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Early priority registration for the fall 2024 sessions:
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Coming soon: Advanced Tasting Class
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Our Sommelier Certificate Course is offered twice a year, fall and spring sessions.
Spring 2024 Session Schedule of Classes

Sessions begin on Tuesday, one week after Labor Day, and the first Tuesday in March.

All sessions end with the final exam.

All classes are held Tuesdays evenings at 6PM EST
- Classes are approximately 2 hours to 2 1/2 in duration.
- Lecture and Theory classes covering all wine regions and the business and service of wine
- Wine tasting selections covering over 50 benchmark wines of the world
- Three Dedicated Comparative tasting classes
- Textbook and materials are included
- Final Exam includes a blind tasting portion *
- Remote option is available: attend and participate in live classes remotely. **

Our Students and Alumni benefit from:
- Alumni Networking Events
- Newsletters with Industry and Wine Tasting Events
- SSA Partnerships and Affiliations with Stölzle Glassware, Coravin, Comité Champagne, and Vintus New York
- Tasting visits to local vineyards ***

Classroom Location:
Midtown New York City

* The final exam must be taken in person. At this time there is no remote option for taking the final exam.
** Remote students are provided a list of wines to purchase separately.
*** Wine tasting visits to local vineyards are extra curricular, and are an additional discounted cost to the student.