Wine Study Resources
As a wine student myself, I know how difficult it can be to find reliable wine resources. I will populating this page with notes, maps and other useful resources I wrote throughout my time studying for my WSET 2 and 3. Please note, to start I will be uploading my WSET 3 notes (as my final exam is in July) – from Autumn 2022, I’ll begin writing up, formatting and uploading my WSET 2 notes.
WSET 3 Revision Notes
Unit 1
Coming soon
Unit 2
Chapter 4 – The Vine – [download]
Chapter 5 – The Growing Environment – [download]
Chapter 6 – Vineyard Management – [download]
Chapter 7 – Common Elements in Winemaking and Maturation – [download]
Chapter 8 – White and Sweet Winemaking – [download]
Chapter 9 – Red and Rosé Winemaking – [download]
Chapter 10 – Factors that affect the price of wine – [download]
Unit 3
Chapter 12 – Introduction to France – [download]
Chapter 13 – Bordeaux – [download]
Chapter 14 – The Dordogne and South-West France – [download]
Chapter 15 – Burgundy – [download]
Chapter 16 – Beaujolais – [download]
Chapter 17 – Alsace – [download]
Chapter 18 – The Loire Valley – [download]
Chapter 19 – The Northern Rhône – [download]
Chapter 20 – The Southern Rhône – [download]
Chapter 21 – Southern France – [download]
Chapter 22 – Germany – [download]
Chapter 23 – Austria – [download]
Chapter 24 – Tokaj – [download]
Chapter 25 – Greece – [download]
Chapter 26 – Introduction to Italy – [download]
Chapter 27 – Northern Italy – [download]
Chapter 28 – Central Italy – [download]
Chapter 29 – Southern Italy – [download]
Chapter 30 – Spain – [download]
Chapter 31 – Portugal – [download]
Chapter 32 – Introduction to the USA – [download]
Chapter 33 – California – [download]
Chapter 34 – Oregon, Washington and New York State – [download]
Chapter 35 – Canada – [download]
Chapter 36 – Chile – [download]
Chapter 37 – Argentina – [download]
Chapter 38 – South Africa – [download]
Please use these notes as a guide to help you learn. I would also encourage you to write your own notes as you go along. As a general revision tip, you must be checking your WSET notes every day – especially in the months leading up to your exam. Feel free to create resources of your own, like mind maps, for example.
I recommend checking out Brainscape – their WSET revision cards are very comprehensive using lots of detail to bring study to life. I used them extensively for my WSET 2 and am using them now as I study for my WSET 3. Especially the latter – there are thousands of cards and you can mark on a scale of 1 – 5 how confident you are knowing the answer. As someone who loves organisation and colour coding, I keep coming back to Brainscape more frequently than my own notes.
I am also working on a WSET 3 tasting grid, that I hope to release to download soon. Watch this space and enjoy your WSET resources!