WSET LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION FULL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS TEST BANK
●● Grape-Growing Options
Answer: Choices made in the vineyard that can impact wine
characteristics.
●● Winemaking
Answer: The process of producing wine from grapes.
●● Bottle Ageing
Answer: The maturation process of wine in bottles that can affect its
style and quality.
●● Sparkling Wines
Answer: Wines that contain significant levels of carbon dioxide, making
them fizzy.
●● Fortified Wines
Answer: Wines that have had a distilled spirit added to them, increasing
their alcohol content.
,●● Parts of a grape
Answer: Skin, pulp, seeds and stems.
●● Skin
Answer: Provides colour, tannins, and flavours.
●● Pulp
Answer: Contains sugar, acids, water, and flavours.
●● Seeds and stems
Answer: Contribute tannins.
●● Vine requirements
Answer: Warmth, sunlight, water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide (CO2).
●● Stages of grape formation
Answer: Flowering, fruit set, and véraison.
●● Ripeness
Answer: Stages include unripe grapes, ripe grapes, and extra-ripe grapes
(late harvest, raisined).
, ●● General component changes
Answer: Changes in colour, sugar, acid, and tannins as grapes ripen.
●● General aroma and flavour changes
Answer: Differences in aroma and flavour for white grapes and black
grapes.
●● General climatic influences
Answer: Cool, moderate, and warm climates affecting vineyards.
●● Other climatic influences
Answer: Latitude, altitude, mountains, slope, aspect, soils, seas, rivers,
air, fog, cloud, and mist.
●● Weather influences
Answer: Drought, frost, hail, rain, sunlight, and temperature.
●● Concentration of grape sugars
Answer: Includes extra-ripe grapes, botrytis/noble rot grapes, and frozen
grapes.
●● Geographical indications (GIs)
Answer: Terms used to indicate origin.
EVALUATION FULL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS TEST BANK
●● Grape-Growing Options
Answer: Choices made in the vineyard that can impact wine
characteristics.
●● Winemaking
Answer: The process of producing wine from grapes.
●● Bottle Ageing
Answer: The maturation process of wine in bottles that can affect its
style and quality.
●● Sparkling Wines
Answer: Wines that contain significant levels of carbon dioxide, making
them fizzy.
●● Fortified Wines
Answer: Wines that have had a distilled spirit added to them, increasing
their alcohol content.
,●● Parts of a grape
Answer: Skin, pulp, seeds and stems.
●● Skin
Answer: Provides colour, tannins, and flavours.
●● Pulp
Answer: Contains sugar, acids, water, and flavours.
●● Seeds and stems
Answer: Contribute tannins.
●● Vine requirements
Answer: Warmth, sunlight, water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide (CO2).
●● Stages of grape formation
Answer: Flowering, fruit set, and véraison.
●● Ripeness
Answer: Stages include unripe grapes, ripe grapes, and extra-ripe grapes
(late harvest, raisined).
, ●● General component changes
Answer: Changes in colour, sugar, acid, and tannins as grapes ripen.
●● General aroma and flavour changes
Answer: Differences in aroma and flavour for white grapes and black
grapes.
●● General climatic influences
Answer: Cool, moderate, and warm climates affecting vineyards.
●● Other climatic influences
Answer: Latitude, altitude, mountains, slope, aspect, soils, seas, rivers,
air, fog, cloud, and mist.
●● Weather influences
Answer: Drought, frost, hail, rain, sunlight, and temperature.
●● Concentration of grape sugars
Answer: Includes extra-ripe grapes, botrytis/noble rot grapes, and frozen
grapes.
●● Geographical indications (GIs)
Answer: Terms used to indicate origin.
