WSET L4 SPARKLING WINES
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT GRADED A+
●● What is the climate in Champagne?
A. hot
B. warm
C. moderate
D. cool.
Answer: D. cool
●● What is a gyropalette?
A. cube-shaped machine that can riddle hundreds of bottles at a time
B. the deposit found at the bottom of an undisgorged sparkling wine
bottle
C. the name given for the upside down position given to a bottle of
sparkling wine ready to be disgorged
D. the mixture of wine and sugar used to top up a sparkling wine after
disgorgement.
Answer: A. cube-shaped machine that can riddle hundreds of bottles at a
time
, ●● Which method of sparkling wine production does not begin with a
dry base wine?
A. Tank Method
B. Traditional Method
C. Asti Method
D. Carbonation.
Answer: C. Asti Method
●● What are the three varieties used in a typical Champagne blend?
Select all that apply.
A. Chardonnay
B. Pinot Noir
C. Pinot Blanc
D. Sauvignon Blanc
E. Riesling
F. Meunier
G. Glera.
Answer: A. Chardonnay
B. Pinot Noir
F. Meunier
●● What determines the final sweetness of a traditional method
sparkling wine?
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT GRADED A+
●● What is the climate in Champagne?
A. hot
B. warm
C. moderate
D. cool.
Answer: D. cool
●● What is a gyropalette?
A. cube-shaped machine that can riddle hundreds of bottles at a time
B. the deposit found at the bottom of an undisgorged sparkling wine
bottle
C. the name given for the upside down position given to a bottle of
sparkling wine ready to be disgorged
D. the mixture of wine and sugar used to top up a sparkling wine after
disgorgement.
Answer: A. cube-shaped machine that can riddle hundreds of bottles at a
time
, ●● Which method of sparkling wine production does not begin with a
dry base wine?
A. Tank Method
B. Traditional Method
C. Asti Method
D. Carbonation.
Answer: C. Asti Method
●● What are the three varieties used in a typical Champagne blend?
Select all that apply.
A. Chardonnay
B. Pinot Noir
C. Pinot Blanc
D. Sauvignon Blanc
E. Riesling
F. Meunier
G. Glera.
Answer: A. Chardonnay
B. Pinot Noir
F. Meunier
●● What determines the final sweetness of a traditional method
sparkling wine?
