WSET Level 2 Wine Online | On-Demand Course

Advance Your Wine Knowledge—On Your Schedule

You’ve mastered the basics, but you’re ready to go deeper. The challenge? Finding time for structured classes while balancing everything else in life.

Now picture exploring the world’s great wine regions at your own pace, with no deadlines or fixed schedules. You learn when it suits you—morning, night, or on the road—diving into videos, quizzes, and interactive content that make complex topics clear and engaging.

The WSET Level 2 Award in Wines (On-Demand) at Napa Valley Wine Academy gives you total flexibility to pursue intermediate-level certification on your terms. Access the full course immediately after enrolling, including multimedia lessons, self-paced assessments, and 12 months to schedule your online exam.

Learn independently—but never alone. Join our student discussion community, and if you’d like, book a 1-on-1 mentoring session for personalized support.

Gain a globally recognized WSET qualification and the confidence to understand, evaluate, and speak about wine with authority—whenever and wherever you choose.

What is Napa Valley Wine Academy’s WSET Level 2 pass rate?

Averaged across multiple years of exam sittings, 97% of Napa Valley Wine Academy students pass the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines. Across our WSET programmes overall, students pass at 99% at Level 1, 69.5% at Level 3 and 80% across the Level 4 Diploma.

WSET Level 2 course facts

• Price: $595, including video lectures, quizzes, the WSET digital textbook, 12 months of platform access and your exam registration
• Duration: fully self-paced. WSET specifies a Total Qualification Time of 28 hours — 17 guided learning hours plus 11 hours of private study.
• Tastings: 12 curated 100mL wine samples
• Exam format: 50 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, taken online with remote invigilation
• Pass mark: 55%. Merit is 70–84%, Distinction 85% or above.
• Prerequisite: none formally, though Level 2 assumes basic wine knowledge. Students starting from scratch should consider the WSET Level 1 Award in Wines. All students must be at least 21 years of age. Candidates sitting in English as a second language are advised by WSET to have IELTS 6.0 or above.
• Next step: the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines.
• Note: the course is on demand, but the exam is not — WSET online exams are remotely invigilated at pre-scheduled times.

A recommended wine purchase list will be provided for this course. An optional wine kit is available as an add-on and includes 12 curated 100mL wine samples, which are tasted throughout the course. A link to purchase the kit will be included in your course registration confirmation email.

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