Wine Course Comparisons
Wine Course Comparisons
Dear Students,
This is a guide to the various certified wine courses available, so you can compare, contrast and decide which course is the most suitable for you.
Each fellow wine course provider mentioned is highly professional and deeply respected by APWASI.
This comparison is based solely upon our opinion .
All APWASI courses that are taken on their own, upon completion earn you the designation APWASI specialist for that country.
E.g. You study Italy and upon successfully passing you are an APWASI -Italy Specialist x in the table above means you need to pass all these courses to get these higher designations
| Provider | APWASI | WSET | CWE | WSG | |
| Asia Pacific Wine and Spirit Institute | Wine and Spirit | Certified Wine | Wine Scholar | ||
| Education Trust | Educators | Guild | |||
| Courses | |||||
| Equivalent | Wine Essentials 1 | WSET Level 1 | CSW | NIL | |
| What is Wine |
x (sections) | x (sections) | |||
| Styles of Wine |
x (sections) | x (sections) | |||
| How to taste wine |
x (sections) | x (sections) | |||
| How to store wine |
x (sections) | x (sections) | |||
| Classic grapes 1 |
x (sections) | x (sections) | |||
| Growing conditions |
x (sections) | x (sections) | |||
| Pairing of Wine |
x (sections) | x (sections) | |||
| Wine glassware |
x (sections) | x (sections) | |||
| Wine culture |
x (sections) | x (section) | |||
| Wine etiquette |
x (sections) | x (section) | |||
| Online wine tasting |
x (sections) | ||||
| Future of wine |
x (sections) | ||||
| Sparkling wine |
Wine Essentials 2 | ||||
| x (sections) (Coming Soon) | WSET Level 2 | ||||
| Style quality price |
x (sections) (Coming Soon) | x (sections) | |||
| Classic grapes 2 |
x (sections) (Coming Soon) | x (sections) | x (section) | ||
| Sparkling wine |
x (sections) (Coming Soon) | x (sections) | x (section) | ||
| Fortified wine |
x (sections) (Coming Soon) | x (sections) | x (section) | ||
| Labelling terms |
x (sections) (Coming Soon) | x (sections) | |||
| Viticulture | x (sections) (Coming Soon) | x (section) | |||
| Vinification | x (sections) (Coming Soon) | x (section) | |||
| Wine composition |
x (sections) (Coming Soon) | x (section) | |||
| Wine faults |
x (sections) (Coming Soon) | x (section) | |||
| WSET 3 | |||||
| All 5 courses earn | APWASI Old World | ||||
| Wine Professional | |||||
| France | x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | x (full course) | |
| Italy | x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | x (full course) | |
| Spain | x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | x (full course) | |
| Portugal | x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | Please note | |
| Germany | x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | their courses | |
| are longer | |||||
| All 8 courses earn | APWASI New World | ||||
| Wine Professional | |||||
| Wines Of Canada |
x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | ||
| Wines of USA |
x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | ||
| Wines Of Chile |
x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | ||
| Wines of Argentina |
x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | ||
| Wins Of South Africa |
x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | ||
| Wines Of Australia |
x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | ||
| Wines of New Zealand |
x (full course) | x (section) | x (section) | ||
| Wines Of China |
x (full course) | x (section) | |||
| All 5 courses earn | APWASI Spirits | Their sections are less indepth | |||
| Professional | and shorter per section | ||||
| Brandy and Cognac |
x (full course) | All these sections make up one course. |
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| Tequila | x (full course) | ||||
| Whisky | x (full course) | ||||
| APWASI Fortified | |||||
| Wine Professional | |||||
| Port Wine | x (full course) | ||||
| Sherry Wine |
x (full course) | ||||
| All 4 courses earn | APWASI Luxury | ||||
| Professional | |||||
| Cigars | x (full course) | ||||
| Caviar | x (full course) | ||||
| Foie Gras | x (full course) | ||||
| Truffles | x (full course) | ||||
| Sparkling Wine |
x (full course) | ||||
| IceWine | x (full course) | ||||
| APWASI Certified | WSET DIPLOMA | ||||
| Global Wine & Spirits | |||||
| Professional | |||||
| Coming Soon | Viticulture | Viticulture | |||
| Coming Soon | Vinification | Vinification | |||
| Coming Soon | Business of the World | Business of Wine | |||
| Coming Soon | Wines of the World | Wines of the World | |||
| Coming Soon | Sparkling Wines | Sparkling Wines | |||
| Coming Soon | Fortified Wines | Fortified Wines | |||
Notes for WSET
If the topic is mentioned more than once in other course offerings, it means the sections are shorter and become more indepth with each higher level you study. Their courses are progressive with each level.
APWASI courses are singular stand alone so the information is contained in one complete course eg, Each country wine course, port, sherry or sparkling wine.
Notes for Certified Wine Educator
Their singular courses like the CSW covers a larger topic area. Given the large content covered the material provided is different in volume and depth compared to other course providers.
Notes for Wine Scholar Guild
Their course offerings are limited to 3 specific countries currently and they have a number of sub-courses for those countries. Course material is long and indepth.