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WSET Level 1 Award in Wines
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What is Wine? Correct Answer: Fermentation of grape juice
Fermentation Correct Answer: The process where yeast consumes sugar,
resulting in the production of alcohol and carbon dioxide
During fermentation yeast converts __________ . Correct Answer: sugar into
alcohol
What are the 3 main types of wine? Correct Answer: Still, sparkling, fortified
How are wines named? Correct Answer: Name of region or name of grape
The bubbles in sparkling wine are a result of what? Correct Answer: Carbon
dioxide gas that is produced by fermentation and trapped in the wine
Name a sparkling wine from Italy Correct Answer: Prosecco
Name a sparkling wine from France Correct Answer: Champagne
Name a sparkling wine from Spain Correct Answer: Cava
Fortified wine have what added to them? Correct Answer: Extra Alcohol
When in the fermentation process for port is the spirit added? Correct Answer:
BEFORE fermentation has started
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When in the fermentation process for sherry is the spirit added? Correct Answer:
AFTER fermentation is over
Historically, why was extra alcohol added to wine? Correct Answer: Extend shelf
life
Where does tannin come from? Correct Answer: Grape skin
Where does a wines colour come from? Correct Answer: The skin
At what alcohol % will yeast begin to die? Correct Answer: 15% --> once all the
sugar is used
If all of the available sugar has turned into alcohol. The wine would be
categorized as what? Correct Answer: Dry
What are the 2 ways you can make medium sweet wine? Correct Answer: Either
stop fermentation & filter yeast or take dry wine and add sweet wine
The majority of red and white wines are _________ wines. Correct Answer: Dry
Give an example of a dry white wine from New Zealand Correct Answer:
Sauvignon Blanc
Give an example of a dry, full-bodied red wine from France w high level of
alcohol Correct Answer: Chateauneuf-du-pape
Give an example of a medium rosé from California with a low level of alcohol
Correct Answer: White Zinfandel
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The majority of medium dry wines originate from where? Correct Answer:
Germany
Sweet wines should have a good balance of what to what? Correct Answer:
Sugar to Acidity; acidity balances out the sweetness, stopping a wine from
being unpleasantly sweet
Give an example of a sweet wine from France Correct Answer: Sauternes
Give an example of a sweet wine from Portugal Correct Answer: Port
Give an example of a sweet wine from Italy Correct Answer: Asti
In relation to viscosity, light bodied wines are Correct Answer: similar to water,
thin
Give an example of a light bodied white wine from Italy Correct Answer: Pinot
Grigio
Give an example of a light bodied red wine from France Correct Answer:
Beaujolais
Flavor characteristics of the white wines of Burgundy in France Correct Answer:
Chardonnay is the grape used and the wines are medium-bodied with high
acidity and aromas of citrus (lemon) and stone fruits (peach). They may also
have vanilla notes from maturation in oak.
Tannin makes the mouth feel _______ Correct Answer: Dry
Acidity creates a _________________ sensation Correct Answer: Mouth watering
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What effect does sweet food have on wine? Correct Answer: More drying and
bitter, more acidic, & less sweet and fruity.
Salty food will make a wine seem... Correct Answer: Less acidic and bitter, &
more fruity
Name a wine made from Sauvignon Blanc Correct Answer: Sancerre, Pouilly
Fume, Fume Blanc.
Which grape grows well in Burgundy and NZ? Correct Answer: Pinot Noir
Syrah is to Shiraz as Pinot Gris is to.... Correct Answer: Pinot Grigio
Give an example of an oaked Sauvignon Blanc from California Correct Answer:
Fume Blanc
Name a few characteristics of Riesling Correct Answer: Produced in Germany,
France, and Australia; high levels of acidity which help balance sweetness;
range from dry through to sweet; light to medium bodied; aromas that can
range from floral and green fruits (apple) to citrus (lime, lemon) to stone fruits
(peach, apricot); often fermented in stainless steel tanks and not matured in
oak.
