WSET 3: REGIONS AND GRAPES
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ The wine tastes more drying and bitter, more acidic. Less sweet and fruity..
Answer: What effect does a sweet food have on wine?
◍ Since sweet food can dull the taste of a wine (losing its fruit and becoming
unpleasantly acidic), a good general rule is to select a wine with a higher
level of sweetness..
Answer: What type of wine should you pair with sweet food?
◍ Increases the perception of bitterness, astringency, acidity and alcohol burn
in the wine. It also decreases the perception of body, sweetness, and
fruitiness of the wine..
Answer: What effect does umami food have on wine?
◍ Which grape variety is dominant on the Left Bank of Bordeaux?.
Answer: Cabernet Sauvignon
◍ Which appellation is located on the Right Bank of Bordeaux?.
Answer: Saint-Émilion
◍ What is the primary grape used in Barolo?.
Answer: Nebbiolo
◍ Pair with low tannin, lower alcohol red wines without (or limited) oak
character. Crisp whites with minimal oak and lower alcohol also work well..
Answer: What type of wine should you pair with umami food?
◍ Salt will increase the perception of body in a wine and decrease astringency,
, bitterness and acidity..
Answer: What effect does salty food have on wine?
◍ Fruity and rich (less bitter. less alcoholic).
Answer: Salty foods will make a tannic, alcoholic red wine taste more .........
?
◍ Acid in food will increase the perception of body, sweetness, and fruitiness
in wine. It will also decrease the perception of acid in a wine..
Answer: What effect does acidic food have on wine?
◍ It's a good rule of thumb to pair high acid food with high acid wine (as
wines can appear flat and flabby if the acid of the wine is overwhelmed by
the food)..
Answer: What type of wine should be paired with acidic food?
◍ Which region is most associated with Sauvignon Blanc?.
Answer: Marlborough
◍ Bitterness in food increases the bitterness in wine..
Answer: What effect does bitter food have on wine?
◍ What is the primary grape used in Gavi?.
Answer: Cortese
◍ The wine can be overwhelmed by the food flavors..
Answer: What effect does highly flavored food have on wine?
◍ Which of these is a Northern Rhône appellation: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, or
Hermitage?.
Answer: Hermitage
◍ Pair with wines of similar intensity or flavors..
Answer: What type of wine should be paired with highly flavored food?
◍ What is the main grape variety of Rioja?.
Answer: Tempranillo
◍ Which grape is used to produce Prosecco?.
, Answer: Glera
◍ Which Spanish region is famous for Albariño?.
Answer: Rías Baixas
◍ It makes the wine appear less acidic..
Answer: What effect does fatty/oily food have on wine?
◍ Which Bordeaux region is known for producing both red and white wines?.
Answer: Graves
◍ Pair with wines of high levels of acidity..
Answer: What type of wine should be paired with highly fatty/oily food?
◍ What is the dominant grape for red wines in Burgundy?.
Answer: Pinot Noir
◍ In 2009.
Answer: When did the European Union change it's wine laws?
◍ 1) Protected Designation of Origen (PDO) 2) Protected Geographical
Indication (PGI).
Answer: What are the two labelling terms of EU wines with a geographical
indication?
◍ Apellation d'Origine Controlee (AC or AOC).
Answer: What term is used to delineate a PDO wine from France?
◍ Vin de Pays (VdP) or Indication Geographique Protegee (IGP). IGP has
appeared on many wine labels begining with the 2009 vintage..
Answer: What term is used to delineate a PGI wine from France?
◍ Vin de France.
Answer: What term is used to delineate a wine in France without any
geographical indication?
◍ Located in south-west France, Bordeaux has a moderate/maritime climate..
Answer: What is the location and climate of Bordeaux?
◍ What is the dominant grape for white wines in Burgundy?.
, Answer: Chardonnay
◍ Stone/Gravel.
Answer: What type of soil is found in the Medoc, Haut-Medoc, and Graves
regions of Bordeaux?
◍ Which grape dominates red wines in the Northern Rhône?.
Answer: Syrah
◍ Which grape dominates red wine blends in the Southern Rhône?.
Answer: Grenache
◍ In which country is Cava produced?.
Answer: Spain
◍ Clay with limestone subsoil.
Answer: What type of soil is found in the St-Emilion and Pomeral regions of
Bordeaux?
◍ What is the primary grape used in Sherry production?.
Answer: Palomino
◍ Which Italian wine is made primarily from Sangiovese?.
Answer: Chianti
◍ Which German region is most famous for Riesling?.
Answer: Mosel
◍ What type of climate typically produces grapes with high acidity?.
Answer: Cool climate
◍ Which of these is a sweet wine: Sancerre, Chablis, or Sauternes?.
Answer: Sauternes
◍ Which grape variety is known for producing high-tannin wines?.
Answer: Cabernet Sauvignon
◍ What winemaking factor increases the tannin levels in red wine?.
