Revealed: the full list of wines tasted at WSET Diploma exams in 2025
For the first time the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) has revealed the complete list of wines used in its 2024/25 Diploma tasting exams. So which regions and producers put this year’s students to the test?
A total of 42 wines from 12 countries featured in the WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines blind tastings across the past academic year.
The Diploma is made up of six units, three of which — D3: Wines of the World, D4: Sparkling Wines and D5: Fortified Wines — feature tasting exams.
The D3 module, which covers the broadest area of learning, also features the most extensive blind tasting, with 24 wines sampled over two exams.
WSET’s D4 and D5 units each feature the tasting of nine wines across three exams.
The full list of still, sparkling and fortified wines tasted across all three units in the 2024/25 academic year were sourced from France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the US, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Simon Milroy MW, WSET Diploma lead, qualifications, said of the exam structure: “Our job is to present students with styles and quality levels that reflect the world of wine today, whether that’s a rare Blaufränkisch from Burgenland, Austria or a commercial bestseller from South Eastern Australia.”
The full list of wines tasted during the Diploma 2024/25 exams included:
D3: Wines of the World
France
• Baumard / Clos du Papillon / 2019 / Savennieres, Loire Valley
• Château Haut-Rian / Blanc Sec / 2023 / Bordeaux
• Château de Montmal / 2021 / Fitou, Languedoc
• Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande / Reserve / 2019 / Pauillac, Bordeaux
• Château Siaurac / Plaisir de Siaurac / 2022 / Lalande de Pomerol, Bordeaux
• Domaine Guillemarine / 2023 / Picpoul de Pinet, Languedoc
• M Chapoutier / Marius Rosé / 2023 / Languedoc
Germany
• Weingut Fredrich Becker / Family Pinot Noir / 2020 / Pfalz
Austria
• Feiler Artinger / Ruster Ausbruch / 2017 / Burgenland
• Heidi Schrőck & Sőhne / Blaufränkisch / 2022 / Burgenland
• Weingut Fred Loimer / Ried Loiserberg 1er Grüner Veltliner / 2022 / Kamptal
Italy
• Donna Elvira / Settemazze Aglianico / 2018 / Campania
• Tenuta La Volta / Cabutto Barolo / 2020 / Piemonte
• Terre Antiche / Gavi di Gavi / 2023 / Piemonte
Spain
• Bodegas Torres / De Casta Rosado / 2022 / Catalunya
US
• De Loach / Heritage Reserve Pinot Noir / 2022 / California
• Hudson Wines / Estate Grown Chardonnay / 2021 / Carneros, California
• Jackson Family / Edmeades Zinfandel / 2022 / Mendocino, California
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Chile
• Costa Vera Indomita / Carmenere / 2024 / Central Valley
Argentina
• Vina Dona Paula / Altaluvia Chardonnay / 2020 / Mendoza
South Africa
• Steenberg / Sauvignon Blanc / 2023 / Constantia
Australia
• Casella Family / [yellow tail] Chardonnay / 2024 / South Eastern Australia
• De Bortoli / Noble One / 2020 / Riverina
New Zealand
• Escarpment Wines / Te Rehua Pinot Noir / 2020 / Martinborough
D4: Sparkling Wines
France
• Fleury / Blancs de Noirs / NV / Champagne
• Tarlant / Brut Nature Zero / NV / Champagne
Germany
• Dr Loosen / Sekt Extra Dry / NV
Italy
• Massolino / Moscato d’Asti / NV / Piemonte
• Villa Cialdini / Grasparossa Castelvetro / 2024 / Lambrusco di Sorbara, Emilia Romagna
Spain
• Sumarroca / Cava Brut Reserva Rosado Organic / 2022 / Catalunya
US
• Roederer Estate / Quartet Brut / NV / Anderson Valley, California
South Africa
• Krone / Borealis Cuvée Brut / 2022 / Tulbagh
Australia
• Jansz / Estate Cuvée / NV / Tasmania
D5: Fortified Wines
Portugal
• Churchills / Dry White / NV / Douro
• Croft / Fine Ruby / NV / Douro
• Delaforce / Late Bottled Vintage / 2018 / Douro
• Henriques & Henriques / 10 Year Old Sercial / NV / Madeira
• Krohn / Quinta do Retiro Novo / 2011 / Douro
Spain
• Bodegas Hidalgo / Napoleon Amontillado / NV / Jerez
• Gonzalez Byass / Del Duque Amontillado 30 Year Old VORS / NV / Jerez
• Gonzalez Byass / Tio Pepe Fino / NV / Jerez
• Harveys / Solera Sherry ‘Bristol Cream’ / NV / Jerez
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