LEVEL 1 COURT OF MASTER SOMMELIER INTRO -EXAM
NEWEST ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED /GRADED A+
White grapes from Veneto - ----Answers---Pinot Grigio,
Garganega, Glera
Grape varietal for Amorone Della Valpolicella - ----Answers--
-Corvina-dominant
White grapes from Trento-Alto Adige - ----Answers---Pinot
Grigio
Viticulture - ----Answers---The study of growing grapes
Microclimate - ----Answers---The area in the vineyard
Macroclimate - ----Answers---The area around the vineyard
Latitudinal wine growing zones - ----Answers---30* and 50*
Old World Countries - ----Answers---France, Italy, Spain,
Portugal, Germany, Austria
New World Counties - ----Answers---North America, South
America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand
, Old World wines are? - ----Answers---More earthy and
mineraly in flavor
New World wines are? - ----Answers---More fruit driven
Vitis vinifera - ----Answers---Species of grape grown for
wine making
Terroir - ----Answers---A sense of place
Alcoholic fermentation - ----Answers---
Sugar+yeast=alcohol+C02
Malolactic Fermentation - ----Answers---Tart malic acids
converted to softer tasting lactic acids. Butter (Diacetyl),
buttered popcorn, cream
Autolysis - ----Answers---Destruction of cells or tissues by
their own enzymes. Dead yeast
Chaptalization - ----Answers---Addition of sugar to must to
increase the final alcohol content
Where would Chaptalization occur? - ----Answers---Cooler
climates
NEWEST ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED /GRADED A+
White grapes from Veneto - ----Answers---Pinot Grigio,
Garganega, Glera
Grape varietal for Amorone Della Valpolicella - ----Answers--
-Corvina-dominant
White grapes from Trento-Alto Adige - ----Answers---Pinot
Grigio
Viticulture - ----Answers---The study of growing grapes
Microclimate - ----Answers---The area in the vineyard
Macroclimate - ----Answers---The area around the vineyard
Latitudinal wine growing zones - ----Answers---30* and 50*
Old World Countries - ----Answers---France, Italy, Spain,
Portugal, Germany, Austria
New World Counties - ----Answers---North America, South
America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand
, Old World wines are? - ----Answers---More earthy and
mineraly in flavor
New World wines are? - ----Answers---More fruit driven
Vitis vinifera - ----Answers---Species of grape grown for
wine making
Terroir - ----Answers---A sense of place
Alcoholic fermentation - ----Answers---
Sugar+yeast=alcohol+C02
Malolactic Fermentation - ----Answers---Tart malic acids
converted to softer tasting lactic acids. Butter (Diacetyl),
buttered popcorn, cream
Autolysis - ----Answers---Destruction of cells or tissues by
their own enzymes. Dead yeast
Chaptalization - ----Answers---Addition of sugar to must to
increase the final alcohol content
Where would Chaptalization occur? - ----Answers---Cooler
climates
