Assessment Format and Grade

WSET® Award

Wines / Sake

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Duration

45 minutes 60 minutes 2 hours 30 minutes

Format

Closed-book exam with 30 multiple-choice questions Closed-book exam with 50 multiple-choice questions

Unit 1 – Tasting Examination (30 minutes) : blind tasting of two wines

Unit 2 – Theory Examination (2 hours), closed-book with 50 multiple-choice and 4 short written answer questions

Grade

Pass Mark of 70% and above Pass with Distinction Mark of 85% and above Aggregate mark of 80% and above with no individual exam below 65%
Pass with Merit Mark of between 70%-84% Aggregate mark of between 65% – 79%
Pass Mark of between 55-69%

Aggregate mark of between 55% – 64%

Fail

Mark of 69% and below Fail Mark of between 45-54% Aggregate mark of between 45% – 54%
Fail Unclassified Mark of 44% and below

Aggregate mark of 44% and below

Last updated at 2021-07-05.