WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS BUNDLED RESOURCE
●● What is Brettanomyces?
Answer: Spoilage yeast
●● What does reduction smell like?
Answer: Stinky rotten eggs and boiled cabbage
●● What ABV is considered medium for a light wine?
Answer: 12.5%
●● What best describes a wine that is medium-dry?
Answer: There is a distinct presence of sugar but not sweet enough to
pair with dessert
●● Aromas that have their origin in the post-fermentation process are
called..
Answer: secondary aromas
●● Where do we look in a white wine to best assess the color?
,Answer: the rim
●● Mousse is only relevant in which type of wine?
Answer: sparkling
●● If a wine shows primary aromas with light acid or tannin, it would be
classified as:
Answer: drink now: not suitable for further ageing
●● High acidity wines tend to be found in grapes from what climate?
Answer: Cool climate
●● Which food elements increase the perception of body and decrease
the perception of acidity in a wine?
Answer: acidity and salt
●● Which food elements increase the perception of alcohol and decrease
the perception of sweetness in a wine?
Answer: sweetness and umami
●● Acidic wines pair well with foods that are...
Answer: rich in fat or oil
,●● When matching with wine, which food element is not considered
high risk?
Answer: salt
●● What pairing should you never do with food and wine?
Answer: pair bitter/tannic wine with bitter foods
●● What are the 4 methods to combat spring frost?
Answer: 1) heaters
2) wind machines
3) sprinklers
4) thoughtful vineyard design
●● What are the 3 main irrigation techniques?
Answer: 1) drip
2) sprinkler
3) flood
●● What is a crossing?
Answer: grape variety created by the joining of parents from the same
species
●● What is a hybrid?
, Answer: grape variety created by the joining of parents from 2 different
vine species
●● How many buds are retained with spur pruning?
Answer: 2-3
●● What is a clone?
Answer: genetic mutation of the parent grape
●● Which part of the vine is a cordon?
Answer: arm of permanent wood
●● What is the traditional treatment for Downy Mildew?
Answer: copper-based spray (Bordeaux mixture)
●● What are nematodes?
Answer: microscopic worms that attach to the roots of a vine
●● What is the definition of a continental climate?
Answer: greatest difference between the hottest and coldest months
●● What is another name for Grey Rot?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS BUNDLED RESOURCE
●● What is Brettanomyces?
Answer: Spoilage yeast
●● What does reduction smell like?
Answer: Stinky rotten eggs and boiled cabbage
●● What ABV is considered medium for a light wine?
Answer: 12.5%
●● What best describes a wine that is medium-dry?
Answer: There is a distinct presence of sugar but not sweet enough to
pair with dessert
●● Aromas that have their origin in the post-fermentation process are
called..
Answer: secondary aromas
●● Where do we look in a white wine to best assess the color?
,Answer: the rim
●● Mousse is only relevant in which type of wine?
Answer: sparkling
●● If a wine shows primary aromas with light acid or tannin, it would be
classified as:
Answer: drink now: not suitable for further ageing
●● High acidity wines tend to be found in grapes from what climate?
Answer: Cool climate
●● Which food elements increase the perception of body and decrease
the perception of acidity in a wine?
Answer: acidity and salt
●● Which food elements increase the perception of alcohol and decrease
the perception of sweetness in a wine?
Answer: sweetness and umami
●● Acidic wines pair well with foods that are...
Answer: rich in fat or oil
,●● When matching with wine, which food element is not considered
high risk?
Answer: salt
●● What pairing should you never do with food and wine?
Answer: pair bitter/tannic wine with bitter foods
●● What are the 4 methods to combat spring frost?
Answer: 1) heaters
2) wind machines
3) sprinklers
4) thoughtful vineyard design
●● What are the 3 main irrigation techniques?
Answer: 1) drip
2) sprinkler
3) flood
●● What is a crossing?
Answer: grape variety created by the joining of parents from the same
species
●● What is a hybrid?
, Answer: grape variety created by the joining of parents from 2 different
vine species
●● How many buds are retained with spur pruning?
Answer: 2-3
●● What is a clone?
Answer: genetic mutation of the parent grape
●● Which part of the vine is a cordon?
Answer: arm of permanent wood
●● What is the traditional treatment for Downy Mildew?
Answer: copper-based spray (Bordeaux mixture)
●● What are nematodes?
Answer: microscopic worms that attach to the roots of a vine
●● What is the definition of a continental climate?
Answer: greatest difference between the hottest and coldest months
●● What is another name for Grey Rot?
