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WSET Level 2 Wines Exam Questions
and Answers
Sweetness in food can make dry wines seem: - Answer✔✔-More drying, more bitter, more
acidic. Less sweet and fruity
Umami in food can make wines seem: - Answer✔✔-More drying, more bitter, more acidic. Less
sweet and fruity
Salty foods can make wines seem: - Answer✔✔-Less drying, less bitter, less acidic. More fruity,
more body
Acidic foods can make wines seem: - Answer✔✔-Less drying, less bitter, less acidic. More sweet,
more fruity
For long term storage of wines, how should wines be stored? - Answer✔✔-At a cool constant
temperature
Away from sunshine and bright light
If sealed with a cork, bottle should be stored on their side
What are the optimal service temperatures for Sweet and Sparkling wines? - Answer✔✔-Sweet
wines - well chilled - 6-8°
Sparkling wines - well chilled - 6-10°
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What are the aromas associated with the following faults:
Cork Taint
Failure of Closure
Heat Damage - Answer✔✔-Cork Taint - Damp cardboard, lack of fresh fruit flavours
Failure of Closure - Honey, caramel, coffee, lack of freshness and fruitiness
Heat Damage - Lack of fruit character and freshness
Name the main components of a grape and what they contain: - Answer✔✔-Stalk - Tannins
Skin - Tannins, Colour, Flavours
Pulp - Sugar, Acid, Water
Seeds - Bitter Oils
What is photosynthesis? - Answer✔✔-The process where sunlight, carbon dioxide and water
are combined to produce sugars
What are the five things a vine needs to grow? - Answer✔✔-Warmth, sunlight, carbon dioxide,
water, nutrients
Put the stages of grape formation and ripening in the correct order:
Ripening
Flowering
Extra ripening
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Fruit set
Véraison - Answer✔✔-Flowering
Fruit set
Véraison
Ripening
Extra ripening
What changes in grapes as they ripen? - Answer✔✔-Grapes swell with water, acidity drops,
sugar increases, aromas change, in black grapes tannin ripen
What happens to grapes when they are left on the vine for extra ripening? - Answer✔✔-Grapes
build up more sugar and exaggerated ripe aromas. Eventually they turn into raisins as water
evaporates. This concentrates sugars, acids and flavours and dried fruit aromas develop
What effect does Botrytis/noble rot have on grapes? - Answer✔✔-It makes tiny holes in the skin
of the grape which allows water to evaporate. This concentrates sugars, acids and flavours.
What are the conditions needed for noble rot to develop? - Answer✔✔-Damp misty mornings
followed by warm dry afternoons
What is the name given to sweet wines made from frozen grapes? - Answer✔✔-
Icewine/Eiswein
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WSET Level 2 Wines Exam Questions
and Answers
Sweetness in food can make dry wines seem: - Answer✔✔-More drying, more bitter, more
acidic. Less sweet and fruity
Umami in food can make wines seem: - Answer✔✔-More drying, more bitter, more acidic. Less
sweet and fruity
Salty foods can make wines seem: - Answer✔✔-Less drying, less bitter, less acidic. More fruity,
more body
Acidic foods can make wines seem: - Answer✔✔-Less drying, less bitter, less acidic. More sweet,
more fruity
For long term storage of wines, how should wines be stored? - Answer✔✔-At a cool constant
temperature
Away from sunshine and bright light
If sealed with a cork, bottle should be stored on their side
What are the optimal service temperatures for Sweet and Sparkling wines? - Answer✔✔-Sweet
wines - well chilled - 6-8°
Sparkling wines - well chilled - 6-10°
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What are the aromas associated with the following faults:
Cork Taint
Failure of Closure
Heat Damage - Answer✔✔-Cork Taint - Damp cardboard, lack of fresh fruit flavours
Failure of Closure - Honey, caramel, coffee, lack of freshness and fruitiness
Heat Damage - Lack of fruit character and freshness
Name the main components of a grape and what they contain: - Answer✔✔-Stalk - Tannins
Skin - Tannins, Colour, Flavours
Pulp - Sugar, Acid, Water
Seeds - Bitter Oils
What is photosynthesis? - Answer✔✔-The process where sunlight, carbon dioxide and water
are combined to produce sugars
What are the five things a vine needs to grow? - Answer✔✔-Warmth, sunlight, carbon dioxide,
water, nutrients
Put the stages of grape formation and ripening in the correct order:
Ripening
Flowering
Extra ripening
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Fruit set
Véraison - Answer✔✔-Flowering
Fruit set
Véraison
Ripening
Extra ripening
What changes in grapes as they ripen? - Answer✔✔-Grapes swell with water, acidity drops,
sugar increases, aromas change, in black grapes tannin ripen
What happens to grapes when they are left on the vine for extra ripening? - Answer✔✔-Grapes
build up more sugar and exaggerated ripe aromas. Eventually they turn into raisins as water
evaporates. This concentrates sugars, acids and flavours and dried fruit aromas develop
What effect does Botrytis/noble rot have on grapes? - Answer✔✔-It makes tiny holes in the skin
of the grape which allows water to evaporate. This concentrates sugars, acids and flavours.
What are the conditions needed for noble rot to develop? - Answer✔✔-Damp misty mornings
followed by warm dry afternoons
What is the name given to sweet wines made from frozen grapes? - Answer✔✔-
Icewine/Eiswein
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