WSET LEVEL 2 PRACTICAL EXAMPREP
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Methode Cap Classique.
Answer: What is the South African term for sparkling wine made
using the traditional method
◉ Neutral grape spirit.
Answer: In Port production, what is added to fermenting grape juice
to fortify wine
◉ Grape, peach, and floral rose.
Answer: What are the typical flavors of the Muscat grape?
◉ Semillion.
Answer: What is the main grape used in Sauternes production?
◉ Moscato d' Asti.
Answer: What type of sweet wine is this a tasting note for: "packed
with exotic orange-blossom aromas, it is beautifully sweet, frothy
and compelling, with an intriguing blanched almond note on the
finish"
,◉ Peach, mango, and pineapple.
Answer: What is the classic taste profile for a late harvest Riesling
from Mosel, Germany?
◉ Joven, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva.
Answer: What is the correct order for the classification of Rioja
wines by age, youngest to oldest?
◉ Very Superior Old Pale.
Answer: On bottles of Cognac, what does VSOP stand for?
◉ The cork may dry out and cause wine to oxidize..
Answer: If a bottle has a natural cork, why is it helpful for the wine
to always be in contact with the cork during storage?
◉ True.
Answer: True or false: Top quality wine can be made from both hand
and machine harvested grapes.
◉ Hotter climates.
Answer: Which climate produces fuller body, higher achohol, lower
acid wines?
, ◉ Cool climates.
Answer: Which climate produces wines with more acidity and
lighter body?
◉ They allow oxygen to dissolve in the wine and allow the tannins in
a red wine to soften..
Answer: What do OLD oak vats do for wine?
◉ To increase the weight and yield of the crop (but does not aid in
the reopening of grapes).
Answer: What is the purpose of using irrigation to swell the grapes
with water?
◉ The tannins soften making the wine smoother..
Answer: What effect does oxygen have on red wine as its matured in
oak cats?
◉ It is generally too hot and grapes grown too close to the equator
may become overripe and loose some of the finesse and
characteristics of the grape variety.
Answer: Why are there very few vineyards lying closer to the
equator than 30 degrees?
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Methode Cap Classique.
Answer: What is the South African term for sparkling wine made
using the traditional method
◉ Neutral grape spirit.
Answer: In Port production, what is added to fermenting grape juice
to fortify wine
◉ Grape, peach, and floral rose.
Answer: What are the typical flavors of the Muscat grape?
◉ Semillion.
Answer: What is the main grape used in Sauternes production?
◉ Moscato d' Asti.
Answer: What type of sweet wine is this a tasting note for: "packed
with exotic orange-blossom aromas, it is beautifully sweet, frothy
and compelling, with an intriguing blanched almond note on the
finish"
,◉ Peach, mango, and pineapple.
Answer: What is the classic taste profile for a late harvest Riesling
from Mosel, Germany?
◉ Joven, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva.
Answer: What is the correct order for the classification of Rioja
wines by age, youngest to oldest?
◉ Very Superior Old Pale.
Answer: On bottles of Cognac, what does VSOP stand for?
◉ The cork may dry out and cause wine to oxidize..
Answer: If a bottle has a natural cork, why is it helpful for the wine
to always be in contact with the cork during storage?
◉ True.
Answer: True or false: Top quality wine can be made from both hand
and machine harvested grapes.
◉ Hotter climates.
Answer: Which climate produces fuller body, higher achohol, lower
acid wines?
, ◉ Cool climates.
Answer: Which climate produces wines with more acidity and
lighter body?
◉ They allow oxygen to dissolve in the wine and allow the tannins in
a red wine to soften..
Answer: What do OLD oak vats do for wine?
◉ To increase the weight and yield of the crop (but does not aid in
the reopening of grapes).
Answer: What is the purpose of using irrigation to swell the grapes
with water?
◉ The tannins soften making the wine smoother..
Answer: What effect does oxygen have on red wine as its matured in
oak cats?
◉ It is generally too hot and grapes grown too close to the equator
may become overripe and loose some of the finesse and
characteristics of the grape variety.
Answer: Why are there very few vineyards lying closer to the
equator than 30 degrees?
