WSET LEVEL 3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is Brettanomyces?
Answer: Spoilage yeast
◉ What does reduction smell like?
Answer: Stinky rotten eggs and boiled cabbage
◉ What ABV is considered medium for a light wine?
Answer: 12.5%
◉ What best describes a wine that is medium-dry?
Answer: There is a distinct presence of sugar but not sweet enough
to pair with dessert
◉ Aromas that have their origin in the post-fermentation process
are called..
Answer: secondary aromas
◉ Where do we look in a white wine to best assess the color?
Answer: the rim
,◉ Mousse is only relevant in which type of wine?
Answer: sparkling
◉ If a wine shows primary aromas with light acid or tannin, it would
be classified as:
Answer: drink now: not suitable for further ageing
◉ High acidity wines tend to be found in grapes from what climate?
Answer: Cool climate
◉ Which food elements increase the perception of body and
decrease the perception of acidity in a wine?
Answer: acidity and salt
◉ Which food elements increase the perception of alcohol and
decrease the perception of sweetness in a wine?
Answer: sweetness and umami
◉ Acidic wines pair well with foods that are...
Answer: rich in fat or oil
,◉ When matching with wine, which food element is not considered
high risk?
Answer: salt
◉ What pairing should you never do with food and wine?
Answer: pair bitter/tannic wine with bitter foods
◉ What are the 4 methods to combat spring frost?
Answer: 1) heaters
2) wind machines
3) sprinklers
4) thoughtful vineyard design
◉ What are the 3 main irrigation techniques?
Answer: 1) drip
2) sprinkler
3) flood
◉ What is a crossing?
Answer: grape variety created by the joining of parents from the
same species
, ◉ What is a hybrid?
Answer: grape variety created by the joining of parents from 2
different vine species
◉ How many buds are retained with spur pruning?
Answer: 2-3
◉ What is a clone?
Answer: genetic mutation of the parent grape
◉ Which part of the vine is a cordon?
Answer: arm of permanent wood
◉ What is the traditional treatment for Downy Mildew?
Answer: copper-based spray (Bordeaux mixture)
◉ What are nematodes?
Answer: microscopic worms that attach to the roots of a vine
◉ What is the definition of a continental climate?
Answer: greatest difference between the hottest and coldest months
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is Brettanomyces?
Answer: Spoilage yeast
◉ What does reduction smell like?
Answer: Stinky rotten eggs and boiled cabbage
◉ What ABV is considered medium for a light wine?
Answer: 12.5%
◉ What best describes a wine that is medium-dry?
Answer: There is a distinct presence of sugar but not sweet enough
to pair with dessert
◉ Aromas that have their origin in the post-fermentation process
are called..
Answer: secondary aromas
◉ Where do we look in a white wine to best assess the color?
Answer: the rim
,◉ Mousse is only relevant in which type of wine?
Answer: sparkling
◉ If a wine shows primary aromas with light acid or tannin, it would
be classified as:
Answer: drink now: not suitable for further ageing
◉ High acidity wines tend to be found in grapes from what climate?
Answer: Cool climate
◉ Which food elements increase the perception of body and
decrease the perception of acidity in a wine?
Answer: acidity and salt
◉ Which food elements increase the perception of alcohol and
decrease the perception of sweetness in a wine?
Answer: sweetness and umami
◉ Acidic wines pair well with foods that are...
Answer: rich in fat or oil
,◉ When matching with wine, which food element is not considered
high risk?
Answer: salt
◉ What pairing should you never do with food and wine?
Answer: pair bitter/tannic wine with bitter foods
◉ What are the 4 methods to combat spring frost?
Answer: 1) heaters
2) wind machines
3) sprinklers
4) thoughtful vineyard design
◉ What are the 3 main irrigation techniques?
Answer: 1) drip
2) sprinkler
3) flood
◉ What is a crossing?
Answer: grape variety created by the joining of parents from the
same species
, ◉ What is a hybrid?
Answer: grape variety created by the joining of parents from 2
different vine species
◉ How many buds are retained with spur pruning?
Answer: 2-3
◉ What is a clone?
Answer: genetic mutation of the parent grape
◉ Which part of the vine is a cordon?
Answer: arm of permanent wood
◉ What is the traditional treatment for Downy Mildew?
Answer: copper-based spray (Bordeaux mixture)
◉ What are nematodes?
Answer: microscopic worms that attach to the roots of a vine
◉ What is the definition of a continental climate?
Answer: greatest difference between the hottest and coldest months
