Level 1 sommelier exam
Level 1 Sommelier Exam Questions and
Answers
Question 1
What is the main species of wine grapes
Correct Answer
Vitis vinifera
Question 2
What is a green harvest
Correct Answer
Pruning bad grapes in order to send nutrients to the healthy ones
Question 3
Name 4 vineyard pests
Correct Answer
Phylloxera, mealybug, mites, glassy winged sharpshooter
Question 4
Name 4 vine diseases
Correct Answer
Powdery mildew, downy mildew, leaf roll virus and fanleaf degeneration, pierces
disease
Question 5
What is brix
Correct Answer
Sugar measurement of grapes
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Question 6
Sugar+ yeast=
Correct Answer
Co2+alcohol+flavor+aroma+heat
Question 7
What is chaptalization
Correct Answer
Adding sugar to unfermented grape must to increase the alcohol content after
fermentation
Question 8
What is carbonic maceration
Correct Answer
Whole grapes are fermented in a co2 rich environment prior to crushing
Question 9
What is malolactic fermentation
Correct Answer
The conversion of malic acid into softer lactic acid, can often give a buttery taste
Question 10
What is a stelvin
Correct Answer
A screw cap
Question 11
Wines in burgundy are defined mainly by what
Correct Answer
Their producers
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Question 12
Negociant
Correct Answer
Merchants who do not own the vineyard land, but will buy grapes and or finished
wine for blending and bottling under their own label
Question 13
Domaine
Correct Answer
The entire process from growing the grapes to bottling and ageing the wines takes
place at the domaine itself
Question 14
What are the main grapes in burgundy
Correct Answer
Pinot noir and chardonnay
Question 15
Chablis climate
Correct Answer
Continental (high in acid)
Question 16
Chablis soil
Correct Answer
Kimmeridgian clay/limestone (mineral)
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Level 1 Sommelier Exam Questions and
Answers
Question 1
What is the main species of wine grapes
Correct Answer
Vitis vinifera
Question 2
What is a green harvest
Correct Answer
Pruning bad grapes in order to send nutrients to the healthy ones
Question 3
Name 4 vineyard pests
Correct Answer
Phylloxera, mealybug, mites, glassy winged sharpshooter
Question 4
Name 4 vine diseases
Correct Answer
Powdery mildew, downy mildew, leaf roll virus and fanleaf degeneration, pierces
disease
Question 5
What is brix
Correct Answer
Sugar measurement of grapes
Page 1 of 27
, Level 1 sommelier exam
Question 6
Sugar+ yeast=
Correct Answer
Co2+alcohol+flavor+aroma+heat
Question 7
What is chaptalization
Correct Answer
Adding sugar to unfermented grape must to increase the alcohol content after
fermentation
Question 8
What is carbonic maceration
Correct Answer
Whole grapes are fermented in a co2 rich environment prior to crushing
Question 9
What is malolactic fermentation
Correct Answer
The conversion of malic acid into softer lactic acid, can often give a buttery taste
Question 10
What is a stelvin
Correct Answer
A screw cap
Question 11
Wines in burgundy are defined mainly by what
Correct Answer
Their producers
Page 2 of 27
, Level 1 sommelier exam
Question 12
Negociant
Correct Answer
Merchants who do not own the vineyard land, but will buy grapes and or finished
wine for blending and bottling under their own label
Question 13
Domaine
Correct Answer
The entire process from growing the grapes to bottling and ageing the wines takes
place at the domaine itself
Question 14
What are the main grapes in burgundy
Correct Answer
Pinot noir and chardonnay
Question 15
Chablis climate
Correct Answer
Continental (high in acid)
Question 16
Chablis soil
Correct Answer
Kimmeridgian clay/limestone (mineral)
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