WSET LEVEL 2 IN WINES EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are three ways to make sweet wines from ripe grapes? - Answer-Remove yeast
using filtration
Kill yeast by adding alcohol
Add sweetness to dry wine
Four steps in grape formation and ripening - Answer-Flowering
Fruit set
Verasion
Ripening
What is a GI? - Answer-Legally defined vineyard within a country. These areas can be
very large (entire region) or very small (single vineyard)
What are two groupings of GIs in EU? - Answer-PDO, PGI
PGi or PDO
A) Appellation d'origine controlee
B) vin de pays
C) Denominacion de Origen Calificada
D) Landwein
E) Denominazione di Origine Controllata - Answer-A) PDO
B) PGI
C) PDO
D)PGI
E) PDO
Ice wine/Eiswein is a labeling term that indicates - Answer-That the grapes have been
frozen on the vine prior to pressing
What aromas in a wine are created by post fermentation winemaking? - Answer-
Secondary aromas
What is the structural component in red wines that can sometimes have a bitter taste
that lingers at the back of your mouth? - Answer-Tannin
_______ flavored foods can overwhelm a dry wine - Answer-Highly
With dishes containing sugar a good general rule is to select a wine that has a ______
Level of sweetness than the dish - Answer-Higher
, What could be useful when pairing a wine with fatty or oily foods? - Answer-High acidity
in the wine
What is serving temp for following wines
A) sweet
B) sparkling
C) full bodied white
D) medium full bodied red - Answer-A) Well chilled (6-8C 43-46F)
B)well chilled (6-10c 43-50F)
C) lightly chilled (10-13c 50-55F)
D) room temperature (15-18c 59-64F)
What kind of system is used to remove air from inside the bottle with a pump - Answer-
Vacuum
What kind of system pumps gas into a bottle and pushes out air inside it as a result -
Answer-Blanket
Cork taint is caused by: - Answer-A chemical called TCA
Failure of a ______ is a wine fault that happens when unwanted oxygen interacts with
the wine and oxidizes it. - Answer-Closure
True or False: a wine stored in cold conditions (-2-0c) will maintain its freshness and
fruitiness - Answer-False
Domaine Martin BOURGOGNE APPELLATION BOURGOGNE CONTROLÉE PINOT
NOIR - Answer-black-fruit O A light- to medium-bodied wine with low tannins, high
acidity and fresh red- fruit flavours
A white Zinfandel is a dry white wine with low alcohol and simple aromas of red fruits
(strawberries and raspberries). - Answer-False
Merlot is often blended with... - Answer-Cabernet Sauvignon
What wine is Côte Rôtie AOC - Answer-Shiraz/Syrah
What wine is Crozes-Hermitage AOC - Answer-Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot
What wine is Pommard AOC - Answer-Pinot Noir
What wine is Bourgogne AOC - Answer-Pinot noir
Puck true statement:
Newly feemented cabernet Sauvignon can taste unpleasantly tannic
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are three ways to make sweet wines from ripe grapes? - Answer-Remove yeast
using filtration
Kill yeast by adding alcohol
Add sweetness to dry wine
Four steps in grape formation and ripening - Answer-Flowering
Fruit set
Verasion
Ripening
What is a GI? - Answer-Legally defined vineyard within a country. These areas can be
very large (entire region) or very small (single vineyard)
What are two groupings of GIs in EU? - Answer-PDO, PGI
PGi or PDO
A) Appellation d'origine controlee
B) vin de pays
C) Denominacion de Origen Calificada
D) Landwein
E) Denominazione di Origine Controllata - Answer-A) PDO
B) PGI
C) PDO
D)PGI
E) PDO
Ice wine/Eiswein is a labeling term that indicates - Answer-That the grapes have been
frozen on the vine prior to pressing
What aromas in a wine are created by post fermentation winemaking? - Answer-
Secondary aromas
What is the structural component in red wines that can sometimes have a bitter taste
that lingers at the back of your mouth? - Answer-Tannin
_______ flavored foods can overwhelm a dry wine - Answer-Highly
With dishes containing sugar a good general rule is to select a wine that has a ______
Level of sweetness than the dish - Answer-Higher
, What could be useful when pairing a wine with fatty or oily foods? - Answer-High acidity
in the wine
What is serving temp for following wines
A) sweet
B) sparkling
C) full bodied white
D) medium full bodied red - Answer-A) Well chilled (6-8C 43-46F)
B)well chilled (6-10c 43-50F)
C) lightly chilled (10-13c 50-55F)
D) room temperature (15-18c 59-64F)
What kind of system is used to remove air from inside the bottle with a pump - Answer-
Vacuum
What kind of system pumps gas into a bottle and pushes out air inside it as a result -
Answer-Blanket
Cork taint is caused by: - Answer-A chemical called TCA
Failure of a ______ is a wine fault that happens when unwanted oxygen interacts with
the wine and oxidizes it. - Answer-Closure
True or False: a wine stored in cold conditions (-2-0c) will maintain its freshness and
fruitiness - Answer-False
Domaine Martin BOURGOGNE APPELLATION BOURGOGNE CONTROLÉE PINOT
NOIR - Answer-black-fruit O A light- to medium-bodied wine with low tannins, high
acidity and fresh red- fruit flavours
A white Zinfandel is a dry white wine with low alcohol and simple aromas of red fruits
(strawberries and raspberries). - Answer-False
Merlot is often blended with... - Answer-Cabernet Sauvignon
What wine is Côte Rôtie AOC - Answer-Shiraz/Syrah
What wine is Crozes-Hermitage AOC - Answer-Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot
What wine is Pommard AOC - Answer-Pinot Noir
What wine is Bourgogne AOC - Answer-Pinot noir
Puck true statement:
Newly feemented cabernet Sauvignon can taste unpleasantly tannic
