Wine & Beverage
Advanced Wine Knowledge for Yacht Interior
- Modules
- 5
- Lessons
- 20
- Questions
- 100
Independent study. xplor is not a WSET Approved Programme Provider and is not affiliated with WSET. Useful preparation if you are working toward WSET Level 3, but no WSET qualification, examination or certificate is awarded, and the blind-tasting examination cannot be replicated online.
Aligned to the IAMI GUEST Program framework. Preparatory study only — assessment and certification are carried out by an approved GUEST Training Provider. Official source (GUEST Program). Explaining style, quality and price; the cellar at the top end.
WINE-3-1 · The Framework: Why a Wine Tastes as It Does
4 lessons
WINE-3-1.1 The Vineyard: Site, Season and Grower
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-1.1.1From Naming to Explaining: Why a Wine Tastes as It DoesIntroduces the discipline of explanation: justifying a wine style and its quality by naming the cause, rather than merely naming the wine. Covers the four families of cause and the difference between climate and weather. States plainly that xplor is not a WSET Approved Programme Provider and that no qualification is awarded here.PreviewWINE-3-1.1.2Climate, Weather, Site and ViticultureExplains how climate band, the growing environment (latitude, altitude, aspect, water, soil) and viticultural choices such as yield and harvest date create a wine style. Distinguishes site factors from seasonal weather.Locked
WINE-3-1.2 The Winery and the Glass
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-1.2.1Winemaking: Vessel, Extraction, Oak and MaturationCovers the winemaking decisions that shape style: vessel, fermentation temperature, extraction, malolactic conversion, lees, oak type, size, age and toast, blending, maturation, stabilisation and bottling. Teaches reading a wine backwards to its cellar causes.LockedWINE-3-1.2.2Tasting, Explaining and Judging Quality, Readiness and PriceTeaches a structured tasting method and, crucially, how to explain each observation by naming its cause. Covers judging quality on balance, length, intensity, complexity and typicity, assessing readiness for drinking, and describing wine to a guest without jargon.Locked
WINE-3-2 · France in Depth
4 lessons
WINE-3-2.1 Bordeaux
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-2.2 Burgundy and Beaujolais
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-2.3 The Rhone and the Rest of France
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-2.3.1The Rhone Valley: Northern Syrah, Southern BlendsContrasts the northern Rhone, where cool-site Syrah gives peppery, structured wines from steep terraces, with the warm southern Rhone and its Grenache-led blends, including Chateauneuf-du-Pape and its supporting varieties.LockedWINE-3-2.3.2Loire, Alsace, Provence, the South and JuraCovers the Loire from Muscadet through Chenin Blanc to Sancerre, varietally labelled Alsace and its off-dry trap, Provence rosé and Bandol, the value of the Languedoc, and the oxidative curiosities of Jura.Locked
WINE-3-3 · Europe Beyond France
4 lessons
WINE-3-3.1 Italy
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-3.1.1Piedmont and Northern ItalyExplains Nebbiolo as a pale but ferociously tannic and acidic grape, the logic of Barolo and Barbaresco, the roles of Barbera and Dolcetto, and the cool alpine whites of the north. Clarifies what DOCG, DOC and IGT actually tell you.LockedWINE-3-3.1.2Tuscany, the Veneto and the Rest of ItalyCovers Sangiovese and the Tuscan hierarchy from Chianti to Brunello, the origin and status of the Super Tuscans, and the Veneto, where appassimento drying explains Amarone, Recioto and Ripasso. Ends with a tour of the Italian south.Locked
WINE-3-3.2 Iberia
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-3.3 Germany, Austria and Central Europe
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-4 · The New World and the Wider World
4 lessons
WINE-3-4.1 The Americas
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-4.1.1The USA and CanadaExplains that a US AVA defines origin only, so the producer rather than the appellation guarantees style, and shows how fog and coastal gaps, rain shadow and lake effect drive style in California, Oregon, Washington, New York and Canada. Covers why Napa Cabernet is priced as it is.LockedWINE-3-4.1.2Chile and ArgentinaExplains how the Humboldt current, the Andes and Chile s natural quarantine from phylloxera shape its wines, and why the east-west Costa, Entre Cordilleras and Andes zones describe style better than valley names. Shows how altitude in Mendoza drives diurnal range, colour, tannin and acidity, and what separates a cheap Malbec from an expensive one.Locked
WINE-3-4.2 The Southern Hemisphere
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-4.2.1Australia and New ZealandShows how Australia s GI system defines origin only, and how regions from Barossa to Tasmania span nearly every climate, so the jammy stereotype is a climate error. Explains Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc as a product of both site and cool stainless-steel winemaking, plus Central Otago, Hawke s Bay and the drivers of price.LockedWINE-3-4.2.2South Africa, and the Emerging Regions Including EnglandExplains how the Benguela current and the Cape Doctor cool South African vineyards, what the WO system certifies, and why Chenin Blanc and the Swartland revolution matter. Covers the emerging regions, including why English sparkling wine works on chalk in a warming marginal climate and why it is expensive.Locked
WINE-3-5 · Sparkling, Fortified, Sweet and the Professional Context
4 lessons
WINE-3-5.1 Sparkling Wines
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-5.2 Fortified and Sweet Wines
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-5.3 The Professional Context
Practice in examiner ↗WINE-3-5.3.1Buying to a Brief: Cellar, Provenance and StorageTurns an owner s budget and itinerary into a tiered cellar plan, then covers provenance and counterfeiting at the top of the market, what to inspect on an old bottle, and how to store wine correctly on a moving vessel. Ends on heat damage and the value of a cellar log.LockedWINE-3-5.3.2Service, Faults and Pairing a Demanding MenuCovers judging readiness to drink, the two quite different reasons to decant, the common wine faults, and exactly how to handle a corked bottle worth four figures in front of a guest. Ends with structural pairing principles, a responsible drinking note and a plain statement that this course is preparatory study only.Locked