Answer: Long maceration
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ The wine tastes more drying and bitter, more acidic. Less sweet and fruity..
Answer: What effect does a sweet food have on wine?
◍ Since sweet food can dull the taste of a wine (losing its fruit and becoming
unpleasantly acidic), a good general rule is to select a wine with a higher
level of sweetness..
Answer: What type of wine should you pair with sweet food?
◍ Increases the perception of bitterness, astringency, acidity and alcohol burn
in the wine. It also decreases the perception of body, sweetness, and
fruitiness of the wine..
Answer: What effect does umami food have on wine?
◍ Which grape variety is dominant on the Left Bank of Bordeaux?.
Answer: Cabernet Sauvignon
◍ Which appellation is located on the Right Bank of Bordeaux?.
Answer: Saint-Émilion
◍ What is the primary grape used in Barolo?.
Answer: Nebbiolo
◍ Pair with low tannin, lower alcohol red wines without (or limited) oak
character. Crisp whites with minimal oak and lower alcohol also work well..
Answer: What type of wine should you pair with umami food?
◍ Salt will increase the perception of body in a wine and decrease astringency,
, bitterness and acidity..
Answer: What effect does salty food have on wine?
◍ Fruity and rich (less bitter. less alcoholic).
Answer: Salty foods will make a tannic, alcoholic red wine taste more .........
?
◍ Acid in food will increase the perception of body, sweetness, and fruitiness
in wine. It will also decrease the perception of acid in a wine..
Answer: What effect does acidic food have on wine?
◍ It's a good rule of thumb to pair high acid food with high acid wine (as
wines can appear flat and flabby if the acid of the wine is overwhelmed by
the food)..
Answer: What type of wine should be paired with acidic food?
◍ Which region is most associated with Sauvignon Blanc?.
Answer: Marlborough
◍ Bitterness in food increases the bitterness in wine..
Answer: What effect does bitter food have on wine?
◍ What is the primary grape used in Gavi?.
Answer: Cortese
◍ The wine can be overwhelmed by the food flavors..
Answer: What effect does highly flavored food have on wine?
◍ Which of these is a Northern Rhône appellation: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, or
Hermitage?.
Answer: Hermitage
◍ Pair with wines of similar intensity or flavors..
Answer: What type of wine should be paired with highly flavored food?
◍ What is the main grape variety of Rioja?.
Answer: Tempranillo
◍ Which grape is used to produce Prosecco?.
, Answer: Glera
◍ Which Spanish region is famous for Albariño?.
Answer: Rías Baixas
◍ It makes the wine appear less acidic..
Answer: What effect does fatty/oily food have on wine?
◍ Which Bordeaux region is known for producing both red and white wines?.
Answer: Graves
◍ Pair with wines of high levels of acidity..
Answer: What type of wine should be paired with highly fatty/oily food?
◍ What is the dominant grape for red wines in Burgundy?.
Answer: Pinot Noir
◍ In 2009.
Answer: When did the European Union change it's wine laws?
◍ 1) Protected Designation of Origen (PDO) 2) Protected Geographical
Indication (PGI).
Answer: What are the two labelling terms of EU wines with a geographical
indication?
◍ Apellation d'Origine Controlee (AC or AOC).
Answer: What term is used to delineate a PDO wine from France?
◍ Vin de Pays (VdP) or Indication Geographique Protegee (IGP). IGP has
appeared on many wine labels begining with the 2009 vintage..
Answer: What term is used to delineate a PGI wine from France?
◍ Vin de France.
Answer: What term is used to delineate a wine in France without any
geographical indication?
◍ Located in south-west France, Bordeaux has a moderate/maritime climate..
Answer: What is the location and climate of Bordeaux?
◍ What is the dominant grape for white wines in Burgundy?.
, Answer: Chardonnay
◍ Stone/Gravel.
Answer: What type of soil is found in the Medoc, Haut-Medoc, and Graves
regions of Bordeaux?
◍ Which grape dominates red wines in the Northern Rhône?.
Answer: Syrah
◍ Which grape dominates red wine blends in the Southern Rhône?.
Answer: Grenache
◍ In which country is Cava produced?.
Answer: Spain
◍ Clay with limestone subsoil.
Answer: What type of soil is found in the St-Emilion and Pomeral regions of
Bordeaux?
◍ What is the primary grape used in Sherry production?.
Answer: Palomino
◍ Which Italian wine is made primarily from Sangiovese?.
Answer: Chianti
◍ Which German region is most famous for Riesling?.
Answer: Mosel
◍ What type of climate typically produces grapes with high acidity?.
Answer: Cool climate
◍ Which of these is a sweet wine: Sancerre, Chablis, or Sauternes?.
Answer: Sauternes
◍ Which grape variety is known for producing high-tannin wines?.
Answer: Cabernet Sauvignon
◍ What winemaking factor increases the tannin levels in red wine?.
Answer: Long maceration
