WSET Level 1 Wine (100% Correct)
Define wine correct answers A drink made from fermented juice or freshly picked grapes. Fermentation correct answers Natural process caused by yeast. What does yeast do? correct answers Feed on the sugar, converting it into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas Define Yeast correct answers microscopic organisms that live naturally alongside grapes in the vineyard and winery. Wine Types/Styles correct answers Light Sparkling Fortified Light Wines correct answers Still wines Majority fall under this category 8-15% alcohol Examples of light wines correct answers Rioja and Chardonnay Examples of Sparking wines correct answers Champagne and Cava Sparkling Wine correct answers Wine where bubbles of carbon dioxide gas have been trapped in wine. Typically expensive Examples of fortified wine correct answers Sherry and Port Fortified Wine correct answers Wines that have extra alcohol added 15-22% alcohol Color styles of Wine correct answers Red - Black grapes - colour comes with the grapes skin White - Juice of white grapes Rosé - Black grapes with less contact with skins Sweetness Styles of Wine correct answers Dry, Medium, Sweet Dry Wine correct answers The majority of wine are dry because the yeast has turned all the sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas. Example of Dry wine correct answers White - Sauvignon Blanc Red - Chinanti
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