WSET LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION FULL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS TEST BANK
●● Parts of the Grapes
Answer: Stem, Skin, Pulp, Seed
●● Grape Skin
Answer: Black grapes: Deeply colored skin. The skin contains tannin,
which can make your mouth feel dry.
White grapes: golden in color
●● The Pulp
Answer: Soft and fleshy. The color (clear) of the pulp is the same
regardless of the color of the grape skin.
The pulp contains the grape juice, which is mostly made up of water,
sugar, and acid.
●● The juice in the pulp of red and white grapes is made up of water,
sugar and
Answer: acid
,●● Tannins make your mouth feel
Answer: dry
●● Color and tannin are found in the ---- of red grapes.
Answer: skin
●● Acoholic Fermentation
Answer: Yeast are microscopic organisms that eat sugar and convert it
into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas.
-In most cases, this process continues until the yeast have eaten all of the
sugar. The alcohol stays in the newly made wine and in most cases, the
carbon dioxide escapes into the atmosphere.
●● The level of alcohol within a wine is usually measured as alcohol by
Answer: volume (abv); in other words, 10% abv means that ten percent
of the liquid is alcohol.
●● ----- is the process when
----- consumes -----, which results in the production of
------ and carbon dioxide.
Answer: Fermentation, yeast, sugar, alcohol
,●● Grapes are the fruit produced by vines. Vines are plants....
Answer: that can live for several decades. Once they reach maturity, a
couple of years after they are planted, they produce a crop of grapes
every year.
●● Every year, a grapevine flowers in the
Answer: spring
●● The flowers become grapes, which then ripen during
Answer: the summer
●● The grapes are picked
Answer: late summer
●● Flowering
Answer: This is part of a cluster of grapevine flowers. It is made up of
many individual flowers, and each flower will become a grape
●● Flowers Become Grapes
Answer: After flowering, each flower is transformed into a small grape.
All grapes are hard and green at this stage.
, ●● Grapes Ripen
Answer: As grapes ripen, a number of changes occur:
The grapes swell with water
Sugar levels in the grapes rise
Acid levels in the grapes fall
Flavors become riper
-White grapes change in color from green to golden
-Black grapes change in color from green to purple
●● Grape vines need the right levels of ------ and ------ to grow and
produce good quality fruit.
Answer: sunlight and heat
-correct amount of water is important too
-If it is too cold or too hot the flavor characteristics of the grape, and
ultimately the wine, will be out of balance.
●● Grape vines grow best in areas where the winter is cold enough for
them
Answer: to rest
●● Effect of Climate on Grapes: the colder it is
EVALUATION FULL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS TEST BANK
●● Parts of the Grapes
Answer: Stem, Skin, Pulp, Seed
●● Grape Skin
Answer: Black grapes: Deeply colored skin. The skin contains tannin,
which can make your mouth feel dry.
White grapes: golden in color
●● The Pulp
Answer: Soft and fleshy. The color (clear) of the pulp is the same
regardless of the color of the grape skin.
The pulp contains the grape juice, which is mostly made up of water,
sugar, and acid.
●● The juice in the pulp of red and white grapes is made up of water,
sugar and
Answer: acid
,●● Tannins make your mouth feel
Answer: dry
●● Color and tannin are found in the ---- of red grapes.
Answer: skin
●● Acoholic Fermentation
Answer: Yeast are microscopic organisms that eat sugar and convert it
into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas.
-In most cases, this process continues until the yeast have eaten all of the
sugar. The alcohol stays in the newly made wine and in most cases, the
carbon dioxide escapes into the atmosphere.
●● The level of alcohol within a wine is usually measured as alcohol by
Answer: volume (abv); in other words, 10% abv means that ten percent
of the liquid is alcohol.
●● ----- is the process when
----- consumes -----, which results in the production of
------ and carbon dioxide.
Answer: Fermentation, yeast, sugar, alcohol
,●● Grapes are the fruit produced by vines. Vines are plants....
Answer: that can live for several decades. Once they reach maturity, a
couple of years after they are planted, they produce a crop of grapes
every year.
●● Every year, a grapevine flowers in the
Answer: spring
●● The flowers become grapes, which then ripen during
Answer: the summer
●● The grapes are picked
Answer: late summer
●● Flowering
Answer: This is part of a cluster of grapevine flowers. It is made up of
many individual flowers, and each flower will become a grape
●● Flowers Become Grapes
Answer: After flowering, each flower is transformed into a small grape.
All grapes are hard and green at this stage.
, ●● Grapes Ripen
Answer: As grapes ripen, a number of changes occur:
The grapes swell with water
Sugar levels in the grapes rise
Acid levels in the grapes fall
Flavors become riper
-White grapes change in color from green to golden
-Black grapes change in color from green to purple
●● Grape vines need the right levels of ------ and ------ to grow and
produce good quality fruit.
Answer: sunlight and heat
-correct amount of water is important too
-If it is too cold or too hot the flavor characteristics of the grape, and
ultimately the wine, will be out of balance.
●● Grape vines grow best in areas where the winter is cold enough for
them
Answer: to rest
●● Effect of Climate on Grapes: the colder it is
