WSET Level 3 Questions And Answers

The wine tastes more drying and bitter, more acidic. Less sweet and fruity. - Answer- What effect does a sweet food have on wine? Since sweet food can dull the taste of a wine (losing its fruit and becoming unpleasantly acidic), a good general rule is to select a wine with a higher level of sweetness. - Answer- What type of wine should you pair with sweet food? Increases the perception of bitterness, astringency, acidity and alcohol burn in the wine. It also decreases the perception of body, sweetness, and fruitiness of the wine. - Answer- What effect does umami food have on wine? Pair with low tannin, lower alcohol red wines without (or limited) oak character. Crisp whites with minimal oak and lower alcohol also work well. - Answer- What type of wine should you pair with umami food? Salt will increase the perception of body in a wine and decrease astringency, bitterness and acidity. - Answer- What effect does salty food have on wine? Fruity and rich (less bitter. less alcoholic) - Answer- Salty foods will make a tannic, alcoholic red wine taste more ......... ? Acid in food will increase the perception of body, sweetness, and fruitiness in wine. It will also decrease the perception of acid in a wine. - Answer- What effect does acidic food have on wine? It's a good rule of thumb to pair high acid food with high acid wine (as wines can appear flat and flabby if the acid of the wine is overwhelmed by the food). - Answer- What type of wine should be paired with acidic food? Bitterness in food increases the bitterness in wine. - Answer- What effect does bitter food have on wine? The wine can be overwhelmed by the food flavors. - Answer- What effect does highly flavored food have on wine? Pair with wines of similar intensity or flavors. - Answer- What type of wine should be paired with highly flavored food? It makes the wine appear less acidic. - Answer- What effect does fatty/oily food have on wine? Pair with wines of high levels of acidity. - Answer- What type of wine should be paired with