WSET Level 2: Factors Affecting Wine Style, Quality, and Price Exam Questions and Answers

WSET Level 2: Factors Affecting Wine Style, Quality, and Price Exam Questions and Answers what are the main factors that determine how a wine will taste? - Answer-- the grape variety used - the environment which it is grown (climate and weather; soil an slope) - the care with which the grapes are grown and harvested - how the wine is made - how it is matured (including bottle aging what does the grape variety used determine? - Answer-a large part of the character of the wine, as well as affecting the flavors and color of the wine what is needed in order to grow and produce a crop of ripe, healthy grapes? - Answer-carbon dioxide, sunlight, warmth, and nutrients what does climate and weather affect? - Answer-sunlight what doe soil affect? - Answer-warmth, water, and the availability of nutrients what does climate describe? - Answer-what weather conditions (temperatures, rainfall, sunshine) we may expect in a typical year what are the 3 categories of climates suitable for wine production? - Answer-hot, moderate, and cool what are the main effects on climate? - Answer-latitude, altitude, the sea, and land masses how does latitude affect climate? - Answer-- closer to the equator = hotter - further from the equator = cooler how does altitude affect climate? - Answer-higher = cooler how does the sea affect climate? - Answer-- warm ocean currents = hotter - cold ocean currents = cooler