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This \u003cstrong\u003efive-week course\u003c\/strong\u003e runs on WSET Global's own sake learning platform, with lecture videos, interactive guides, activities, quizzes and mock exams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are no live webinars and no fixed class times.\u003c\/strong\u003e You work through the material whenever suits you inside the five-week cohort window—and unlike most self-paced study, a real educator reads and responds to your tasting notes during it. A schedule with a human attached, rather than a timetable you have to be awake for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn how rice polishing, water, koji, yeast and production choices create different styles and quality levels—and you'll learn to read a Japanese label rather than rely on the importer's back label. 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Login credentials are emailed about two days before your start date, not at purchase.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEducator feedback:\u003c\/strong\u003e you submit your own tasting notes and a WSET educator reads and responds to them. Submit during the five taught weeks, while someone is there to answer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTextbook:\u003c\/strong\u003e the printed WSET Level 2 Award in Sake textbook is \u003cstrong\u003eincluded\u003c\/strong\u003e and mailed on registration. On our wine, spirits and beer courses this is a paid extra.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAccess:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 months of online course access, counted from your course start date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStudy time:\u003c\/strong\u003e WSET specifies a Total Qualification Time of 26 hours — 15 guided learning hours (one being the exam) plus 11 hours of private study. Roughly five hours a week.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTasting sakes:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003enot included.\u003c\/strong\u003e The specification lists around thirteen groups of recommended samples — palate calibration, polishing ratios, yeast strains, genshu, tokubetsu, speciality styles and service temperatures — which you source yourself. You need them in the glass for the tasting notes to be worth marking, so check local availability before your cohort starts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExam format:\u003c\/strong\u003e a closed-book theory exam of 50 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, taken online with remote invigilation. \u003cstrong\u003eRegister at least 30 days before your chosen sitting\u003c\/strong\u003e and within 12 months of your course start. There is no tasting exam at Level 2.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePass mark:\u003c\/strong\u003e 55%, which is 28 correct answers out of 50. 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No cohort, no start date, no scheduled class. \u003cstrong\u003eThere are no live webinars on either course.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAccess:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 months from purchase, covering both courses, both eBooks and both exam registrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStudy time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8–12 hours for Level 1 and approximately 28 for Level 2 — around 40 in total. 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Resit $220.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoth exams are included\u003c\/strong\u003e — registration and WSET exam fee, for the same student, registered within 12 months of purchase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e the courses are on demand, the exams are not. Both are remotely invigilated by WSET at pre-scheduled times, with the first available dates typically about 30 days out and places capped per sitting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrerequisite:\u003c\/strong\u003e none for either level. No previous wine knowledge required. 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No rigid classroom hours, no high-pressure environments — just clear, bite-sized, visual learning designed to build your tasting authority from day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWSET Level 1 Spirits course facts\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrice:\u003c\/strong\u003e $299, including the full online course, the digital textbook, and your exam registration and WSET exam fee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e fully self-paced. No cohort, no start date and no scheduled class — the whole course opens within about 30 minutes of purchase. \u003cstrong\u003eThere are no live webinars on this course.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAccess:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 months from your course date\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStudy time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8–12 hours. 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Currently scheduled: 16 Sep 2026, 10 Oct 2026, 11 Nov 2026, 9 Dec 2026, 10 Feb 2027 and 17 Apr 2027. \u003cstrong\u003eRegister at least 14 days before your chosen date\u003c\/strong\u003e, and within 12 months of your course date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrerequisite:\u003c\/strong\u003e none. No previous spirits knowledge and no wine knowledge required. Candidates must be over the legal minimum age for the retail purchase of alcohol where the exam is held — 21 in the United States.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIf you do not pass:\u003c\/strong\u003e resit for $150 without buying the course again. 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You want to know \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e a spirit tastes the way it does, and how raw ingredients, equipment and maturation choices create the liquid in your glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eWSET Level 2 Award in Spirits (On-Demand)\u003c\/strong\u003e is your gateway to technical mastery and palate authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt for the self-paced learner, this 100% online, interactive program delivers the gold standard of global spirits education entirely on your schedule. \u003cstrong\u003eNo cohort, no start date and no live webinars\u003c\/strong\u003e—just a premium, visual, highly structured platform that unlocks the moment you enroll and stays yours for 12 months. 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