WSET LEVEL 2 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS.
1) Premium Bordeaux dry wines are made from which grape varieties? -- Answer ✔✔
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Sauvignon blanc and semillon
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2) Used to add complexity to premium quality dry Chardonnay wines -- Answer ✔✔
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Lees stirring and Barrel fermentation
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3) What flavors do youthful Marlborough Sauvignon blanc wines generally have? --
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Answer ✔✔ Gooseberry and passion fruit
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4) Which grape variety is widely known in South Africa? -- Answer ✔✔ Chenin blanc
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5) Which grape variety is often used in South Africa for inexpensive unoaked white
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wines? -- Answer ✔✔ Chenin blanc
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6) Which region is premium Chilean Sauvignon blanc produced? -- Answer ✔✔
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Casablanca
7) Varietal used for dry, unoaked white wines with pungent herbaceous flavors and
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high acidity -- Answer ✔✔ Sauvignon blanc
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8) In Boudreaux, premium dry wines are usually made from which grapes varieties? --
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Answer ✔✔ Sauvignon blanc and semillon
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9) Grapes commonly grown in Alsace -- Answer ✔✔ Pinot Gris and gewurztraminer
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10) Grape used to make premium quality wines in cool, moderate and hot climates --
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Answer ✔✔ Chardonnay _ _
, 11) Region known for producing long lived semillon wines that are dry, light in body
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and alcohol, but high acidity -- Answer ✔✔ Hunter valley
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12) Grape grown in both Alsace and Italy, makes very different styles of wine --
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Answer ✔✔ Pinot Gris _ _ _
13) Which grape variety is used to produce Fume Blanc? -- Answer ✔✔ Sauvignon
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blanc
14) Which region of Australia produces premium quality Rieslings? -- Answer ✔✔
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Clare Valley
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15) Region of France where Gewurztraminer is predominantly grown -- Answer ✔✔
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Alsace
16) Varietal typically used for dry, unoaked white wines with pungent herbaceous
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flavors and high acidity -- Answer ✔✔ Sauvignon blanc
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17) True or false - Bordeaux is a classic region for Chardonnay -- Answer ✔✔ False (
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Bordeaux is known mainly for red wine)
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18) Which grape variety is used to make Meursault? ( Meursault- France/Cote d'or sub
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_region/region is burgundy) -- Answer ✔✔ Chardonnay _ _ _ _ _ _
19) Main grapes of burgundy -- Answer ✔✔ Pinot noir and Chardonnay
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20) What does sur lie on a bottle of muscadet mean? -- Answer ✔✔ Has been bottled
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directly off the dead yeast
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21) What is muscadet? -- Answer ✔✔ White French wine - made in Loire valley
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22) Which wine has deliberate oxidation during production? -- Answer ✔✔ Oloroso
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sherry
ACCURATE ANSWERS.
1) Premium Bordeaux dry wines are made from which grape varieties? -- Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sauvignon blanc and semillon
_ _ _ _
2) Used to add complexity to premium quality dry Chardonnay wines -- Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Lees stirring and Barrel fermentation
_ _ _ _
3) What flavors do youthful Marlborough Sauvignon blanc wines generally have? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Gooseberry and passion fruit
_ _ _ _ _
4) Which grape variety is widely known in South Africa? -- Answer ✔✔ Chenin blanc
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5) Which grape variety is often used in South Africa for inexpensive unoaked white
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
wines? -- Answer ✔✔ Chenin blanc
_ _ _ _ _
6) Which region is premium Chilean Sauvignon blanc produced? -- Answer ✔✔
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Casablanca
7) Varietal used for dry, unoaked white wines with pungent herbaceous flavors and
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
high acidity -- Answer ✔✔ Sauvignon blanc
_ _ _ _ _ _
8) In Boudreaux, premium dry wines are usually made from which grapes varieties? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Sauvignon blanc and semillon
_ _ _ _ _
9) Grapes commonly grown in Alsace -- Answer ✔✔ Pinot Gris and gewurztraminer
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
10) Grape used to make premium quality wines in cool, moderate and hot climates --
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Answer ✔✔ Chardonnay _ _
, 11) Region known for producing long lived semillon wines that are dry, light in body
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and alcohol, but high acidity -- Answer ✔✔ Hunter valley
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12) Grape grown in both Alsace and Italy, makes very different styles of wine --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Pinot Gris _ _ _
13) Which grape variety is used to produce Fume Blanc? -- Answer ✔✔ Sauvignon
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blanc
14) Which region of Australia produces premium quality Rieslings? -- Answer ✔✔
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Clare Valley
_
15) Region of France where Gewurztraminer is predominantly grown -- Answer ✔✔
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Alsace
16) Varietal typically used for dry, unoaked white wines with pungent herbaceous
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
flavors and high acidity -- Answer ✔✔ Sauvignon blanc
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
17) True or false - Bordeaux is a classic region for Chardonnay -- Answer ✔✔ False (
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Bordeaux is known mainly for red wine)
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18) Which grape variety is used to make Meursault? ( Meursault- France/Cote d'or sub
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_region/region is burgundy) -- Answer ✔✔ Chardonnay _ _ _ _ _ _
19) Main grapes of burgundy -- Answer ✔✔ Pinot noir and Chardonnay
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20) What does sur lie on a bottle of muscadet mean? -- Answer ✔✔ Has been bottled
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
directly off the dead yeast
_ _ _ _
21) What is muscadet? -- Answer ✔✔ White French wine - made in Loire valley
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22) Which wine has deliberate oxidation during production? -- Answer ✔✔ Oloroso
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sherry
