DP Intermediate Wine Course
Check-Point One: On the Road to Greater Wine Knowledge
DP Flower Stage Core Training Introduction
A beginner to intermediate program exploring wines for wine enthusiasts and for those working in the wine industry.
For individuals seeking a core understanding of wines, this program explores the major grape varieties and important wine regions in which they are grown.
You’ll learn about the styles of wines produced from these grapes as well as key classifications and labelling terminology.
DP Advantages
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Professional
We have three Masters of Wine (MW) in mainland China as well as many other experienced educators. Top-quality teaching guaranteed!
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Independence
DP offers fully independent wine services in the selection and teaching of wine allowing an objective and non-biased learning experience.
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Critical Thinking
DP encourages and trains students to think critically about wines.
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Tasting Practice
DP sources wines for each course from the entire Chinese market and even from abroad. We help our students understand how to taste wine and build up a more professional tasting profile, often through blind-tasting!
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High Pass Rate
DP specialises in training students for exams and boasts an extremely high pass rate: higher than the global average in all of our certified courses.
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Logistics
In addition to providing relevant programme schedules and arrangements, DP’s attentive course assistants help foster the best from students and aim to respond quickly and efficiently.
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Cutting-edge Knowledge
With first-hand knowledge of the world’s wine regions, DP shares its expert wine knowledge with all its students. All educators are required to stay up-to-date!
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Boutique Wine Classrooms
We accept very limited numbers of students for each class to guarantee the quality of the learning experience and classroom environment.
Standing Teachers
What Our Students Say
Studying for and completing the WSET Diploma Award in Wines and Spirits at Dragon Phoenix was not a particularly difficult experience, but it was never easy! Fongyee’s analysis of the WSET Level 4 Diploma course structure is very important and highlighted to me how, although each unit is independent, the learning is holistic. Xing Wei also provided some support with exam answering skills, which was very helpful and allowed us to understand exam strategy better.
I am a Vice President of a liquor franchising company. In 2017, I was very fortunate to study at Dragon Phoenix and have gone from being a total beginner to a DP advanced Level in Wines holder, passing with ‘Distinction’. I am very thankful to Dragon Phoenix as I have gained a lot! As I work in wine selection, I am very aware of the importance of wine professionalism and developing a systematic understanding of wine. But this was something in which I felt a lack of experience. Dragon Phoenix has helped put me in the right direction and find the perfect solution. The systematic learning and training at Dragon Phoenix has helped me a lot in my work in wine selection. All my thanks to Dragon Phoenix, to Fongyee, Xing Wei, Liu Chang and Tang Zhu.
During my time studying at Dragon Phoenix, I have really felt the joy of learning and I believe it has been the most wonderful learning experience of my life. Due to my lack of professional knowledge in wine and a relatively weak foundation in English, I felt a sense of pressure and difficulty when I first started. But with the help of Dragon Phoenix, I was able to pursue my dream. Our teachers are mainly Fongyee Walker MW and her husband Edward Ragg, both of whom have a very high professional knowledge and make the classes extremely vivid and wonderful. Dragon Phoenix keeps on impressing me!
Dragon Phoenix’s ‘Wine Wednesday’ series has been running for more than 100 classes and almost no duplicate topics can be found! For wine lovers, the small class does not have the pressure of exams but instead enables the opportunity to learn about and taste wines from all over the world at a reasonable price! I highly recommend this for all wine lovers!
It’s been just two years since I started learning about wine! Transformed from a beginner to a super-fan; from enjoying simple self-study to exploring the professionally structured training at Dragon Phoenix; from feeling an emotional connection with wine, then developing a systematic way of studying and tasting. I learnt everything with passion and have become more professional too! This has provided me the opportunity to understand more advanced information about wine, even though there is always more to learn. If you really love wine, you should know that, thanks to the WSET and Dragon Phoenix's education programs, more people in China are now coming into the wine world with a professional and serious attitude!