What grape is used in Chablis? Correct Answer: Chardonnay
What is the only white grape used in champagne? Correct Answer:
Chardonnay, where it is often blended with Pinot Noir
At what temperature should a light bodied red be served? Correct Answer:
slightly chilled
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WSET Level 1 Award in Wines
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What is Wine? Correct Answer: Fermentation of grape juice
Fermentation Correct Answer: The process where yeast consumes sugar,
resulting in the production of alcohol and carbon dioxide
During fermentation yeast converts __________ . Correct Answer: sugar into
alcohol
What are the 3 main types of wine? Correct Answer: Still, sparkling, fortified
How are wines named? Correct Answer: Name of region or name of grape
The bubbles in sparkling wine are a result of what? Correct Answer: Carbon
dioxide gas that is produced by fermentation and trapped in the wine
Name a sparkling wine from Italy Correct Answer: Prosecco
Name a sparkling wine from France Correct Answer: Champagne
Name a sparkling wine from Spain Correct Answer: Cava
Fortified wine have what added to them? Correct Answer: Extra Alcohol
When in the fermentation process for port is the spirit added? Correct Answer:
BEFORE fermentation has started
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When in the fermentation process for sherry is the spirit added? Correct Answer:
AFTER fermentation is over
Historically, why was extra alcohol added to wine? Correct Answer: Extend shelf
life
Where does tannin come from? Correct Answer: Grape skin
Where does a wines colour come from? Correct Answer: The skin
At what alcohol % will yeast begin to die? Correct Answer: 15% --> once all the
sugar is used
If all of the available sugar has turned into alcohol. The wine would be
categorized as what? Correct Answer: Dry
What are the 2 ways you can make medium sweet wine? Correct Answer: Either
stop fermentation & filter yeast or take dry wine and add sweet wine
The majority of red and white wines are _________ wines. Correct Answer: Dry
Give an example of a dry white wine from New Zealand Correct Answer:
Sauvignon Blanc
Give an example of a dry, full-bodied red wine from France w high level of
alcohol Correct Answer: Chateauneuf-du-pape
Give an example of a medium rosé from California with a low level of alcohol
Correct Answer: White Zinfandel
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The majority of medium dry wines originate from where? Correct Answer:
Germany
Sweet wines should have a good balance of what to what? Correct Answer:
Sugar to Acidity; acidity balances out the sweetness, stopping a wine from
being unpleasantly sweet
Give an example of a sweet wine from France Correct Answer: Sauternes
Give an example of a sweet wine from Portugal Correct Answer: Port
Give an example of a sweet wine from Italy Correct Answer: Asti
In relation to viscosity, light bodied wines are Correct Answer: similar to water,
thin
Give an example of a light bodied white wine from Italy Correct Answer: Pinot
Grigio
Give an example of a light bodied red wine from France Correct Answer:
Beaujolais
Flavor characteristics of the white wines of Burgundy in France Correct Answer:
Chardonnay is the grape used and the wines are medium-bodied with high
acidity and aromas of citrus (lemon) and stone fruits (peach). They may also
have vanilla notes from maturation in oak.
Tannin makes the mouth feel _______ Correct Answer: Dry
Acidity creates a _________________ sensation Correct Answer: Mouth watering
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What effect does sweet food have on wine? Correct Answer: More drying and
bitter, more acidic, & less sweet and fruity.
Salty food will make a wine seem... Correct Answer: Less acidic and bitter, &
more fruity
Name a wine made from Sauvignon Blanc Correct Answer: Sancerre, Pouilly
Fume, Fume Blanc.
Which grape grows well in Burgundy and NZ? Correct Answer: Pinot Noir
Syrah is to Shiraz as Pinot Gris is to.... Correct Answer: Pinot Grigio
Give an example of an oaked Sauvignon Blanc from California Correct Answer:
Fume Blanc
Name a few characteristics of Riesling Correct Answer: Produced in Germany,
France, and Australia; high levels of acidity which help balance sweetness;
range from dry through to sweet; light to medium bodied; aromas that can
range from floral and green fruits (apple) to citrus (lime, lemon) to stone fruits
(peach, apricot); often fermented in stainless steel tanks and not matured in
oak.
What grape is used in Chablis? Correct Answer: Chardonnay
What is the only white grape used in champagne? Correct Answer:
Chardonnay, where it is often blended with Pinot Noir
At what temperature should a light bodied red be served? Correct Answer:
slightly chilled
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