WSET LEVEL 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● In a grape, what are 3 key components of the PULP?
Answer: 1. Water
2. Sugar
3. Acids
●● What component, found the the skin of grapes, causes a mouth-
drying sensation?
Answer: Tannin
●● The pigmentation (color) of red wines come from which part of the
grape?
Answer: Skin
●● Why are some wines "white" (with almost no pigmentation)?
Answer: Because they are made from juice extracted from the PULP of
grapes ONLY
●● Why are some wines pink or red?
,Answer: Because they are made from juice extracted from BOTH PULP
AND SKINS of grapes
●● What single-celled organisms are required for the transformation of
grape juice into an alcoholic beverage?
Answer: Yeasts
●● Where do yeasts come from?
Answer: Yeast are naturally found in the vineyards, on the surface of
grape skins or can be inoculated by a winemaker.
●● What is the role of yeasts in the winemaking process?
Answer: Yeasts transform sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas
●● The level of sugar in the grape is directly correlated to...
Answer: ... the potential of alcohol in the finished wine.
●● What causes alcohol production to stop?
Answer: 1. when all the sugars are consumed by yeasts.
2. when the alcohol by volume (ABV) reaches levels that are toxic for
yeasts (typically above 15 percent ABV)
,●● The phenomenon by which yeasts transform sugar into alcohol is
called...
Answer: Fermentation
●● On what plants do grape grow?
Answer: On grape vines
●● What is the lifespan of a vine plant?
Answer: Decades
●● In temperate climates, the vine will flower in which season?
Answer: Spring
●● Each flower will become a...
Answer: Grape berry
●● On vine plants, flowers grow in clusters that will give grape...
Answer: Bunches
●● Before they ripen, grape berries are...
Answer: Small, green and hard
, ●● During ripening, white grapes change from green color to...
Answer: Golden color
●● During ripening, red grapes change from green color to...
Answer: Purple color
●● During ripening, both white and red grapes become...
Answer: 1. swollen with water
2. sweeter
3. less acidic
4. riper in flavor
●● Ripening of grapes is directly affected by which 2 key factors?
Answer: 1. Sunlight
2. Warmth
The amount of sunlight and warmth during the growing season affect the
quality and characteristics of grapes
●● Why do red grapes require more sunlight and warmth than white
grapes to ripen fully?
Answer: Because red grape have thicker colored skins.
●● Between which latitudes are most grape grown?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● In a grape, what are 3 key components of the PULP?
Answer: 1. Water
2. Sugar
3. Acids
●● What component, found the the skin of grapes, causes a mouth-
drying sensation?
Answer: Tannin
●● The pigmentation (color) of red wines come from which part of the
grape?
Answer: Skin
●● Why are some wines "white" (with almost no pigmentation)?
Answer: Because they are made from juice extracted from the PULP of
grapes ONLY
●● Why are some wines pink or red?
,Answer: Because they are made from juice extracted from BOTH PULP
AND SKINS of grapes
●● What single-celled organisms are required for the transformation of
grape juice into an alcoholic beverage?
Answer: Yeasts
●● Where do yeasts come from?
Answer: Yeast are naturally found in the vineyards, on the surface of
grape skins or can be inoculated by a winemaker.
●● What is the role of yeasts in the winemaking process?
Answer: Yeasts transform sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas
●● The level of sugar in the grape is directly correlated to...
Answer: ... the potential of alcohol in the finished wine.
●● What causes alcohol production to stop?
Answer: 1. when all the sugars are consumed by yeasts.
2. when the alcohol by volume (ABV) reaches levels that are toxic for
yeasts (typically above 15 percent ABV)
,●● The phenomenon by which yeasts transform sugar into alcohol is
called...
Answer: Fermentation
●● On what plants do grape grow?
Answer: On grape vines
●● What is the lifespan of a vine plant?
Answer: Decades
●● In temperate climates, the vine will flower in which season?
Answer: Spring
●● Each flower will become a...
Answer: Grape berry
●● On vine plants, flowers grow in clusters that will give grape...
Answer: Bunches
●● Before they ripen, grape berries are...
Answer: Small, green and hard
, ●● During ripening, white grapes change from green color to...
Answer: Golden color
●● During ripening, red grapes change from green color to...
Answer: Purple color
●● During ripening, both white and red grapes become...
Answer: 1. swollen with water
2. sweeter
3. less acidic
4. riper in flavor
●● Ripening of grapes is directly affected by which 2 key factors?
Answer: 1. Sunlight
2. Warmth
The amount of sunlight and warmth during the growing season affect the
quality and characteristics of grapes
●● Why do red grapes require more sunlight and warmth than white
grapes to ripen fully?
Answer: Because red grape have thicker colored skins.
●● Between which latitudes are most grape grown?
