WSET LEVEL 2 EXAM EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is Tank Method? Answer: part of fermentation takes place in
sealed tank, which prevents any carbon dioxide gas from escaping
⩥ True or False: The base wine could be partially fermented must, where
the last part of the fermentation takes place in a sealed tank Answer:
True
⩥ What is Prosecco? Answer: A sparkling wine from NE Italy, and it's
usually made using the tank method
⩥ What grape variety is used for Prosecco? Answer: The Glera grape,
which gives a medium body, dry or off dry sparkling wine with stone
fruit flavor
⩥ What does Spumante mean? Answer: fully sparkling wine
⩥ What does frizzante mean? Answer: lightly sparkling wine
,⩥ What is Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG? Answer: a premier
sparking wine from NE Italy
⩥ What is Asti DOCG? Answer: a sweet fruity light bodied sparkling
wine from Piedmont, and it's made from Muscat
Flavors: peach, grape, rose
⩥ What is Sekt? Answer: German word for sparkling wine, both made in
Germany and Austria
⩥ What are characteristics of Sekt? Answer: Most are simple,
inexpensive tank-method wine
Medium/Dry, light in body, floral and fruity
Generally uses cheap base wines sourced from anywhere in the EU
⩥ What is the main quality advantage of Bottled Fermentation? Answer:
Through extended contact with dead yeast, the wines can gain bready,
biscuity flavors
⩥ What is a base wine? Answer: A still wine that is blended with sugar
and yeast and then bottled, sealed and stored.
,⩥ What is second fermentation? Answer: Takes place, in which the wine
increases slightly in alcohol, and CO2, which cannot escape from the
sealed bottle, becomes dissolved in the wine.
⩥ What is yeast autolysis? Answer: Most important part of bottle
fermentation. The yeast self digest, release flavours into the wine.
Flavours are described as autolytic.
⩥ What is disgorge? Answer: The process of removing the yeast
sediments after fermentation and aging in bottle.
⩥ What is the traditional method? Answer: Bottle is slowly tipped and
jiggled so the yeast cells slide into the neck of the bottle. The plug of
yeast in the neck is frozen, and pops out when the bottle is unsealed. The
bottle is topped up with wine and sugar.
⩥ What is dosage? Answer: The amount of sugar added, which
determines the sweetness of the final bottled product.
⩥ What is Brut? Answer: A very small amount of sugar is used
⩥ What is the transfer method? Answer: Method to remove the yeast.
Empty the entire contents of the bottles into a tank under pressure, then
filtered, and rebottled. Not permitted in Champagne or Cava.
, ⩥ Which grape varieties are used in Champagne to make sparkling
wine? Answer: Pinot Noir, Meunier, Chardonnay
⩥ What is Champagne's condition like? Answer: Cool climate, chalky
soils, which allow sparkling wines to have high acidity, medium body,
and light alcohol. The weather varies from vintage to vintage, and the
grapes do not fully ripen.
⩥ What are non-vintage wines? Answer: a blend of different vintages for
quality and consistency
⩥ What is vintage Champagne? Answer: A portion of the best wine of
exceptional years make vintage Champagne.
⩥ What is the minimum legal period of yeast autolysis? Answer: 15
months
⩥ What are Grandes Marques? Answer: famous Champagne houses
⩥ Describe Vintage Champagne Answer: Complex, intense fruity and
autolytic flavors with vegetal, nutty or honeyed complexity from bottle
age.
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is Tank Method? Answer: part of fermentation takes place in
sealed tank, which prevents any carbon dioxide gas from escaping
⩥ True or False: The base wine could be partially fermented must, where
the last part of the fermentation takes place in a sealed tank Answer:
True
⩥ What is Prosecco? Answer: A sparkling wine from NE Italy, and it's
usually made using the tank method
⩥ What grape variety is used for Prosecco? Answer: The Glera grape,
which gives a medium body, dry or off dry sparkling wine with stone
fruit flavor
⩥ What does Spumante mean? Answer: fully sparkling wine
⩥ What does frizzante mean? Answer: lightly sparkling wine
,⩥ What is Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG? Answer: a premier
sparking wine from NE Italy
⩥ What is Asti DOCG? Answer: a sweet fruity light bodied sparkling
wine from Piedmont, and it's made from Muscat
Flavors: peach, grape, rose
⩥ What is Sekt? Answer: German word for sparkling wine, both made in
Germany and Austria
⩥ What are characteristics of Sekt? Answer: Most are simple,
inexpensive tank-method wine
Medium/Dry, light in body, floral and fruity
Generally uses cheap base wines sourced from anywhere in the EU
⩥ What is the main quality advantage of Bottled Fermentation? Answer:
Through extended contact with dead yeast, the wines can gain bready,
biscuity flavors
⩥ What is a base wine? Answer: A still wine that is blended with sugar
and yeast and then bottled, sealed and stored.
,⩥ What is second fermentation? Answer: Takes place, in which the wine
increases slightly in alcohol, and CO2, which cannot escape from the
sealed bottle, becomes dissolved in the wine.
⩥ What is yeast autolysis? Answer: Most important part of bottle
fermentation. The yeast self digest, release flavours into the wine.
Flavours are described as autolytic.
⩥ What is disgorge? Answer: The process of removing the yeast
sediments after fermentation and aging in bottle.
⩥ What is the traditional method? Answer: Bottle is slowly tipped and
jiggled so the yeast cells slide into the neck of the bottle. The plug of
yeast in the neck is frozen, and pops out when the bottle is unsealed. The
bottle is topped up with wine and sugar.
⩥ What is dosage? Answer: The amount of sugar added, which
determines the sweetness of the final bottled product.
⩥ What is Brut? Answer: A very small amount of sugar is used
⩥ What is the transfer method? Answer: Method to remove the yeast.
Empty the entire contents of the bottles into a tank under pressure, then
filtered, and rebottled. Not permitted in Champagne or Cava.
, ⩥ Which grape varieties are used in Champagne to make sparkling
wine? Answer: Pinot Noir, Meunier, Chardonnay
⩥ What is Champagne's condition like? Answer: Cool climate, chalky
soils, which allow sparkling wines to have high acidity, medium body,
and light alcohol. The weather varies from vintage to vintage, and the
grapes do not fully ripen.
⩥ What are non-vintage wines? Answer: a blend of different vintages for
quality and consistency
⩥ What is vintage Champagne? Answer: A portion of the best wine of
exceptional years make vintage Champagne.
⩥ What is the minimum legal period of yeast autolysis? Answer: 15
months
⩥ What are Grandes Marques? Answer: famous Champagne houses
⩥ Describe Vintage Champagne Answer: Complex, intense fruity and
autolytic flavors with vegetal, nutty or honeyed complexity from bottle
age.
