WSET Level 1 EXAM Questions AND Correct Answers
Acid wine and fatty foods pairing - ✔✔Provides a pleasant
sensation of the acidic wine 'cutting through" the richness of
the food and cleaning up the pallet
Acidity - ✔✔Gives wines it's refreshing qualities; detected by a
mouth watering sensation.
acidity - ✔✔Stops sweet wines from being cloying and sickly
by cleansing the palate and giving balance
acidity - ✔✔To much makes the wine tart, to little makes the
flabby and flat.
Acidity in food decreases the perception: - ✔✔Acidity in wine
Acidity in food increases the perception: - ✔✔Body,
sweetness and fruitiness in wine
Alcohol increases - ✔✔The benign sensation of the chili; the
reaction increases the intensity with the level of alcohol in the
wine
,autumn - ✔✔When grapes are harvested
Beaujolais - ✔✔Red wine from France , unoaked light bodied
with fresh and fruits flavors of red fruit and low tannins
Bitterness in food - ✔✔Increases bitterness in wine
Black Grape Varieties - ✔✔All have the ability to age- softens
tannins and allows the wines to gain complexity. aromas of
leaves and mushrooms develop
Black Grapes - ✔✔When ripening, the skins change color from
green, to red then deep purple
Blanket system - ✔✔When preserving wine, these systems
work on the principle of blanketing the wine with a gas
heavier than oxygen to form a protective layer between the
wine and the air
Body - ✔✔The general feel of the wine in the mouth when
you taste it
, Bottle stage - ✔✔Last stage, some wines are ready to drink
right away others (tannic reds) are Matured further in Bottle
Cabernet Sauvignon - ✔✔Range between medium and full
bodied with typical black fruit flavors and herbaceous notes
Cabernet Sauvignon Grape - ✔✔-Produces deeply colored
wines with lots of tannins and acidity and intense aromas
-high levels of tannins often blended with other grapes
Cava - ✔✔A popular light bodied sparkling wine from Spain
Chablis - ✔✔Light bodied French dry wine- unpacked with
high acidity, green fruit and citrus aromas that is made from
Chardonnay
Champagne - ✔✔Sparkling wine made from a blend of
Chardonnay and Pinot nori grapes- has high acidity
Chardonnay grapes - ✔✔Best known in the world
Acid wine and fatty foods pairing - ✔✔Provides a pleasant
sensation of the acidic wine 'cutting through" the richness of
the food and cleaning up the pallet
Acidity - ✔✔Gives wines it's refreshing qualities; detected by a
mouth watering sensation.
acidity - ✔✔Stops sweet wines from being cloying and sickly
by cleansing the palate and giving balance
acidity - ✔✔To much makes the wine tart, to little makes the
flabby and flat.
Acidity in food decreases the perception: - ✔✔Acidity in wine
Acidity in food increases the perception: - ✔✔Body,
sweetness and fruitiness in wine
Alcohol increases - ✔✔The benign sensation of the chili; the
reaction increases the intensity with the level of alcohol in the
wine
,autumn - ✔✔When grapes are harvested
Beaujolais - ✔✔Red wine from France , unoaked light bodied
with fresh and fruits flavors of red fruit and low tannins
Bitterness in food - ✔✔Increases bitterness in wine
Black Grape Varieties - ✔✔All have the ability to age- softens
tannins and allows the wines to gain complexity. aromas of
leaves and mushrooms develop
Black Grapes - ✔✔When ripening, the skins change color from
green, to red then deep purple
Blanket system - ✔✔When preserving wine, these systems
work on the principle of blanketing the wine with a gas
heavier than oxygen to form a protective layer between the
wine and the air
Body - ✔✔The general feel of the wine in the mouth when
you taste it
, Bottle stage - ✔✔Last stage, some wines are ready to drink
right away others (tannic reds) are Matured further in Bottle
Cabernet Sauvignon - ✔✔Range between medium and full
bodied with typical black fruit flavors and herbaceous notes
Cabernet Sauvignon Grape - ✔✔-Produces deeply colored
wines with lots of tannins and acidity and intense aromas
-high levels of tannins often blended with other grapes
Cava - ✔✔A popular light bodied sparkling wine from Spain
Chablis - ✔✔Light bodied French dry wine- unpacked with
high acidity, green fruit and citrus aromas that is made from
Chardonnay
Champagne - ✔✔Sparkling wine made from a blend of
Chardonnay and Pinot nori grapes- has high acidity
Chardonnay grapes - ✔✔Best known in the world
