WSET LEVEL 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH THE LATEST AND
UPDATED SCORES.
What is wine? -- Answer ✔✔ A drink made from the fermented juice or freshly-picked
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grapes.
One of the most natural of all alcoholic drinks.
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What is fermentation? -- Answer ✔✔ A natural process caused by yeast.
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What is yeast? -- Answer ✔✔ Are microscopic organisms that live naturally alongside
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grapes int he vineyard and winery.
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How does yeast live? -- Answer ✔✔ They feed on sugar, as found in grape juice,
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converting it to alcohol and carbon dioxide gas.
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What are the three types of wine? -- Answer ✔✔ Light wine
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Sparkling wine _
Fortified wine _
Light wines -- Answer ✔✔ Majority of wines fall into this category.
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Between 8-15% alcohol, but a majority containing 11.5-14% alcohol.
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Light wines are named from.. -- Answer ✔✔ The region they are produced in.
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Bordeaux and Burgundy from France. _ _ _ _
Rioja from Spain.
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Chianti from Italy. _ _
Light wines from the New World countries get their name from.. -- Answer ✔✔ Labeled
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with the name of the grape used.
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Chardonnay or Shiraz from Australia. _ _ _ _
Sparkling wines -- Answer ✔✔ Bubbles of CO2 gas have been trapped in the wine.
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, Made all over the world.
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What are examples of sparkling wines? -- Answer ✔✔ Champagne from France.
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Cava from Spain._ _
Fortified wines -- Answer ✔✔ Extra alcohol is added.
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Alcohol levels of 15-22%. _ _ _
Examples of fortified wines.. -- Answer ✔✔ Sherry from Spain.
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Port from Portugal.
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Colour: Red -- Answer ✔✔ Using black grapes to make the wine.
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Color comes from the grape skins.
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Juice is fermented in contact with the grape skin, coloring the juice.
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Colour: White -- Answer ✔✔ Usually made with white grapes, but can also use black
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grapes.
Often seen lighter, refreshing, alternative to red wines.
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Colour: Rosé -- Answer ✔✔ Made from black grapes; less contact with the skins.
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Not as full as reds but offer more body than whites.
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Tends to be a seasonal drink, mostly summer time.
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Sweetness.. -- Answer ✔✔ Dry _ _ _ _
Medium
Sweet
Explain the steps on how sweetness is "produced" -- Answer ✔✔ 1.) Grape juice is
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naturally sweet but yeast feeds not he grape sugars during fermentation, then the juice
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becomes less sweet. _ _
2.) The yeast will die once the alcohol reaches 15% or when all the sugars have been
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used.
3.) Once the yeast is dead, any sugar remaining in the wine will determine how sweet the
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wine is.
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UPDATED SCORES.
What is wine? -- Answer ✔✔ A drink made from the fermented juice or freshly-picked
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
grapes.
One of the most natural of all alcoholic drinks.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What is fermentation? -- Answer ✔✔ A natural process caused by yeast.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What is yeast? -- Answer ✔✔ Are microscopic organisms that live naturally alongside
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
grapes int he vineyard and winery.
_ _ _ _ _
How does yeast live? -- Answer ✔✔ They feed on sugar, as found in grape juice,
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converting it to alcohol and carbon dioxide gas.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
What are the three types of wine? -- Answer ✔✔ Light wine
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Sparkling wine _
Fortified wine _
Light wines -- Answer ✔✔ Majority of wines fall into this category.
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Between 8-15% alcohol, but a majority containing 11.5-14% alcohol.
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Light wines are named from.. -- Answer ✔✔ The region they are produced in.
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Bordeaux and Burgundy from France. _ _ _ _
Rioja from Spain.
_ _
Chianti from Italy. _ _
Light wines from the New World countries get their name from.. -- Answer ✔✔ Labeled
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with the name of the grape used.
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Chardonnay or Shiraz from Australia. _ _ _ _
Sparkling wines -- Answer ✔✔ Bubbles of CO2 gas have been trapped in the wine.
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, Made all over the world.
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What are examples of sparkling wines? -- Answer ✔✔ Champagne from France.
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Cava from Spain._ _
Fortified wines -- Answer ✔✔ Extra alcohol is added.
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Alcohol levels of 15-22%. _ _ _
Examples of fortified wines.. -- Answer ✔✔ Sherry from Spain.
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Port from Portugal.
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Colour: Red -- Answer ✔✔ Using black grapes to make the wine.
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Color comes from the grape skins.
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Juice is fermented in contact with the grape skin, coloring the juice.
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Colour: White -- Answer ✔✔ Usually made with white grapes, but can also use black
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grapes.
Often seen lighter, refreshing, alternative to red wines.
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Colour: Rosé -- Answer ✔✔ Made from black grapes; less contact with the skins.
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Not as full as reds but offer more body than whites.
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Tends to be a seasonal drink, mostly summer time.
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Sweetness.. -- Answer ✔✔ Dry _ _ _ _
Medium
Sweet
Explain the steps on how sweetness is "produced" -- Answer ✔✔ 1.) Grape juice is
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naturally sweet but yeast feeds not he grape sugars during fermentation, then the juice
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becomes less sweet. _ _
2.) The yeast will die once the alcohol reaches 15% or when all the sugars have been
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used.
3.) Once the yeast is dead, any sugar remaining in the wine will determine how sweet the
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wine is.
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