8/30/24, 6:39 AM WSET LEVEL 2 WINES CERTIFICATION EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VE…
WSET LEVEL 2 WINES CERTIFICATION EXAM
2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
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Sweetness in food can More drying, more bitter, more acidic. Less sweet and
make dry wines seem: fruity
Umami in food can make More drying, more bitter, more acidic. Less sweet and
wines seem: fruity
Salty foods can make Less drying, less bitter, less acidic. More fruity, more
wines seem: body
Acidic foods can make Less drying, less bitter, less acidic. More sweet, more
wines seem: fruity
At a cool constant temperature
For long term storage of
Away from sunshine and bright light
wines, how should wines
If sealed with a cork, bottle should be stored on their
be stored?
side
What are the optimal Sweet wines - well chilled - 6-8°
service temperatures for Sparkling wines - well chilled - 6-10°
Sweet and Sparkling
wines?
What are the aromas Cork Taint - Damp cardboard, lack of fresh fruit
associated with the flavours
following faults: Failure of Closure - Honey, caramel, coffee, lack of
Cork Taint freshness and fruitiness
Failure of Closure Heat Damage - Lack of fruit character and freshness
Heat Damage
, 8/30/24, 6:39 AM WSET LEVEL 2 WINES CERTIFICATION EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VE…
Stalk - Tannins
Name the main
Skin - Tannins, Colour, Flavours
components of a grape
Pulp - Sugar, Acid, Water
and what they contain:
Seeds - Bitter Oils
The process where sunlight, carbon dioxide and water
What is photosynthesis?
are combined to produce sugars
What are the five things a Warmth, sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, nutrients
vine needs to grow?
Put the stages of grape Flowering
formation and ripening in Fruit set
the correct order: Véraison
Ripening Ripening
Flowering Extra ripening
Extra ripening
Fruit set
Véraison
What changes in grapes as Grapes swell with water, acidity drops, sugar increases,
they ripen? aromas change, in black grapes tannin ripen
Grapes build up more sugar and exaggerated ripe
What happens to grapes
aromas. Eventually they turn into raisins as water
when they are left on the
evaporates. This concentrates sugars, acids and
vine for extra ripening?
flavours and dried fruit aromas develop
What effect does It makes tiny holes in the skin of the grape which allows
Botrytis/noble rot have on water to evaporate. This concentrates sugars, acids and
grapes? flavours.
What are the conditions Damp misty mornings followed by warm dry
needed for noble rot to afternoons
develop?
What is the name given to Icewine/Eiswein
sweet wines made from
frozen grapes?
Between what latitudes are 30° and 50° north and south of the equator
vineyards generally
located?
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