Take your wine knowledge to the next level with this rigorous, yet engaging journey to uncover what shapes the style, quality, and price of the world’s most important still, sparkling, and fortified wines. With this 5-day WSET course (plus a final exam day), you will refine your tasting skills with over 60 wines then take a professional exam to gain your internationally recognised qualification.
Places available
Friday Jun 6th 2025
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday Jun 13th 2025
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday Jun 20th 2025
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday Jun 27th 2025
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday Jul 4th 2025
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday Jul 18th 2025
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
When booking one of the above dates, please ensure you can attend all five days for your course.
Our WSET (Wine and Spirit Education Trust) courses offer everyone the chance to earn an internationally recognised qualification in wine with us here at the Gordon Ramsay Academy.
This WSET Level 3 Wine Course is an internationally recognised qualification designed for passionate wine lovers and industry professionals. Whether you are an enthusiast looking to explore wine in a structured and immersive way or a hospitality professional aiming to advise with confidence, this course will give you the expertise to analyze, assess, and select wines with authority. You will uncover what shapes the style, quality, and price of the world’s most important still, sparkling, and fortified wines, while refining your tasting skills with over 60 wines.
Level 3 is a 5-day immersive journey into the world of wine, where you will uncover the fascinating connection between viticulture, winemaking, and taste. Through guided exploration from our expert educators, you will learn why wines taste the way they do, from the rich, buttery notes of a Californian Chardonnay to the distinctive eucalyptus aroma of a Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon.
Throughout the course, you will taste over 60 wines, reinforcing your knowledge with every sip and sharpening your ability to assess quality, style, and origin with confidence.
The course includes 32.5 guided learning hours including the 2.5 hour examination. The latter is broken down into a practical part, where you will blind taste 2 wines in 30 minutes, and a theory part, consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions and 4 open questions.
Know someone who is a wine-lover? You can gift them a voucher to take the WSET Award in Wines on a date that suits them. Buy a wine course gift voucher here.
Current course dates:
Full days of 9.30-4.30pm
Exam day 9.30-12.30pm:
Please ensure you read the Terms & Conditions prior to booking this course.
Course requirements: You are required to provide authorised photographic ID (e.g. passport, photo driving licence or national ID card) in order to take the examination.
All participants must be over 18 years old.
You will need to have completed and passed WSET Level 2 Award in Wines before enrolling in Level 3.
Course dates: Held on 6 separate days (5 course days and 1 exam day) - please check your course booking for the exact days
Course starts: 9.30am, arrive anytime from 9am to check in at reception
Course finishes: 4.30pm (exam finishes 1.30pm)
Course size: Maximum 8 guests (please note, the course may be subject to rescheduling if less than a minimum 4 guests are attending)
Course details:
What’s included:
For more information, please view the WSET course specification.
Gordon tries to visit the Academy when he can and loves following what you’re all doing on social media. Our WSET courses are hosted by brilliant sommeliers and wine experts who will be passing on tons of knowledge from their own training and experience in restaurants around the world.
Of course! If booking for six or more to take the qualification at once, please get in touch with our Private Dining and Events team who can help you plan your course with us.
WSET courses are open to anyone over 18 years of age to take part in. You do not need any prior knowledge to take Level 1 Award in Wine, making it a great introduction for anyone interested in learning more about the world of wine.
If you have any accessibility needs or if there's anything we can do to help make your experience more comfortable, please let us know in the booking form or give us a call to chat through.
The WSET Level 1 Award in Wines does include a food pairing element but all tasting dishes and ingredients are optional. We may not be able to adapt these on the day as all dishes are prepared specifically to showcase certain flavour profiles alongside the wines.
You can still let us know any specific requirements on the booking form so that the team can be aware of this during your course.
We unfortunately cannot guarantee an allergen or nut-free environment in any of our kitchens.
All wines, equipment and ingredients are provided, along with your course materials. You may want to make notes during the course and are welcome to bring stationery or small laptops/tablets to do so.
You will take your examination during your course at The Academy. This is externally marked by WSET and therefore is not awarded on the day. Participants will be notified in a timely manner of their results and successful participants will receive their certificates and pin badges in the post.
For more information on the examinations, resit options and more, please see the WSET Terms and Conditions.
We’re handily located in Woking town centre, have a look at our Contact page for all location and travel advice.
Great idea! We’ve got several gift voucher options starting from just £10. All e-vouchers can be emailed over instantly so make great last-minute gifts.
If booking a specific class or event on behalf of someone else, please ensure you provide their details and requirements in the attendee part of the booking form.
Lucky you! Simply put the voucher code into the Promo/Voucher code box during checkout and the voucher amount will be taken off your order. For full details on how to redeem your voucher, please see our How to redeem a voucher page.
Vouchers are valid for 12 months from purchase and can be redeemed against one order (including any classes, events and products but excluding gift vouchers) – we regret that we are unable to offer a refund or credit for any outstanding balance.
No problem. We understand sometimes things come up unexpectedly - please just let us know as soon as possible and we'll always try and reschedule your booking to another date if we can.
You can call us on 020 7352 2442, email us on woking@gordonramsayacademy.com or amend your booking in your account up to one week before the class start time. If there are no other suitable dates available or you'd like to switch to a different class or event, please get in touch with our team.
Due to the preparation required for classes, we cannot guarantee being able to reschedule any bookings within 48 hours of the class start time.
Bookings can only be refunded if cancelled more than 14 days before the class. Please see our Terms and Conditions for further information.
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We often photograph and film classes to share in our social and marketing but if you’re not comfortable with this, you can choose to opt out in the booking form and we’ll always check with you in class as well. For more information, please see our Terms and Conditions.
If you have any questions at all about what happens at the Academy, how bookings or vouchers work, your account, or how we can make sure you have the best experience you possibly can, just get in touch with us and we’ll be happy to help.
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