WSET Level 1 Exam Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Chardonnay flavors in cool climate-warm climate - Answer✔✔-apple, lemon Stone fruit peach
and pineapple, bannana
What wine is used for white wines in burgundy france - Answer✔✔-chardonnay
what body is chardonnay and acidity - Answer✔✔-light to medium, high acidity
what is chablis made from - Answer✔✔-chardonnay and aged in oak
Colder climate = what? - Answer✔✔-lower levels of sugar, higher levels of acidity
warmer climate = - Answer✔✔-higher levels of sugar, lower level of acidity
What alcohol level are still wines supposed to be between - Answer✔✔-8-15%
what level of alcohol are still wines usually between - Answer✔✔-11.5%- 14%
Are sparkling wines made all over the world? - Answer✔✔-yes
alcohol levels in fortified wine - Answer✔✔-15-22%
types of wine: - Answer✔✔-still, sparkling, foritified
Styles of wines - Answer✔✔-white, red, rose
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how can color in wine be determined - Answer✔✔-by the grape variety used, also the way the
wine is made
Is it possible to make white wine from black grape? - Answer✔✔-yes
how to make white wine from black grape - Answer✔✔-the skins must be separated from juice
Before fermentation
How is color brought to wine - Answer✔✔-the colored grape skins stay with the grape juice
during fermentation
What grapes are rose wines made from? - Answer✔✔-Black grapes
How are rose wines made - Answer✔✔-the grape juice is drained from skins after only a few
hours in fermentation
What sweetness level are a majority of wines - Answer✔✔-dry wines
Examples of dry white wines - Answer✔✔-chablis, or sauvignon blanc
eamples of dry red wines - Answer✔✔-cotes du rhone, chianti italy, cabernet sauv
What wines are usually medium sweetness - Answer✔✔-white or rose
What are the two key ways of making wine with medium sweetness level - Answer✔✔-1. yeast
removed before all of sugar is converted to alcohol
2. unfermented grape juice is added to a dry wine
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