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.

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