WSET Level 1 Wine PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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WSET level 1
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WSET Level 1
WSET Level 1 Wine PASSED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Define wine - Correct Answer- A drink made from fermented juice or freshly picked grapes.
Fermentation - Correct Answer- Natural process caused by yeast.
What does yeast do? - Correct Answer- Feed on the sugar, converting it into alco...
Light Wines - Correct Answer- Still wines
Majority fall under this category
8-15% alcohol
Examples of light wines - Correct Answer- Rioja and Chardonnay
Examples of Sparking wines - Correct Answer- Champagne and Cava
Sparkling Wine - Correct Answer- Wine where bubbles of carbon dioxide gas have been
trapped in wine. Typically expensive
Examples of fortified wine - Correct Answer- Sherry and Port
Fortified Wine - Correct Answer- Wines that have extra alcohol added
, 15-22% alcohol
Color styles of Wine - Correct Answer- Red - Black grapes - colour comes with the grapes
skin
White - Juice of white grapes
Rosé - Black grapes with less contact with skins
Sweetness Styles of Wine - Correct Answer- Dry, Medium, Sweet
Dry Wine - Correct Answer- The majority of wine are dry because the yeast has turned all the
sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas.
Example of Dry wine - Correct Answer- White - Sauvignon Blanc
Red - Chinanti
Medium Wine - Correct Answer- Usually White or Rose. The wine maker either removes the
yeast from the juice before the sugar has been consumed or adds unfermented sweet grape
juice to dry wine.
Example of medium wine - Correct Answer- White Zinfandel
Sweet wine - Correct Answer- made from grapes that are so rich in sugar that the yeast dies
before all the sugar is consumed. The sweetness should be balanced with a refreshing acidity
to prevent these wines from being cloying. or the yeast can be killed through the addition of
extra alcohol.
Example of Sweet wine - Correct Answer- port
Body Styles of Wine - Correct Answer- Light Bodied
Medium Bodied
Full Bodied
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