Diploma in Professional Wine Management (Sommelier), Level 6

New Zealand wine styles, regions, innovation and influential producers

This module introduces the grape varieties that have established New Zealand's reputation as a country producing distinctive, quality wines. We will look at prominent wineries and winemakers who continue to enhance brand values and the stories behind their international success.
Module includes: Certificate in New Zealand Wine Micro-Credential

International wine styles, grape varieties, wine production & regions

Around the world, styles of wine are influenced by the climate and conditions of regions and the grape varieties that are grown. Through a series of tastings, this module explores important international grape varieties that dominate European and New World wine regions. We look at viticulture and the wine-making process for white, red, sparkling wine and sweet wines.
Module includes: WSET Level 2 Award in Wines and WSET Level 3 Award in Wines.

Sales management: Retail sales, Cellar door, Food & wine tourism

Technology can provide businesses with many helpful applications to structure the analysis of sales, costs, margins, inventory control as well as digital marketing. 

This module will help build practical skills, using a range of platforms and techniques, to manage sales and promotional activities starting with Google ads, Google analytics and Social media. It includes a research project to investigate the business case to establish a food and wine cellar door operation. 

Viticulture and Winemaking practices with sustainability focus

Understand the influence of soils and climate on viticulture, sustainability, organics and biodynamics. This module covers the technical knowledge about winemaking including the influence of oak, oxygen, yeasts and bacteria. You will also produce your own fruit wine and sourdough bread using natural yeasts and tour the Kumeu River Winery. 

In this module, we will use as the textbook, The Science of Wine (3rd. Ed) by Dr Jamie Goode.

Specialist International Wine regions & Sake

In this module, we study the wine regions of Australia, Toscana in Italy and Sake, the noble beverage from Japan. This is an opportunity to look in more depth at these important regions as they are enormously popular with consumers and offer interesting case studies for us to consider.