The French Wine Scholar Program is the industry’s most respected certification course on the wines of France.

The French Wine Scholar™’s education program is the most advanced, comprehensive, and up-to-date French wine course. The syllabus takes a regional approach and discusses all French wine appellations and the factors that shape their identities.

The French Wine Scholar study and certification program confers a post-nominal to wine professionals and enthusiasts who successfully pass the certification exam (Ex: John Smith, FWS). In addition, the FWS credential has true international recognition with a school network encompassing 30 countries on five continents.

It was created by WSG Education Director Lisa M. Airey CWE, with the support of the French Ministry of Agriculture, which knighted her in recognition of the program’s exceptional level of depth, accuracy, detail, and academic rigor as well as its impact on the global wine industry.

French Wine Scholar™ classes are offered by licensed program providers and delivered by approved FWS instructors Mark Snow and Jenny Polack. This study format includes:

• Classroom instruction with tutored tastings
• A copy of the FWS study manual
• Access to the FWS online study modules & quizzes
• In-class exam of 100 multiple choice questions

All FWS program providers teach from the same Wine Scholar Guild-developed presentations and are supplied with uniform teaching materials.

Both Mark and Jenny are professional educators with their own unique teaching style.  By having two instructors, you will be able to benefit for the experience and teaching styles of both.

The course is being spread out over a month and a half to ensure enough time to digest all the course content.  There is a gap before the exam for study and exam preparation.

We would recommend that you have completed WSET Level 2 in Wines before registering for this course.