CMS - Certified Sommelier Exam / WSET Advanced Practice Questions and Answers

CMS - Certified Sommelier Exam / WSET Advanced Practice Questions and Answers What is the formula of alcoholic fermentation? - Answer️️ -Sugar + Yeast = Alcohol + Carbon Dioxide (C6H12O6 -> 2C2H5OH + 2CO2) What are the three main acids naturally occurring in the grapes? - Answer️️ -Tartaric Acid, Malic Acid, and Citric Acid. What are the three main acids occurring as a result of fermentation? - Answer️️ -Succinic Acid, Acetic Acid, and Lactic Acid. What are the two main acids occurring in botrytised wines? - Answer️️ -Gluconic Acid, and Galacturonic Acid. Who discovered the effect of fermentation by yeast? - Answer️️ - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac What is the French term for Sparkling Wine? - Answer️️ -Vin Mousseux, or Crémant What is the French term for effervescent, or lightly sparkling wine? - Answer️️ -Vin Pétillant What is the German term for ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Tuesday, August 20, 202410:21 AM 2 Sparkling Wine? - Answer️️ -Schaumwein It is a blanket term encompassing all types of sparkling wine whether the gas naturally occurs as a result of fermentation or otherwise. What is the German term for effervescent, or lightly sparkling wine? - Answer️️ -Sekt (secondary fermentation must occur in the bottle), Perlwein (CO2 can be added.) What is the Italian term for Sparkling Wine? - Answer️️ -Vino Spumante What is the Italian term for effervescent, or lightly sparkling wine? - Answer️️ -Vino Frizzante What is the Spanish term for Sparkling Wine? - Answer️️ -Vino Espumosso What is the Spanish term for effervescent, or lightly sparkling wine? - Answer️️ -Vino de Aguja What is the method of sparkling wine making in which the secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle? - Answer️️ - Méthode Traditionelle, or Traditional Method in English ("Méthode Champenoise" is now outlawed in EU) ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Tuesday, August 20, 202410:21 AM 3 What is the method of sparkling wine making in which the secondary fermentation and soutillage (racking) takes place in a large air-tight fermentation tank? - Answer️️ -Méthode Charmat, or Méthode de la Cuvée Close What is the method of sparkling wine making in which the wine that has gone through the secondary fermentation is transferred to the pressurized tank, then cooled, and racked before bottled? - Answer️️ -Méthode par Transversage, or Transfer Method in English What is the method of sparkling wine making in which the wine going through the fermentation is bottled and the remaining fermentation takes place in the bottle? - Answer️️ -Méthode Rurale, or Rural Method in English What are the two levels of EU wine classification according to the 1962 Treaty of Rome? - Answer️️ -Quality Wines Produced in Specified Regions (QWpsr) or Vin de Qualité Produits dans une Région Déterminé (VQPRD) and Table Wine (TW) or Vins de Table What are the three (or four) levels of wine classification in France? - Answer️️ -Appellation d'Origine Protégée (AOP) - Also known as AOC until 2012 <Appellation d'Origine Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure (AOVDQS) - Abolished in 2012> ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Tuesday, August 20, 202410:21 AM 4 Vin de Pays Vin de Table What are the four levels of wine classification in Germany? - Answer️️ -Prädikatswein Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) Landwein Tafelwein What are the four levels of wine classification in Italy? - Answer️️ - Denominazione di Origine Controlata e Garantita (DOCG) Denominazione di Origine Controlata (DOC) Vino da Tavola Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT) Vino da Tavola What are the seven levels of wine classification in Spain? - Answer️️ -Denominación de Origen Vino de Pago (VP) Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOC) Denominación de Origen (DO) Vino de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica (VCIG) Vinñedos de España Vino de la Tierra Vino de Mesa ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Tuesday, August 20, 202410:21 AM 5 What are the four levels of wine classification in Portugal? - Answer️️ -Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC) Indicação Proveniência Regulmentada (IPR) Vinho Regional Vinho de Mesa What are the four levels of wine classification in Austria? - Answer️️ -Prädikatswein Qualitätswein Landwein Tafelwein What are the four levels of wine classification in Greece? - Answer️️ -Onomasia Proelefsis Anoteras Piotitas