This qualification gives you an introduction to major wine styles and grape varieties.

You will also learn systematic wine tasting techniques and the basics of wine and food matching – with a chance to do some food and wine matching of your own!

This also includes a fun and instructive session on how to read wine lists and appraise them

You will achieve certification for this internationally recognized qualification by passing a simple multiple-choice exam held at the end of the day of study.

Cost for the day is 1,900RMB including textbook, study materials, food and wine workshop and all wines tasted.

To reserve your place, contact fongyee@longfengwines.com or ring 5960-4050. See here for more information about this WSET course for beginners.

We are currently gathering students for our WSET Advanced course to start in November. In our Dragon Phoenix WSET Advanced Courses so far this year, 100% of our students have passed with Merit - a success rate that shows our commitment to first-class education.

The WSET Advanced Course: broadens and builds on the knowledge gained from the Intermediate Level. We at Dragon Phoenix Wines can offer a choice of the Advanced Exam (which includes a written exam and is a pre-requisite for the Diploma) or the International Higher Exam (multiple choice only).

We run the course over 5 full days, ensuring that our students benefit from full coverage of all the units as well as blind tasting over 80 different wines sourced from all over Beijing and the world!  We also offer extra tuition for help on the written exams and teach techniques on how to maximize your marks.

The Advanced Level involves two basic parts:
Unit One - Wines and Spirits of the World

Which includes wine production and wine producing areas of the world, as well as Sparkling wines, Fortified Wines, and Spirits.
Unit Two - Tasting and Evaluating Wines of the World
• Systematic Approach to Tasting as well as how to blind taste wines and evaluate the quality, style and price.

The full course (including tasting over 12,000RMB worth of wines!) is 10,500RMB with the International Higher offered at 10,000RMB. For a flyer on this course, please click here.

6:30-8:00pm on Wednesday Sept 17th and 24th
This two week course introduces you to the classic wine styles of Europe. We will taste a wide range of these traditional wines from all over Europe. We will be providing handouts about these regions and together over two 1 1/2 hour classes we will enjoy an informational exploration of the most famous wine regions of the world.

500RMB (includes English/Chinese materials and wines) for two 1 1/2 hours classes. To reserve a place, please contact Fongyee Walker by phone on 13522147340 or e-mail

Classes are in our Dawang Lu classrooms:601 -Building 3 Modern Town SOHO 现代城

We are proud to offer an Intermediate Course with a wide range of over 40 different wines and spirits that are widely sourced from all over Beijing and the world!

This qualification offers broad coverage of all product categories in the field of alcoholic drinks, together with basic tasting techniques. It is suitable for those with some previous wine experience. For the course flyer please click here.

Classes run from 10am to 6pm on September 13th (Sat), 14th (Sun) and 20th (Sat). The exam will be scheduled according to the needs of the students.

Topics covered include:

• How wine is made and other factors influencing the style of wine
• Key white and black grape varieties
• Wine-producing regions of the world
• Sparkling wines
• Sweet wines,
• Fortified wines
• Spirits and liqueurs
• Label terminology
• Food and wine matching
• How to taste wine, using the WSET Level 2 Systematic Approach to Tasting

Each class is limited to only eight students to ensure top-quality instruction.

For more information or to reserve your place, please contact Fongyee Walker (fongyee@longfengwines.com or 13522147340)

With a pass rate of over 90% and 75% of students achieving distinction or merit in their exams, Dragon Phoenix Fine Wine is proud to be a top-quality educator for WSET courses in Beijing.

This basic qualification gives you an introduction to major wine styles and grape varieties as well as how wine is made and how to serve, store and present wine.

You will also learn systematic wine tasting techniques and the basics of wine and food matching – with a chance to do some food and wine matching of your own!

You will achieve certification for this internationally recognized qualification by passing a simple multiple-choice exam.

The fee of 1,900 RMB includes 7 hours of tuition, a selection of wines, food and wine matching exercise and the official textbook as well as all exam fees. Spaces are limited so sign up soon!

COURSE DATE: Sunday August 31st, 10am-6pm

For more information, contact Fongyee Walker on 13522147340 or fongyee@longfengwines.com

We are approved as an Official WSET (Wines and Spirits Education Trust) Programme Provider. We provide Foundation, Intermediate AND Advanced Courses.
We will be offering the Intermediate and Advanced courses for study in FOUR different ways:
1. Fully Taught Courses
2. Assisted Study (with Tutorial Help Available)
3. Distance Learning (includes course materials and exam fees)
4. Exam ONLY (exam fees and exam arrangements ONLY)

Below is an outline of these courses:

Foundation Course

This qualification gives you an introduction to major wine styles and grape varieties. You will also learn systematic wine tasting techniques and the basics of wine and food matching –with a chance to do some food and wine matching of your own!
You will get your certification for this internationally recognized qualification by passing a simple multiple-choice exam. This course is runs for 8 hours and costs 1,900RMB (including wines, materials, examination fee). For more information, contact info@longfengwines.com

Intermediate

This qualification offers broad coverage of all product categories in the field of alcoholic drinks, together with basic tasting technique. It is suitable for those with a small amount of previous experience with wine.

• How wine is made and other factors influencing the style of wine
• Key white and black grape varieties
• Wine-producing regions of the world
• Sparkling wines, sweet wines and fortified wines
• Spirits and liqueurs
• Label terminology
• Food and wine matching
• How to taste wine, using the Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine

We offer four options for this qualification: Full Course, Assisted Learning, Distance Learning and Exam Only Option. For pricing, please contact info@longfengwines.com

Advanced Course
The Advanced course broadens and builds on the knowledge gained from the Intermediate Level. It is also a pre-requisite for moving onto the Diploma. The Advanced requires previous good knowledge of wine and spirits and also requires study outside of classroom hours to ensure a good grade.
Those who successfully pass the written exam (multiple choice and written answers) and the tasting exam (one wine) will be entitle to use the WSET Advanced logo.
The Advanced Level involves two basic parts:
Unit One - Wines and Spirits of the World
• Production of Wine (location, viticulture, vinification, maturation and bottling, EU labeling regulations)
• France
• Italy
• Spain
• Portugal
• Germany
• Central and South Eastern Europe
• South Africa
• Australia and New Zealand
• North America
• South and Central America
• Other Wine-producing Countries
• Sparkling Wines of the World
• Fortified (Liqueur) Wines
• Spirits and Liqueurs of the World
• Information and Advice
• for Customers and Staff.
Unit Two - Tasting and Evaluating Wines of the World
• Systematic Approach to Tasting
- how to taste wines and evaluate the quality, style and price.

We offer four options for this qualification: Full Course, Assisted Learning, Distance Learning and Exam Only Option: please contact info@longfengwines.com