WSET level 1 with 100% correct answers 2024

What are the 3 types of wine? correct answersLight wines, sparkling wine, fortified wine Describe characteristics of light wine. correct answersMajority of wines fall into this category, they are still and are between 8-15% alcohol level What makes a wine sparkling? What are 3 well-known examples of sparkling wine? correct answersWines with bubbles of carbon dioxide gas trapped in the wine. 1. Champagne from France 2. Cava from Spain 3. Prosecco from Italy What is fortified wine? What are 2 examples? correct answersThese wines have extra alcohol added to them & therefore have higher levels of alcohol (15-22%) i.e Sherry, Port, Madeira What is wine? correct answersA drink made from the fermented juice of freshly picked grapes What is yeast and where does it come from? correct answersMicroscopic organisms that are the active agent in fermenting grape juice into wine. 1. live naturally alongside the grapes in the vineyard and winery 2. Can be grown in a lab and added by winemaker in the winery What is fermentation? correct answersNatural process by which yeast turns sugars into alcohol, carbon dioxide, and heat. Grape juice (Sugar) + yeast = Alcohol + CO2 + Heat How is the color of wine determined? correct answersCan be determined by the type of grapes used and/or the way the wine is made Where does the color of red wine come from? correct answersComes from using black grapes to make the wine, comes from the grapes skins. The juice is fermented in contact with the grape skin, coloring the juice Where does correct answersMade from juice of white grapes, can be made from black grape, just have to remove the skin before fermentation White wines correct answersSeen as the lighter, refreshing alternative to red wines