WSET Level 3 Award in Wines: Mock Examination Questions and Answers With
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Which one of the following is closest in style to Sancerre? - ✔✔Menetou Salon.
Which winemaking technique is used to produce a red wine with low tannin and deep colour? -
✔✔Carbonic maceration.
Coonawarra has established a reputation for: - ✔✔Full bodied Cabernet Sauvignon.
The grapes used to make Cava can come from: - ✔✔From a number of delimited regions throughout
Spain.
Which of these grape varieties is used in the production of Port? - ✔✔Touriga Nacional.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the long term storage of wine? - ✔✔Wine should
be stored at a cool constant temperature.
Which one of the following is an example of a low-trained, cane-pruned system of vine cultivation? -
✔✔Single Guyot.
What is the principal grape variety in the Rosé d'Anjou blend? - ✔✔Grolleau.
Central Spain has - ✔✔CONTINENTALITY: High ; RAINFALL: low.
Rutherglen is famous for which style of wine? - ✔✔Fortified Muscat.
Which one of the following is sometimes produced in a Carterhead still? - ✔✔Gin.
How is tannin detected when tasting a red wine? - ✔✔A mouth-drying sensation.
, Within the context of Bordeaux, what is unique about the classification system in St-Emilion? - ✔✔It
forms part of the appellation law.
Passito wines - ✔✔are made from dried grapes.
Which of the following is a wine region in Portugal - ✔✔Vinho Verde.
The temperature in Constantia is moderated by - ✔✔cool ocean currents.
All Scotch Whisky must be aged for a minimum of - ✔✔3 years.
Which wine fault is identifiable by a distinct aroma of vinegar or nail polish remover? - ✔✔Volatile
acidity.
What important roles does the soil perform?
1) Influences vineyard temperature.
2) Supplies the vine with water.
3) Supplies the vine with nutrients. - ✔✔1, 2 and 3.
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? - ✔✔Saint-Joseph and Syrah.
The term Grosses Gewächs indicates that a wine is - ✔✔Dry and from an Erste Lage vineyard.
The vast majority of the wine production in California comes from - ✔✔Central Valley.
The wines of Valpolicella are - ✔✔Both dry and sweet.
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Which one of the following is closest in style to Sancerre? - ✔✔Menetou Salon.
Which winemaking technique is used to produce a red wine with low tannin and deep colour? -
✔✔Carbonic maceration.
Coonawarra has established a reputation for: - ✔✔Full bodied Cabernet Sauvignon.
The grapes used to make Cava can come from: - ✔✔From a number of delimited regions throughout
Spain.
Which of these grape varieties is used in the production of Port? - ✔✔Touriga Nacional.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the long term storage of wine? - ✔✔Wine should
be stored at a cool constant temperature.
Which one of the following is an example of a low-trained, cane-pruned system of vine cultivation? -
✔✔Single Guyot.
What is the principal grape variety in the Rosé d'Anjou blend? - ✔✔Grolleau.
Central Spain has - ✔✔CONTINENTALITY: High ; RAINFALL: low.
Rutherglen is famous for which style of wine? - ✔✔Fortified Muscat.
Which one of the following is sometimes produced in a Carterhead still? - ✔✔Gin.
How is tannin detected when tasting a red wine? - ✔✔A mouth-drying sensation.
, Within the context of Bordeaux, what is unique about the classification system in St-Emilion? - ✔✔It
forms part of the appellation law.
Passito wines - ✔✔are made from dried grapes.
Which of the following is a wine region in Portugal - ✔✔Vinho Verde.
The temperature in Constantia is moderated by - ✔✔cool ocean currents.
All Scotch Whisky must be aged for a minimum of - ✔✔3 years.
Which wine fault is identifiable by a distinct aroma of vinegar or nail polish remover? - ✔✔Volatile
acidity.
What important roles does the soil perform?
1) Influences vineyard temperature.
2) Supplies the vine with water.
3) Supplies the vine with nutrients. - ✔✔1, 2 and 3.
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? - ✔✔Saint-Joseph and Syrah.
The term Grosses Gewächs indicates that a wine is - ✔✔Dry and from an Erste Lage vineyard.
The vast majority of the wine production in California comes from - ✔✔Central Valley.
The wines of Valpolicella are - ✔✔Both dry and sweet.
