Elegant wine tasting setup with various wines being poured into glasses indoors.

Farm, Food & DrinkWestern Europe

Wine tasting and WSET certification

Bordeaux, France

Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on Unsplash

Structured blind-tasting training plus chateau visits — the WSET Level 2/3 route into the wine trade.

How long
~10 days

3–30 days

Cost
$1,200 – $2,600

$190/day

In rupees
₹1.1L – ₹2.5L

₹18,100/day

Starting level
Beginner – Intermediate

moderate pace

Price covers: WSET L2/L3 course + chateau programme, tuition + tastings. Range built from typical 2026 market rates. Verify before you book. Flights and visas are never included, and nothing here is a quote.

The price includes

  • Tuition
  • A certificate

You come away with: WSET Level 2-3

Best months — Apr-Oct

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While you're in the region

Is this a good one?

Against others of its kind
At $190 a day this sits above the $136 median for farm, food & drink. It is cheaper than 4 of the 18 farm, food & drink options mapped here.
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When to go
Workable across 7 months of the year — Apr-Oct. Outside that the season is against you, not the school.
How long it really takes
Most people give it 10 days, but the honest range is 3 to 30. That spread is wide because how far you take it is up to you.

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