If you can’t tell your Sauvignon Blanc apart from your Cabernet Sauvignon and think that Syrah is a song by Doris Day, the WSET ® Level 1 certification is an excellent qualification to massively improve your wine knowledge. Only thing is, it seems like there are a million things to learn in order to pass the exam, from wine varietals, regions, and laws to winemaking chemistry, styles, and more. Help!
Never fear: the wine-lovin’ team at Brainscape is here to aid you in your noble learning journey! Our prestigious panel of accomplished and experienced wine educators, sommeliers, and professionals, led by industry veteran Brian Mitchell, has worked tirelessly to create the most comprehensive set of digital flashcards for WSET ® Level 1 Wine exam-takers and drinks enthusiasts. So, if you’re looking to build your general wine knowledge, our adaptive, digital flashcards are the best place to start!
Cracking open the world of wine!
If you’re new to the world of wine and are interested in expanding your knowledge of the world’s most important wine regions, grapes, styles, producers, and more, our full-perspective, introductory flashcards cover everything you need to know for the WSET ® Level 1 Wine exam.
Even if you don’t plan on taking the exam, our WSET ® Level 1 Wine flashcards can help you build your knowledge bank (without going to the trouble of making flashcards yourself) so that you can enjoy smarter wine choices and effortlessly impressed dates.
Unfussy, straightforward approach to learning about wine
Brainscape’s ® WSET 1 flashcards give full instruction with an unfussy, straightforward approach to learning more about the world’s wine categories and styles. Designed with the WSET ® Level 1 Wine exam in mind, you’ll get a baseline knowledge in the most important wine concepts, such as the differences between grape varieties, wine styles, and the basics of food and wine pairing.
By using this class, we can help you study WSET ® Level 1 topics more efficiently so that you retain the most information and have quicker recall.
Brainscape helps you learn faster and remember for longer
The brain is hardwired to learn and remember information a certain way. The Brainscape™ flashcard app was born out of the question: what if we leveraged this hardwiring to help students learn more efficiently? Fueled by curiosity, our team of cognitive scientists from Columbia and Yale spent years developing a scientifically optimized learning platform to boost your learning.
Our"secret sauce" is a learning algorithm that delivers information to your brain in a way that optimizes its ability to retain that information. And it’s the spaced repetition of WSET ® Level 1 content at precisely the right interval for YOUR brain that makes Brainscape so effective for remembering the facts.
With Brainscape’s WSET ® Level 1 Wine course, you get:
- 125+ cards with a comprehensive introduction to the most important wine grapes and categories and regions in which they’re produced, proper storage and service, and the basics of how to taste like a pro.
- Explanations of viticulture and vinification, assessing for quality, and food pairing basics so you have a thorough understanding of each topic covered.
- A NEW practice exam you'll receive as soon as you start studying this class.
- Ongoing feedback, statistics, and visualization tools to help you track your progress.
- A carefully tailored curriculum that builds on previous concepts and guides you from grain to glass.
- In-sync studying across Brainscape’s website and all your iOS and Android devices.
- Additional guides for your wine studies.
Now go crush the WSET ® Level 1 Wine exam!
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