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CMS - Certified Sommelier Exam / WSET Advanced Questions and Answers What is the formula of alcoholic fermentation? - ANSWER-Sugar + Yeast = Alcohol + Carbon Dioxide (C6H12O6 -> 2C2H5OH + 2CO2) What are the three main acids naturally occurring in the grapes? - ANSWER-Tartaric Acid, Malic Ac...

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CMS - Certified Sommelier Exam / WSET

Advanced Questions and Answers


What is the formula of alcoholic fermentation? - ANSWER✔✔-Sugar + Yeast = Alcohol + Carbon Dioxide


(C6H12O6 -> 2C2H5OH + 2CO2)


What are the three main acids naturally occurring in the grapes? - ANSWER✔✔-Tartaric Acid,


Malic Acid,


and Citric Acid.


What are the three main acids occurring as a result of fermentation? - ANSWER✔✔-Succinic Acid, Acetic

Acid, and Lactic Acid.


What are the two main acids occurring in botrytised wines? - ANSWER✔✔-Gluconic Acid, and

Galacturonic Acid.


Who discovered the effect of fermentation by yeast? - ANSWER✔✔-Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac


What is the French term for Sparkling Wine? - ANSWER✔✔-Vin Mousseux, or Crémant



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What is the French term for effervescent, or lightly sparkling wine? - ANSWER✔✔-Vin Pétillant


What is the German term for


Sparkling Wine? - ANSWER✔✔-Schaumwein


It is a blanket term encompassing all types of sparkling wine whether the gas naturally occurs as a result

of fermentation or otherwise.


What is the German term for effervescent, or lightly sparkling wine? - ANSWER✔✔-Sekt (secondary

fermentation must occur in the bottle), Perlwein (CO2 can be added.)


What is the Italian term for


Sparkling Wine? - ANSWER✔✔-Vino Spumante


What is the Italian term for effervescent, or lightly sparkling wine? - ANSWER✔✔-Vino Frizzante


What is the Spanish term for


Sparkling Wine? - ANSWER✔✔-Vino Espumosso


What is the Spanish term for effervescent, or lightly sparkling wine? - ANSWER✔✔-Vino de Aguja


What is the method of sparkling wine making in which the secondary fermentation takes place in the

bottle? - ANSWER✔✔-Méthode Traditionelle, or


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Traditional Method in English


("Méthode Champenoise" is now outlawed in EU)


What is the method of sparkling wine making in which the secondary fermentation and soutillage

(racking) takes place in a large air-tight fermentation tank? - ANSWER✔✔-Méthode Charmat, or


Méthode de la Cuvée Close


What is the method of sparkling wine making in which the wine that has gone through the secondary

fermentation is transferred to the pressurized tank, then cooled, and racked before bottled? -

ANSWER✔✔-Méthode par Transversage, or


Transfer Method in English


What is the method of sparkling wine making in which the wine going through the fermentation is

bottled and the remaining fermentation takes place in the bottle? - ANSWER✔✔-Méthode Rurale, or

Rural Method in English


What are the two levels of EU wine classification according to the 1962 Treaty of Rome? - ANSWER✔✔-

Quality Wines Produced in Specified Regions (QWpsr) or Vin de Qualité Produits dans une Région

Déterminé (VQPRD) and Table Wine (TW) or Vins de Table


What are the three (or four) levels of wine classification in France? - ANSWER✔✔-Appellation d'Origine

Protégée (AOP) - Also known as AOC until 2012


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<Appellation d'Origine Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure (AOVDQS) - Abolished in 2012>


Vin de Pays


Vin de Table


What are the four levels of wine classification in Germany? - ANSWER✔✔-Prädikatswein


Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA)


Landwein


Tafelwein


What are the four levels of wine classification in Italy? - ANSWER✔✔-Denominazione di Origine

Controlata e Garantita (DOCG)


Denominazione di Origine Controlata (DOC)


Vino da Tavola Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT)


Vino da Tavola


What are the seven levels of wine classification in Spain? - ANSWER✔✔-Denominación de Origen Vino

de Pago (VP)


Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOC)


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