WSET Level 1 Award in Japanese Sake Online

This online course is the perfect entry point to the world of sake. Ideal for the beginner sake enthusiast, or those starting a career in hospitality.

Your training: 4 weeks of training online. Your exam: it can be taken online or in person (Paris or Marseille). Exams are held every month and you can choose your exam date (within 6 months). Registrations are closing 10 working days before the start of a session.

• The main categories of Japanese sake • The principles of sake making • How to describe sake using the WSET Level 1 Systematic Approach to Tasting Sake® (SAT)

A 45-minute final exam will take place. To obtain your certification, you will have to correctly answer 70% of the 30 multiple-choice questions. You will receive your result by email about 4 weeks after your exam date. Your certificate and pin will then be mailed to you. The success rate of our students in this exam was 100% in 2025. You can retake the exam if you do not pass, for a fee of 100 euros.

This training does not require prior knowledge of sake. You must be 18 years old to register. Excellent comprehension and writing skills in the selected language are also recommended to follow the course. Our trainings are accessible to disabled persons. If you have a disability or require special adaptations that fall within our scope of action, please contact us at [email protected]. We will study together the best possible solution. By registering, you acknowledge having read and accepted our general conditions of sale and internal rules.

Participants rated their overall satisfaction at  5/5 in 2025.

Here’s how it works: You get full access to the official WSET online learning platform for 4 weeks. There are no live classes or fixed schedule — you can log in whenever suits you, and each week introduces a new topic through videos, exercises, quizzes and flashcards to help the content stick. You’ll also have access to an international forum moderated by your tutor, where you can interact with other students and ask questions along the way. You’ll also receive your textbook in PDF format, so you can keep it and refer back to it whenever you need. Once you start, you have a full year of access to the platform, so you can revisit the content whenever you like, well beyond the 4-week programme. For the exam, you have 6 months after finishing the course to sit it. It can be taken: - Online, in English only, at one of our fixed weekly time slots, or - In person, in Paris or Marseille, if you’d prefer