Level 1 sommelier exam practice questions and answers

Level 1 sommelier exam practice questions and answers What is the main species of wine grapes - Answer️️ -Vitis vinifera What is a green harvest - Answer️️ -Pruning bad grapes in order to send nutrients to the healthy ones Name 4 vineyard pests - Answer️️ -Phylloxera, mealybug, mites, glassy winged sharpshooter Name 4 vine diseases - Answer️️ -Powdery mildew, downy mildew, leaf roll virus and fanleaf degeneration, pierces disease What is brix - Answer️️ -Sugar measurement of grapes Sugar+ yeast= - Answer️️ -Co2+alcohol+flavor+aroma+heat What is chaptalization - Answer️️ -Adding sugar to unfermented grape must to increase the alcohol content after fermentation What is carbonic maceration - Answer️️ -Whole grapes are fermented in a co2 rich environment prior to crushing What is malolactic fermentation - Answer️️ -The conversion of malic acid into softer lactic acid, can often give a buttery taste What is a stelvin - Answer️️ -A screw cap Wines in burgundy are defined mainly by what - Answer️️ -Their producers ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Tuesday, August 20, 202410:21 AM 2 Negociant - Answer️️ -Merchants who do not own the vineyard land, but will buy grapes and or finished wine for blending and bottling under their own label Domaine - Answer️️ -The entire process from growing the grapes to bottling and ageing the wines takes place at the domaine itself What are the main grapes in burgundy - Answer️️ -Pinot noir and chardonnay Chablis climate - Answer️️ -Continental (high in acid) Chablis soil - Answer️️ -Kimmeridgian clay/limestone (mineral) What are the five distinct regions of burgundy - Answer️️ -Chablis, cote d'or, maconnais, cote chalonnaise, Beaujolais Soil of cote d'or - Answer️️ -Marl and limestone What grape dominates cote de nuits - Answer️️ -Pinot noir What grape dominates cote de beaune - Answer️️ -Chardonnay What aoc has the most grand crus in cote de nuits - Answer️️ - Gevrey-chambertin (9) Highly regarded vintages of cote de nuits - Answer️️ - 02,05,09,10,11,12 Highly regarded vintages of the cote de beaune - Answer️️ - 02,05,09,10,11,12 ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Tuesday, August 20, 202410:21 AM 3 What region of the cote chalonnaise makes the wine from aligote - Answer️️ -Bouzeron Famous region in maconnais that makes wine from chardonnay - Answer️️ -Pouilly-fuisse What grape is Beaujolais made from - Answer️️ -Gamay Name four crus in Beaujolais - Answer️️ -Moulin-a-vent, Morgon, brouilly, cote de brouilly What method is used to make prosecco - Answer️️ -Charmat method What is the most common method of making champagne - Answer️️ -Methode champenoise aka methode traditionnelle (2nd fermentation in bottle) What is liqueur de tirage - Answer️️ -A mixture of wine, sugar, and yeast that is added to still wine during secondary fermentatio