Discover how Anne McHale MW and Jasper Morris MW’s Viticulture and Winemaking Course can help you pass the challenging D1 module of the WSET Diploma.
Join Masters of Wine Anne McHale and Jasper Morris for a three-part course that helps you go from overwhelmed to exam-ready, by cutting through the complexity and focusing on the knowledge that counts.
While designed for D1 students, it’s also a valuable refresher for anyone sitting D3, D4 or D5 who wants to sharpen their understanding of viticulture and winemaking fundamentals.
The details of the recorded sessions are below – they are broken up into individual topics for easy, bite-sized study. When you sign up you’ll immediately be sent access to all the recordings (with the option to listen to them on private podcast too) as well as a full list of resources + sample exam questions for each chapter of the D1 book for you to use in your own practice.
Session 1: Viticulture Part 1
Topics covered in depth:
🍇 Vineyard Establishment
🍇 The Growing Environment and how to manage it
🍇 Canopy management
✍🏻 Exam technique
Session 2: Viticulture Part 2 & Winemaking Part 1
Topics covered in depth:
🍇 Hazards, pests & diseases
🍇 Harvest timing & grape/wine components
🍇 Oxygen & SO2 management
✍🏻 Sample exam questions
Session 3: Winemaking Part 2
Topics covered in depth:
🍇 White pressing choices
🍇 Malolactic conversion in whites
🍇 Lees ageing and bâtonnage in whites
🍇 Extraction strategies in crushed-fruit red fermentations
🍇 Whole berry/whole bunch fermentations
✍🏻 Sample exam questions
🍷 Have you read the D1 chapter thoroughly, made detailed notes on it and recited it to yourself over and over again, but you STILL find it hard to remember it all?
🍷 Or perhaps you feel confident with the content, but you are still unsure as to whether or not you will answer the questions well in the exam?
🍷 OR…maybe you’ve already passed your D1 exam, but you could really do with a refresher to prepare you well for the D3, D4 and/or D5 modules.
🍷 Maybe you’ve even passed your WSET Diploma already and are now doing the MW, but could really do with a refresher on wine production, with the expertise of two MWs to guide you.
If any of the above describes you, you are NOT ALONE. Although the D1 textbook is really comprehensive, it’s very technical and it can be hard to make it come alive, especially if you’ve never worked in the production side of the wine industry.
These challenges are exactly what Anne and Jasper’s Viticulture and Winemaking Course are all about.
In these classes, we cover:
👉🏻 Strategic tips for approaching D1-style exam questions
👉🏻 Key concepts of wine production (we can’t cover them all, but we will focus on the trickiest according to student and examiner feedback!)
👉🏻 Real-life examples from Jasper’s decades of experience living and working in the heart of Burgundy as well as meeting wine producers all over the world. These will help the content come alive for you!
🍷 Many of the concepts covered will have application across exam questions for the WSET Diploma D3, D4 and D5 modules as well as for the Master of Wine theory papers.
Meet your tutor: Jasper Morris MW
Jasper’s regular contact with winegrowers in Burgundy and further afield keeps him fully up-to-date on all the latest developments and techniques used in the vineyard and in the winery. He also has a gift for explaining technical concepts clearly to non-scientists!
He is one of the world’s leading authorities on Burgundy and author of the award-winning book Inside Burgundy. His company, Morris & Verdin, became known as the UK’s leading Burgundy importer during the 1990s before being sold to Berry Bros. & Rudd in 2003.
Jasper remained with BBR as Burgundy Director until 2017 before retiring from commerce to focus on his new career as Burgundy expert and critic, culminating in the launch of Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy in 2018.
A regular international lecturer on Pinot Noir and Burgundy, Morris also writes about the latter for Decanter and The World of Fine Wine, as well as being responsible for all the Burgundy entries in The Oxford Companion to Wine.
Secure your seat for £127 for 4.5 hours’ worth of high-quality teaching plus a comprehensive list of sample D1 exam-style questions covering all 21 chapters of the book.
£30 discount for Diplomatherapy members – code has been posted in the Diplomatherapy Circle forum in ‘Member Offers’
Praise for the D1 course
‘This WSET 4 Module 1 course provided exceptional clarity on viticulture and vinification thanks to the expertise of both Anne and Jasper. Jasper shared deep, real-world knowledge on key production topics, while Anne offered highly practical exam strategies that helped me approach the material and the assessment with much more confidence. Their combined teaching made complex concepts understandable and directly applicable to both the exam and my overall wine studies.’
Violaine Chavagneux, Diploma student from France
‘It’s been a month since I took the D1 exam, but wanted to say how helpful I found your course.
I have been hesitant to shell out the money for this because the certificate already costs a small fortune and I expected your level of coaching to be the part of the WSET program itself. But alas, that’s not the case.
I did feel a bit let down by my provider, so I decided to go for your course.
And it was so refreshing!
Next to the invaluable insights with chosen topics in live sessions (which I re-listened to two times – always something new to hear!), what I appreciated most were the WSET style questions. Especially the ones that required you to apply knowledge from different chapters – those were really useful study guides. Honestly, they should be part of the textbook!
Yours and Jasper’s enthusiasm for sharing knowledge is really palpable, really appreciate your #nogatekeeping approach. You made a really good team.
I’m also very grateful you researched my super niche question about intracellular fermentation; I didn’t think it was relevant for the exam, but it had been bugging me for a while for some reason and then I was like “hey, now I have two MWs there, now’s a good time to ask”” 🙂 Thank you, Anne!’
Meet your tutor: Anne McHale MW
Anne is an award-winning Master of Wine, communicator and consultant based in London. Born and brought up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, she then went on to read French and Classics at Christ’s College Cambridge. After graduating with First Class Honours, Anne moved to London and joined the wine trade, working for businesses as diverse as Mistral Wines, Wines of New Zealand and the prestigious Berry Bros. & Rudd, where for ten years she was an integral part of the Wine School team and worked closely with Jasper.
Whilst at Berry Bros. & Rudd Anne completed her WSET Diploma, wnning the Vintners’ Cup & Scholarship for top UK student, and then went on to achieve the highly sought-after Master of Wine qualification, winning three awards in the process including the Bollinger tasting medal and the Wines of Austria prize for top overall candidate.
Anne has been successfully tutoring Diploma students since 2014, and since 2017 has been one of the official Diploma educators at WSET School London. In 2020 she launched her signature coaching membership for Diploma students, Diplomatherapy®, where she offers study, exam and moral support to students around the world as they make their way through this challenging journey to DipWSET. She has since grown her support for Diploma students beyond Diplomatherapy®, with a range of digital mini-courses, D6 workshops and popular Guest Expert masterclasses. Hundreds of Diploma students have celebrated their DipWSETs in part thanks to her teachings.
If you’re not yet on Anne’s free weekly email list for Diploma students, you can join it here. As well as being the first to know about any new study programmes, you will also benefit from Anne’s free study, exam and mindset tips as well as all her news from the world of wine.
Secure your seat: £127 for 4.5 hours’ worth of high-quality teaching
£30 discount for Diplomatherapy members – code has been posted in the Diplomatherapy Circle forum in ‘Member Offers’
Anne was a role model when I studied for the WSET Diploma and she remains an inspiration today. One of the best coaches I’ve ever come across.