Ms Warden is a business manager for Black Ridge Vineyard and Winery, where she started in the job about three months ago.
She is also a director of the Wine Academy, in Auckland, which delivers globally recognised WSET courses in New Zealand.
The WSET was set up in England in the 1960s to deliver education to wine industry professionals.
Since then people all over the world have studied under the trust’s umbrella, earning level 1, 2 and 3 qualifications and some, like Ms Warden, have completed a two-year diploma.
"I’ve also studied winemaking at Lincoln University and have done vintages around the world," she said.
Now she thinks the courses, which range from one day to two years, will go well in Central Otago.
"A lot of people do them as they have an interest in wine."
The level 1 introductory course was only a day long, but people learned about different wines and their qualities and winemaking and got to taste a variety of wines and sit an examination and gain a certificate, she said.
"It is a fantastic way to learn about wine."
As they progressed through the levels, they learned about different styles, techniques, regions and climates and even what the information on the labels of bottles meant.
The courses were ideal for anyone interested in wine and those in the industry, such as waiters or wine buyers or consultants.
If people showed enough interest she would look at holding the introductory course.
"They can be run for corporate team building, a business event, hen parties, and we can even run them as a weekend, combined with food tasting."
The wine days or weekends could be attractive to tourists and other visitors to the region, providing them with another activity as well as linking them with Central Otago wines.
The next step up from the WSET diploma was becoming a master of wine, which was a four-year programme and included exams and a dissertation.
"New Zealand has the highest number of wine masters per capita in the world."
