Level 1 sommelier exam with answers
What is the main species of wine grapes - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Vitis vinifera
What is a green harvest - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Pruning bad
grapes in order to send nutrients to the healthy ones
Name 4 vineyard pests - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Phylloxera,
mealybug, mites, glassy winged sharpshooter
Name 4 vine diseases - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Powdery mildew,
downy mildew, leaf roll virus and fanleaf degeneration, pierces disease
What is brix - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Sugar measurement of grapes
Sugar+ yeast= - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Co2+alcohol+flavor+aroma+heat
What is chaptalization - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Adding sugar to
unfermented grape must to increase the alcohol content after fermentation
What is carbonic maceration - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Whole grapes
are fermented in a co2 rich environment prior to crushing
,What is malolactic fermentation - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔The
conversion of malic acid into softer lactic acid, can often give a buttery taste
What is a stelvin - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔A screw cap
Wines in burgundy are defined mainly by what - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔Their producers
Negociant - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Merchants who do not own the
vineyard land, but will buy grapes and or finished wine for blending and
bottling under their own label
Domaine - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔The entire process from growing
the grapes to bottling and ageing the wines takes place at the domaine itself
What are the main grapes in burgundy - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Pinot noir and chardonnay
Chablis climate - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Continental (high in acid)
Chablis soil - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Kimmeridgian clay/limestone
(mineral)
What are the five distinct regions of burgundy - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Chablis, cote d'or, maconnais, cote chalonnaise, Beaujolais
, Soil of cote d'or - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Marl and limestone
What grape dominates cote de nuits - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Pinot
noir
What grape dominates cote de beaune - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Chardonnay
What aoc has the most grand crus in cote de nuits - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔Gevrey-chambertin (9)
Highly regarded vintages of cote de nuits - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔02,05,09,10,11,12
Highly regarded vintages of the cote de beaune - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔02,05,09,10,11,12
What region of the cote chalonnaise makes the wine from aligote - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Bouzeron
Famous region in maconnais that makes wine from chardonnay - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Pouilly-fuisse
What grape is Beaujolais made from - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Gamay
What is the main species of wine grapes - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Vitis vinifera
What is a green harvest - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Pruning bad
grapes in order to send nutrients to the healthy ones
Name 4 vineyard pests - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Phylloxera,
mealybug, mites, glassy winged sharpshooter
Name 4 vine diseases - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Powdery mildew,
downy mildew, leaf roll virus and fanleaf degeneration, pierces disease
What is brix - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Sugar measurement of grapes
Sugar+ yeast= - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Co2+alcohol+flavor+aroma+heat
What is chaptalization - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Adding sugar to
unfermented grape must to increase the alcohol content after fermentation
What is carbonic maceration - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Whole grapes
are fermented in a co2 rich environment prior to crushing
,What is malolactic fermentation - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔The
conversion of malic acid into softer lactic acid, can often give a buttery taste
What is a stelvin - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔A screw cap
Wines in burgundy are defined mainly by what - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔Their producers
Negociant - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Merchants who do not own the
vineyard land, but will buy grapes and or finished wine for blending and
bottling under their own label
Domaine - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔The entire process from growing
the grapes to bottling and ageing the wines takes place at the domaine itself
What are the main grapes in burgundy - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Pinot noir and chardonnay
Chablis climate - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Continental (high in acid)
Chablis soil - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Kimmeridgian clay/limestone
(mineral)
What are the five distinct regions of burgundy - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Chablis, cote d'or, maconnais, cote chalonnaise, Beaujolais
, Soil of cote d'or - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Marl and limestone
What grape dominates cote de nuits - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Pinot
noir
What grape dominates cote de beaune - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Chardonnay
What aoc has the most grand crus in cote de nuits - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔Gevrey-chambertin (9)
Highly regarded vintages of cote de nuits - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔02,05,09,10,11,12
Highly regarded vintages of the cote de beaune - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔02,05,09,10,11,12
What region of the cote chalonnaise makes the wine from aligote - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Bouzeron
Famous region in maconnais that makes wine from chardonnay - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Pouilly-fuisse
What grape is Beaujolais made from - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Gamay
