WSET LEVEL 2 AWARD END OF COURSE ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Key stages of winemaking processes - ✔✔Critical steps involved in producing red,
rosé, and white wines that influence the final style and quality of the wine.
✔✔Key changes during bottle ageing - ✔✔The transformations that occur in a wine
while it matures in the bottle, affecting its taste, aroma, and overall quality.
✔✔Crushing - ✔✔First stage in the winemaking process where grapes are crushed to
release their juices.
✔✔Fermentation - ✔✔Process where yeast converts the sugars in the grape juice into
alcohol.
✔✔Pressing - ✔✔Extraction of the remaining juice from the grape solids after
fermentation.
✔✔Storage and/or maturation - ✔✔Period where wine is stored to develop flavors or
mature before bottling.
✔✔Blending - ✔✔Mixing different wines to achieve a desired flavor profile.
✔✔Packaging - ✔✔Process of bottling the wine for distribution.
✔✔Chardonnay - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
✔✔Pinot Noir - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
✔✔Meunier - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
✔✔Moscato (Muscat) - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
, ✔✔Glera - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
✔✔Traditional method - ✔✔A bottle fermentation method for sparkling wines.
✔✔Tank method - ✔✔A method for producing dry and sweet styles of sparkling wines.
✔✔Sherry - ✔✔A fortified wine produced by fortification after fermentation and ageing.
✔✔Port - ✔✔A fortified wine produced by fortification to interrupt fermentation and
ageing.
✔✔Champagne - ✔✔A sparkling wine from France.
✔✔Asti - ✔✔A sparkling wine from Italy.
✔✔Prosecco - ✔✔A sparkling wine from Italy.
✔✔Cava - ✔✔A sparkling wine from Spain.
✔✔Fino - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Amontillado - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Oloroso - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Pale Cream - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Medium - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Cream - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔PX (Pedro Ximénez) - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Brut - ✔✔A labelling term associated with sparkling wines indicating a dry style.
✔✔Demi-Sec - ✔✔A labelling term associated with sparkling wines indicating a sweet
style.
✔✔Vintage/Non-Vintage - ✔✔A labelling term associated with sparkling wines indicating
the vintage or non-vintage nature.
✔✔Méthode Cap Classique - ✔✔A labelling term associated with sparkling wines
indicating a traditional method.
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Key stages of winemaking processes - ✔✔Critical steps involved in producing red,
rosé, and white wines that influence the final style and quality of the wine.
✔✔Key changes during bottle ageing - ✔✔The transformations that occur in a wine
while it matures in the bottle, affecting its taste, aroma, and overall quality.
✔✔Crushing - ✔✔First stage in the winemaking process where grapes are crushed to
release their juices.
✔✔Fermentation - ✔✔Process where yeast converts the sugars in the grape juice into
alcohol.
✔✔Pressing - ✔✔Extraction of the remaining juice from the grape solids after
fermentation.
✔✔Storage and/or maturation - ✔✔Period where wine is stored to develop flavors or
mature before bottling.
✔✔Blending - ✔✔Mixing different wines to achieve a desired flavor profile.
✔✔Packaging - ✔✔Process of bottling the wine for distribution.
✔✔Chardonnay - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
✔✔Pinot Noir - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
✔✔Meunier - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
✔✔Moscato (Muscat) - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
, ✔✔Glera - ✔✔A grape variety used in sparkling wines.
✔✔Traditional method - ✔✔A bottle fermentation method for sparkling wines.
✔✔Tank method - ✔✔A method for producing dry and sweet styles of sparkling wines.
✔✔Sherry - ✔✔A fortified wine produced by fortification after fermentation and ageing.
✔✔Port - ✔✔A fortified wine produced by fortification to interrupt fermentation and
ageing.
✔✔Champagne - ✔✔A sparkling wine from France.
✔✔Asti - ✔✔A sparkling wine from Italy.
✔✔Prosecco - ✔✔A sparkling wine from Italy.
✔✔Cava - ✔✔A sparkling wine from Spain.
✔✔Fino - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Amontillado - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Oloroso - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Pale Cream - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Medium - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Cream - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔PX (Pedro Ximénez) - ✔✔A type of Sherry fortified wine.
✔✔Brut - ✔✔A labelling term associated with sparkling wines indicating a dry style.
✔✔Demi-Sec - ✔✔A labelling term associated with sparkling wines indicating a sweet
style.
✔✔Vintage/Non-Vintage - ✔✔A labelling term associated with sparkling wines indicating
the vintage or non-vintage nature.
✔✔Méthode Cap Classique - ✔✔A labelling term associated with sparkling wines
indicating a traditional method.
