WSET Level 3 Award in Wines: Mock Examination||
GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
Which one of the following is closest in style to Sancerre? -CORRECTANSWER
Menetou Salon.
Which winemaking technique is used to produce a red wine with low tannin and deep
colour? -CORRECTANSWER Carbonic maceration.
Coonawarra has established a reputation for: -CORRECTANSWER Full bodied
Cabernet Sauvignon.
The grapes used to make Cava can come from: -CORRECTANSWER From a number
of delimited regions throughout Spain.
Which of these grape varieties is used in the production of Port? -CORRECTANSWER
Touriga Nacional.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the long term storage of wine? -
CORRECTANSWER Wine should be stored at a cool constant temperature.
Which one of the following is an example of a low-trained, cane-pruned system of vine
cultivation? -CORRECTANSWER Single Guyot.
, What is the principal grape variety in the Rosé d'Anjou blend? -CORRECTANSWER
Grolleau.
Central Spain has -CORRECTANSWER CONTINENTALITY: High ; RAINFALL: low.
Rutherglen is famous for which style of wine? -CORRECTANSWER Fortified Muscat.
Which one of the following is sometimes produced in a Carterhead still? -
CORRECTANSWER Gin.
How is tannin detected when tasting a red wine? -CORRECTANSWER A mouth-drying
sensation.
Within the context of Bordeaux, what is unique about the classification system in St-
Emilion? -CORRECTANSWER It forms part of the appellation law.
Passito wines -CORRECTANSWER are made from dried grapes.
Which of the following is a wine region in Portugal -CORRECTANSWER Vinho Verde.
The temperature in Constantia is moderated by -CORRECTANSWER cool ocean
currents.
GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
Which one of the following is closest in style to Sancerre? -CORRECTANSWER
Menetou Salon.
Which winemaking technique is used to produce a red wine with low tannin and deep
colour? -CORRECTANSWER Carbonic maceration.
Coonawarra has established a reputation for: -CORRECTANSWER Full bodied
Cabernet Sauvignon.
The grapes used to make Cava can come from: -CORRECTANSWER From a number
of delimited regions throughout Spain.
Which of these grape varieties is used in the production of Port? -CORRECTANSWER
Touriga Nacional.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the long term storage of wine? -
CORRECTANSWER Wine should be stored at a cool constant temperature.
Which one of the following is an example of a low-trained, cane-pruned system of vine
cultivation? -CORRECTANSWER Single Guyot.
, What is the principal grape variety in the Rosé d'Anjou blend? -CORRECTANSWER
Grolleau.
Central Spain has -CORRECTANSWER CONTINENTALITY: High ; RAINFALL: low.
Rutherglen is famous for which style of wine? -CORRECTANSWER Fortified Muscat.
Which one of the following is sometimes produced in a Carterhead still? -
CORRECTANSWER Gin.
How is tannin detected when tasting a red wine? -CORRECTANSWER A mouth-drying
sensation.
Within the context of Bordeaux, what is unique about the classification system in St-
Emilion? -CORRECTANSWER It forms part of the appellation law.
Passito wines -CORRECTANSWER are made from dried grapes.
Which of the following is a wine region in Portugal -CORRECTANSWER Vinho Verde.
The temperature in Constantia is moderated by -CORRECTANSWER cool ocean
currents.
