WSET LEVEL 1 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following are ways a winemaker can make a medium sweet wine
1. add unfermented grape juice to dry wine
2. add grape spirit to the fermenting wine
3. remove yeast during fermentation
4. nothing - the winemaker does not influence the sweetness
a. all of the above
b. 1,2,3
c. 2 & 3 only
d. 1 only - ✔✔1,2, 3 - winemaker can add unfermented grape juice to a dry wine, add
spirit to fortify the wine during fermentation or remove yeast before all of the sugar is
consumed
✔✔Where in your mouth do you first perceive sweetness?
a. tip of tongue
b. top of teeth and gums
c. sides of mouth
d. back of the palate - ✔✔a. tip of tongue
✔✔Why is acidity important for sweet wines?
a. it adds extra body to wine
b. it prevents the wine from being cloying
c. it enhances the fruity character of the wine
d. it makes the wine seem less alcoholic - ✔✔b. it prevents the wine from being cloying
✔✔What effect does sweetness have on the body of a wine
a. sweetness makes the wine thicker
b. sweetness makes the wine lighter
c. sweetness makes the wine more acidic
d. sweetness makes the wine less acidic - ✔✔a. sweetness makes the wine thicker
✔✔Which sweetness level is a White Zin?
a. dry
b. med
c. sweet - ✔✔medium
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a light bodied red wine?
, a. Australian Shiraz
b. Beaujolais
c. Chilean Merlot - ✔✔beaujolais - light bodied red
✔✔Oaked Cali Chard is an example of:
a. light bodied white wine
b. med bodied white wine
c. full bodied white wine - ✔✔full bodied white wine - chard from Cali
✔✔Which 2 factors contribute to the body of a wine?
a. acidity and fruit character
b. sugar ripeness and use of oak
c. grape variety and color - ✔✔sugar ripeness and use of oak
✔✔white Burgundy is an example of:
a. light bodied wine
b. medium bodied wine
c. full bodied wine - ✔✔white Burgundy is a medium bodied wine
✔✔A white wine that spends time in oak barrels will gain vanilla aromas?
a. true
b. false - ✔✔true
✔✔Which of the following does oak add to a wine?
1. alcohol
2. flavor
3. tannin
4. texture
a. 2,3,4
b. 2 only
c. 1 & 3
d. all of the above - ✔✔2.3.4 - oak provided flavors, tannin and texture to a wine
✔✔How is tannin perceived in your mouth?
a. a burning sensation on the palate
b. a mouth drying sensation
c. a mouth watering sensation
d. a sticky sensation on the front of the tongue - ✔✔a mouth drying sensation
GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following are ways a winemaker can make a medium sweet wine
1. add unfermented grape juice to dry wine
2. add grape spirit to the fermenting wine
3. remove yeast during fermentation
4. nothing - the winemaker does not influence the sweetness
a. all of the above
b. 1,2,3
c. 2 & 3 only
d. 1 only - ✔✔1,2, 3 - winemaker can add unfermented grape juice to a dry wine, add
spirit to fortify the wine during fermentation or remove yeast before all of the sugar is
consumed
✔✔Where in your mouth do you first perceive sweetness?
a. tip of tongue
b. top of teeth and gums
c. sides of mouth
d. back of the palate - ✔✔a. tip of tongue
✔✔Why is acidity important for sweet wines?
a. it adds extra body to wine
b. it prevents the wine from being cloying
c. it enhances the fruity character of the wine
d. it makes the wine seem less alcoholic - ✔✔b. it prevents the wine from being cloying
✔✔What effect does sweetness have on the body of a wine
a. sweetness makes the wine thicker
b. sweetness makes the wine lighter
c. sweetness makes the wine more acidic
d. sweetness makes the wine less acidic - ✔✔a. sweetness makes the wine thicker
✔✔Which sweetness level is a White Zin?
a. dry
b. med
c. sweet - ✔✔medium
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a light bodied red wine?
, a. Australian Shiraz
b. Beaujolais
c. Chilean Merlot - ✔✔beaujolais - light bodied red
✔✔Oaked Cali Chard is an example of:
a. light bodied white wine
b. med bodied white wine
c. full bodied white wine - ✔✔full bodied white wine - chard from Cali
✔✔Which 2 factors contribute to the body of a wine?
a. acidity and fruit character
b. sugar ripeness and use of oak
c. grape variety and color - ✔✔sugar ripeness and use of oak
✔✔white Burgundy is an example of:
a. light bodied wine
b. medium bodied wine
c. full bodied wine - ✔✔white Burgundy is a medium bodied wine
✔✔A white wine that spends time in oak barrels will gain vanilla aromas?
a. true
b. false - ✔✔true
✔✔Which of the following does oak add to a wine?
1. alcohol
2. flavor
3. tannin
4. texture
a. 2,3,4
b. 2 only
c. 1 & 3
d. all of the above - ✔✔2.3.4 - oak provided flavors, tannin and texture to a wine
✔✔How is tannin perceived in your mouth?
a. a burning sensation on the palate
b. a mouth drying sensation
c. a mouth watering sensation
d. a sticky sensation on the front of the tongue - ✔✔a mouth drying sensation
