Tasting Tutorial Video
- Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting Tutorial Video