WSET® Diploma in Wines
Frequently Asked Questions

To enroll in the Diploma, prospective candidates need to hold the WSET® Level 3 Award in Wines or WSET® Level 3 Award in Wines and Spirits. Other certifications, degrees in oenology etc. are not accepted.
If you have taken the Level 3 course in a different school and you want to enroll in the Diploma Programme at Caplan Wine Academy please send us a proof that you have successfully completed course.

No, this is not possible: as stated above, only WSET® Level 3 Award in Wines and WSET® Level 3 Award in Wines and Spirits graduates can join the Diploma Programme. Until the receipt of the results, and the obtainment of a passing grade, enrollment is not possible.

This is not possible: the schedule of the online programme is outlined in the enrollment page and covers all the courses, from start to finish, for a period of roughly one year and a half. Please, plan your study ahead.
Due to the timing in which the schedules are released by WSET Head Office, the dates of some online courses may not be announced yet when the application period starts. In this case they will appear on the calendar as TBA (To Be Announced). If you enroll while the dates of some courses are TBA, you declare to accept the dates as they are when they are confirmed. No free rescheduling will be allowed.
Caplan Wine Academy commits to publish the confirmed dates as soon as they are received from WSET Head Office.

As a rule, at Caplan Wine Academy Diploma courses are NOT sold separately, only as a package, however we may allow students who missed a course (and only them) to enroll again to a later session. This enrollment will require payment of a separate fee.
Please contact us to check the applicable tuition fee and schedule.

After we verify the payment and we complete the check of your form, we will register you to WSET Head Office. When your registration is completed, the Head Office will then contact you with instructions to login in the Global Campus and Online Classroom, where you will be able to immediately access the student resources (containing guidance documents, examiners' reports, ebook PDFs etc).
At the same time we will send you an email containing the instructions to log in the ebook website and details about the duration of your 3-years candidate registration.
This way you will be able to start reading the materials and preparing.

After the enrollment deadline you will receive a reminder from Caplan Wine Academy concerning the schedule of the Tutorial Programme.
You will get access to the first D1 course around five working days before it starts.

We are sorry, but it is not possible to join the Diploma program after the deadline.

You cannot download the manuals from the ebook website. To download the PDFs of the manuals, you need to login in the WSET Global website -> Online Classroom -> Diploma student resources -> Modules.
Please notice that before downloading the files, you need to accept the Terms & Conditions on top of the Modules page.

From Caplan Wine Academy part there is no problem with this. However it is the candidate responsibility to find another Diploma provider available to accept their request.
On our part, we will provide proof of attendance of the courses already taken by the candidate with us.
Please contact us for more details.

Provided that you have already followed the corresponding course, it is possible. However you will need to give us proof that you have already taken the course corresponding to the exam that you want to sit. An administration fee will be requested, in addition to the exam fee.
Please contact us before enrolling from the website.

First, please notice that if you want only to sit the exams you don't need to transfer to Caplan Wine Academy. In this case check the question above.
If you haven't finished the course and you want to finish your Diploma studies with Caplan Wine Academy, you must transfer from your current provider. A transfer fee will apply.
In this case please contact us for more details and provide us with information about the courses that you have followed so far.

From Caplan Wine Academy part there is no problem with this. However it is the candidate responsibility to find another Diploma provider available to accept their request.
Please contact us for more details.

The Tutorial Programme and the first D1 exam session of the course are included in the package. After the enrollment deadline, it is NOT possible to postpone them for free. Cancellation is possible with the fees specified on the Diploma Terms and Conditions page.

As a rule they are NOT sold separately, but Caplan Wine Academy may allow students who missed them to enroll at a later session, for the fee specified in the Diploma application page. In this case please contact us.

Each Unit has its own course covering multiple weeks and consisting of modules covering different wine related concepts and regions. The duration of each course changes according to the Unit, with D3 being the longest.

Each week has different activities that you are supposed to complete:

You will not have all of the activities every week, but this is a list of what they could be.

Occasionally you may have live chats with your tutor, but please notice that the courses do NOT involve regular online lectures. This is mostly a self-study course and being proactive in your learning is very important.

No, the D6 exam is a research assignment of around 3000 words and it usually involves topics that are not contemplated in the manuals, for which you will need to research by yourself. As such, there is no corresponding course for this Unit.

Please check the WSET® Level 4 Diploma in Wine Specification for the total required study hours. You can find the updated version at this page :

Bear in mind that you will likely need to dedicate an average of 2 hours a day to study, for many months. Please gauge your energy and make a sustainable study plan for the programme.

It takes around 12 weeks from the date of the exam to get the results from London. When they arrive, Caplan Wine Academy commits to forward them as soon as possible to the candidates.

First of all, congratulations! Passing the Diploma is no small feat!
Your certificate and badge may take up to 50 working days to arrive, so please be patient.
You will also be invited by the WSET to the Guild Hall ceremony in London, however Caplan Wine Academy is not directly involved in the organization of this event, so address your enquiries about this to the WSET.