WSET LEVEL 2 ACTUAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Grape-Growing Options
Answer: Choices made in the vineyard that can impact wine
characteristics.
◉ Winemaking
Answer: The process of producing wine from grapes.
◉ Bottle Ageing
Answer: The maturation process of wine in bottles that can affect
its style and quality.
◉ Sparkling Wines
Answer: Wines that contain significant levels of carbon dioxide,
making them fizzy.
◉ Fortified Wines
Answer: Wines that have had a distilled spirit added to them,
increasing their alcohol content.
◉ Parts of a grape
,Answer: Skin, pulp, seeds and stems.
◉ Skin
Answer: Provides colour, tannins, and flavours.
◉ Pulp
Answer: Contains sugar, acids, water, and flavours.
◉ Seeds and stems
Answer: Contribute tannins.
◉ Vine requirements
Answer: Warmth, sunlight, water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide
(CO2).
◉ Stages of grape formation
Answer: Flowering, fruit set, and veraison.
◉ Ripeness
Answer: Stages include unripe grapes, ripe grapes, and extra-ripe
grapes (late harvest, raisined).
◉ General component changes
, Answer: Changes in colour, sugar, acid, and tannins as grapes
ripen.
◉ General aroma and flavour changes
Answer: Differences in aroma and flavour for white grapes and
black grapes.
◉ General climatic influences
Answer: Cool, moderate, and warm climates affecting vineyards.
◉ Other climatic influences
Answer: Latitude, altitude, mountains, slope, aspect, soils, seas,
rivers, air, fog, cloud, and mist.
◉ Weather influences
Answer: Drought, frost, hail, rain, sunlight, and temperature.
◉ Concentration of grape sugars
Answer: Includes extra-ripe grapes, botrytis/noble rot grapes, and
frozen grapes.
◉ Geographical indications (GIs)
Answer: Terms used to indicate origin.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Grape-Growing Options
Answer: Choices made in the vineyard that can impact wine
characteristics.
◉ Winemaking
Answer: The process of producing wine from grapes.
◉ Bottle Ageing
Answer: The maturation process of wine in bottles that can affect
its style and quality.
◉ Sparkling Wines
Answer: Wines that contain significant levels of carbon dioxide,
making them fizzy.
◉ Fortified Wines
Answer: Wines that have had a distilled spirit added to them,
increasing their alcohol content.
◉ Parts of a grape
,Answer: Skin, pulp, seeds and stems.
◉ Skin
Answer: Provides colour, tannins, and flavours.
◉ Pulp
Answer: Contains sugar, acids, water, and flavours.
◉ Seeds and stems
Answer: Contribute tannins.
◉ Vine requirements
Answer: Warmth, sunlight, water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide
(CO2).
◉ Stages of grape formation
Answer: Flowering, fruit set, and veraison.
◉ Ripeness
Answer: Stages include unripe grapes, ripe grapes, and extra-ripe
grapes (late harvest, raisined).
◉ General component changes
, Answer: Changes in colour, sugar, acid, and tannins as grapes
ripen.
◉ General aroma and flavour changes
Answer: Differences in aroma and flavour for white grapes and
black grapes.
◉ General climatic influences
Answer: Cool, moderate, and warm climates affecting vineyards.
◉ Other climatic influences
Answer: Latitude, altitude, mountains, slope, aspect, soils, seas,
rivers, air, fog, cloud, and mist.
◉ Weather influences
Answer: Drought, frost, hail, rain, sunlight, and temperature.
◉ Concentration of grape sugars
Answer: Includes extra-ripe grapes, botrytis/noble rot grapes, and
frozen grapes.
◉ Geographical indications (GIs)
Answer: Terms used to indicate origin.
