This entry-level certification program, offered by Melbourne Wine School, one of the most experienced providers of WSET certifications in Melbourne.

The WSET Level 2 Award in Sake focuses on how the ingredients used by brewers are processed and combined to create the many different styles of sake. It will also teach you how to describe and assess the quality of the sakes you taste.

Registration Fee Includes:

• 20 hours of live class
• Registration & examination fees
  
• Many samples tasted during the program
  
• WSET Level 2 complete study pack with an exclusive textbook and study workbook

How to describe and assess the quality of sake using the WSET Level 2 Systematic Approach to Tasting Sake ® (SAT)

The ingredients used to make sake:
This includes the ingredients that brewers are required to use and the ones they can choose.
We also cover the varieties of rice that are used to make sake.

Processing the raw materials:
We cover how steamed white rice and kōji (a type of fungus used for fermentation) are made and how different styles of sake require rice with different polishing ratios and different styles of kōji.

How sake is made:
We explore all of the main techniques that are used from fermentation starter to dilution and packaging and how different choices are made when making the different styles of sake.

Common labelling terms, including how some of the most important ones are written in Japanese.

Students will sit a closed-book, multiple choice exam consisting of 50 questions. This exam will be sat during the final session of the course. Successful completion of the exam will lead to the internationally recognised WSET Level 2 Award in Sake.

Please note that any exam re-sits will incur additional charges, as follows:

In-person exam re-sit: $195
Remote exam re-sit: $250

Non-attendance of exam: $100
Exam re-registration: $185 or $250, respectively.

Bookings are not secured until full payment is received, and the enrolment form completed and returned to Melbourne Wine School. Bookings will only be accepted on valid forms with a signed and dated student declaration.

Course bookings will close 15 working days prior to the course commencement date.

Cancellations for bookings on any Melbourne Wine School WSET courses are refundable up to 20 working days prior to the course start date. An administration fee of $75.00 plus the full cost of the study materials supplied will be deducted and the remainder of the course fee refunded.

Should a student wish to return their study materials, they must be returned unopened before a refund can be issued, although a $75.00 administration fee will apply.

Occasionally, due to lack of demand or other unforeseen circumstances, a scheduled course may have to be cancelled by Melbourne Wine School. Affected students will be given appropriate notice in the event of the cancellation of their course. Students will be offered a place on an alternative course if available, or a refund of their booking fees.

In the event of a course cancellation, students will have up to 12 months to attend a new course. If a student fails to attend a course within this timeframe, Melbourne Wine School will consider the student to be a “no-show” and their course fees will be forfeit.

All attendees must be at least 18 years of age.
WSET Level 1 certification is NOT required to take WSET Level 2
WSET Level 2 certification is NOT required to take WSET Level 3

Melbourne Wine School has a zero-tolerance policy for threatening behaviour or acts of aggression and violence, physical or verbal, towards our members of our staff. Any violation of the policy will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination or removal from any course without refund.

In the event of illness such as positive Covid-19 diagnosis, individuals are required to provide a doctor’s certificate. If you are unable to provide certificates, all course fees are waived and you will be treated as a non-attend, and full course fees need to be paid to re-enrol.