Fall 2024 Registration coming soon!

Early priority registration for the fall 2024 sessions:
Please submit this Certificate Course waitlist form.

About Our Course

• The Certificate Course is offered twice a year, fall and spring sessions.

• 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 one day a week, evenings at 6PM EST
  We offer two options: Tuesdays OR Wednesdays*

• Classes are scheduled to run two hours, and may extend an addition 15-30 minutes

• 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

• Textbook and materials are included

• Final Exam includes a blind tasting portion

• Remote option is available: attend and participate in live classes remotely. **

• Midtown Manhattan classroom location

Students & Alumni Benefits:

• Alumni Networking Events

• Industry and Wine Tasting Events announcements and special promos

• SSA Partnerships and Affiliations:
  GuildSomm International - discounts annual membership
  Stölzle Glassware - glassware set gift & promo discounts
  Coravin - promo discount
  Comité Champagne - continuing education access
  Beaupierre Wines & Spirits - 10% student discount
  Tasting visits to local vineyards ***
  
  * Students may not substitute class days. Registration form requires choosing one meeting day, Tuesday OR Wednesday for the duration of the session.
  ** 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.
  The final exam must be taken in person. At this time there is no remote option for taking the final exam.