TERAKOYA IMADEYA ~WSET SAKE Class~

What is WSET？

WSET is an internationally recognised qualification with 110,000 students per year in over 70 countries.

The WSET SAKE course, which enables students to learn about sake as a global standard of knowledge in the same way as wine, was launched at the London headquarters in 2014.

IMADEYA will become a WEST-accredited school in spring 2024 (the second school in Japan to offer SAKE courses) and is currently only offering SAKE courses as TERAKOYA IMADEYA ~WSET SAKE Class~, which currently offers only SAKE courses.

WSET SAKE

Within WSET, this qualification is aimed at a wide range of people, including those who want to learn more about sake, those who are already professionals and the many enthusiasts who are passionate about sake.

The course is divided into three levels, with the first level covering the basics of "What is sake?"" to the more specialised Level 3, which covers the sake making process and the characteristics of sake rice.

TERAKOYA IMADEYA ~WSET SAKE Class~
The only short consecutive course in Japan, where even the most difficult level 3 can be obtained in as little as 7 days.

IMADEYA is officially accredited as a WSET (Wine and Spirits EducationTrust) course provider in 2024.
It currently offers only sake classes and is the only school in Japan to offer an short consecutive courses where even the most difficult Level 3 can be qualified in as little as six days.

The classes take place in an event space in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, while the exam is held at the Hakkaisan Tokyo office in Tsukiji.

Maksim Polkin

He holds a WSET-certified SAKE Educator qualification and knowledge and holds a sake seminar in English about once a month at IMADEYA GINZA. He also conducts English seminars for the sake breweries.

• 8 years' working experience in the sake industry
• 7 years' working experience in the whisky world
• ENOTRIA Wine School (Moscow), sake and whisky teacher, 8 years.
• Speakers at sake and Japanese whisky seminars (Russia, Ukraine, UK, Armenia, Georgia, Belarus).
• WSET (Wine & Spirits Education Trust) Level 3 Award in Sake - 2018
• WSET (Wine & Spirits Education Trust) Educator course completed - 2019