Grape Experience is your destination for WSET Certification! Since 2005, Grape Experience Wine & Spirit School has provided innovative, engaging, and impactful wine education certification classes to industry professionals and wine lovers in San Francisco, Napa Valley and the entire Bay Area, as well as Greater Boston.

Our Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Certificate Programs can help you exceed your goals while you develop deep wine knowledge and build impressive tasting skills. If you work in or are looking to enter the wine or spirit industry—or just want to expand your knowledge—Grape Experience and WSET have a course that’s right for you.

FLEXIBILITY

We offer a wide range of programs in an array of formats for beginners and seasoned professionals, from weeknight classes to weekend intensives to online courses.

EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR

Grape Experience was honored with the prestigious Wine Educator of the Year award in 2012 from the WSET and is one of only a handful of schools approved to offer its highest certification, the Level 4 Diploma.

GLOBAL NETWORK

All of our students become part of WSET’s international wine society, which includes exclusive opportunities for professional networking, employment, travel and winery visits.

PASSIONATE FACULTY

Our instructors have real-world experience in the industry, with backgrounds in winemaking, restaurants, retail and wholesale sales, and more.

TESTIMONIALS

Grape Experience has been crucial not just for expanding my wine knowledge, but for helping me pass the rigorous WSET exams as well. The team at the Grape Experience is knowledgeable, responsive, and most importantly, knows how to teach. Now I feel more confident and see more opportunities at international wine trade events.

James Lee

Wine Buyer , Wine2U Korea

I simply would not be where I am without the support and guidance Grape Experience. Studying through Grape Experience, in Napa – set me on the course to live my dreams.

Benjamin Spencer DWS (2011)

Lead Enologist & Director, The Etna Wine School, Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy

One of the best ways to learn about a wine region is to talk to a specialist. The instructors at Grape Experience are those specialists that have studied it, lived it and are now leaders in the industry.

Courtney Quinn

Owner and Wine Importer, OWOC Wines

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