What is the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET)?

The WSET is an organization in the United Kingdom which specializes in forming personnel in wineries, distributors, technicians, hotels, restaurants and amateurs in general. The WSET is a non profit organization and the only one recognized by the British Government as being able to teach the courses and issue official diplomas to those people interested in working in the wine industry.

Today, the WSET has become the most internationally respected and prestigious organization in the formation of personnel in wine related industries. It is present in 24 countries and has over 12,000 students that take part in its courses every year. The WSET courses have become almost a requirement to be eligible for the prestigious title of Master of Wine.

The WSET courses conducted by The Wine Academy of Spain throughout the country attract students from the following backgrounds, in order of importance:

• Technical staff from wineries
• Oenologists
• Marketing and exports staff
• Distributors
• Sommeliers
• Organizations

Some of the many companies and organizations that have trusted the WSET and The Wine Academy of Spain to form and educate their staff include:

ICEX
CRDO Ribera del Duero
CRDO Rias Baixas
CRDO Ribera del Guadiana
CRDO Jerez
CRDO Somontano
CRDO Vino de Valencia
Bodegas Miguel Torres
Castillo de Perelada
Gonzalez Byass
Allied Domecq
Emporio Ferial
Academia do Vinho
Viñas del Vero
Escuela Española de Cata
Asociación de Sumilleres de Málaga
Cavas Oriol Rosell
Cavas Agustí Torelló Mata
Codorniú
Pago del Vicario
Osborne
Intervinos
Vinealis
VNC-WBC
Can Bonastre
Bodegas Medina
Bodegas Magaña
Ayuntamiento de Almendralejo
Ayuntamiento de Hellín
Dinastía Vivanco, Osborne
Reserva Mont-Ferrant
Casa de La Hermita
Rte. El Bullí
Bodegas García Carrión,
Bodega Neo
IVDP - Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto
Calem
Symington Family Estates
Taylor's
Bodegas Martin Codax
Vinolé Wines