WSET LEVEL 1 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Pinot Grigio - ✔✔Italian, dry, light body, high acid
✔✔Sauternes - ✔✔sweet white wine, Bordeaux, full bodied, stone fruit like apricot,
honey, balanced with acid
✔✔Soave - ✔✔light bodied, Italian, citrus, apple, high acid
✔✔Cava - ✔✔light bodied, sparkling, Spanish
✔✔Chateauneuf-du-Pape - ✔✔French, full bodied, red fruit, spicy
✔✔Rioja - ✔✔Spanish, medium to full bodied, red fruit, spice, oak
✔✔Chianti - ✔✔Italian, medium bodied, high tannin, high acid
✔✔Beaujolais - ✔✔French, unoaked, light bodied, fresh, fruity, red fruit, low tannin
✔✔What is the winemaking process for white wine? - ✔✔grapes harvested in autumn,
crushed, pressed, fermented, matured, bottled
✔✔What is the winemaking process for red wine? - ✔✔grapes harvested in autumn,
crushed, fermented in contact with skin for color, pressed, matured, bottled
✔✔What is the process for tasting wine? - ✔✔look (red, white, rose, what hue), smell
(sniff, then swirl and sniff again, look for faulty aromas), taste (sweetness, flavor, body,
tannin, acidity)
check for brightness, debris, fresh aroma
✔✔How should wine be stored? - ✔✔cool and constant temperature, on its side to keep
cork moist, away from sunshine and bright light, away from heat
✔✔At what temperatures should white, rose, and sparking wines be served? -
✔✔medium to fulled bodied oaked at lightly chilled (50-55 degrees)
light to medium bodied white and rose at chilled (45-50 degrees)
sweet at well chilled (43-45 degrees)
sparkling at well chilled (43-50)
, ✔✔At what temperatures should red wines be served? - ✔✔light bodied at lightly chilled
(55 degrees)
medium to full bodied at room temperature (59-64 degrees)
✔✔In what glassware should wine be served? - ✔✔clean, polished
red: larger glasses for aroma development
white and rose: medium glasses to keep fruit fresh
sparkling: flute glasses to retain bubbles
fortified: small glasses to emphasize fruit
✔✔How should light wine be opened? - ✔✔clean neck, draw cork gently, clean neck
inside and out
✔✔How should sparkling wine be opened? - ✔✔remove foil, loosen but keep cage
under thumb, tilt bottle at 30 degrees away, turn bottle, ease cork quietly out of bottle
✔✔How many glasses can be poured from a standard 75 cL bottle? - ✔✔6 x 125 mL
glasses
4 x 175 mL glasses
3 x 250 mL glasses
✔✔How can wine be preserved? - ✔✔vacuum system (oxygen removed) or blanket
system (gas added)
✔✔What four areas control social responsibility of alcohol consumption? - ✔✔legal age
to purchase and legal age to drink
blood alcohol concentration
sensible drinking guidelines (1-2 alcohol free days a week, stop serving drunken
customer, etc.)
restrictions to marketing, packaging, and sale of alcohol
✔✔What are the standard drinks recommended? - ✔✔1-2 x 12 mL a day for women
3 x 12 mL a day for men
do not exceed 4 x 12 mL
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Pinot Grigio - ✔✔Italian, dry, light body, high acid
✔✔Sauternes - ✔✔sweet white wine, Bordeaux, full bodied, stone fruit like apricot,
honey, balanced with acid
✔✔Soave - ✔✔light bodied, Italian, citrus, apple, high acid
✔✔Cava - ✔✔light bodied, sparkling, Spanish
✔✔Chateauneuf-du-Pape - ✔✔French, full bodied, red fruit, spicy
✔✔Rioja - ✔✔Spanish, medium to full bodied, red fruit, spice, oak
✔✔Chianti - ✔✔Italian, medium bodied, high tannin, high acid
✔✔Beaujolais - ✔✔French, unoaked, light bodied, fresh, fruity, red fruit, low tannin
✔✔What is the winemaking process for white wine? - ✔✔grapes harvested in autumn,
crushed, pressed, fermented, matured, bottled
✔✔What is the winemaking process for red wine? - ✔✔grapes harvested in autumn,
crushed, fermented in contact with skin for color, pressed, matured, bottled
✔✔What is the process for tasting wine? - ✔✔look (red, white, rose, what hue), smell
(sniff, then swirl and sniff again, look for faulty aromas), taste (sweetness, flavor, body,
tannin, acidity)
check for brightness, debris, fresh aroma
✔✔How should wine be stored? - ✔✔cool and constant temperature, on its side to keep
cork moist, away from sunshine and bright light, away from heat
✔✔At what temperatures should white, rose, and sparking wines be served? -
✔✔medium to fulled bodied oaked at lightly chilled (50-55 degrees)
light to medium bodied white and rose at chilled (45-50 degrees)
sweet at well chilled (43-45 degrees)
sparkling at well chilled (43-50)
, ✔✔At what temperatures should red wines be served? - ✔✔light bodied at lightly chilled
(55 degrees)
medium to full bodied at room temperature (59-64 degrees)
✔✔In what glassware should wine be served? - ✔✔clean, polished
red: larger glasses for aroma development
white and rose: medium glasses to keep fruit fresh
sparkling: flute glasses to retain bubbles
fortified: small glasses to emphasize fruit
✔✔How should light wine be opened? - ✔✔clean neck, draw cork gently, clean neck
inside and out
✔✔How should sparkling wine be opened? - ✔✔remove foil, loosen but keep cage
under thumb, tilt bottle at 30 degrees away, turn bottle, ease cork quietly out of bottle
✔✔How many glasses can be poured from a standard 75 cL bottle? - ✔✔6 x 125 mL
glasses
4 x 175 mL glasses
3 x 250 mL glasses
✔✔How can wine be preserved? - ✔✔vacuum system (oxygen removed) or blanket
system (gas added)
✔✔What four areas control social responsibility of alcohol consumption? - ✔✔legal age
to purchase and legal age to drink
blood alcohol concentration
sensible drinking guidelines (1-2 alcohol free days a week, stop serving drunken
customer, etc.)
restrictions to marketing, packaging, and sale of alcohol
✔✔What are the standard drinks recommended? - ✔✔1-2 x 12 mL a day for women
3 x 12 mL a day for men
do not exceed 4 x 12 mL
