WSET level 1 Practice Questions and Answers
What are the 3 types of wine? - Answer-Light wines, sparkling wine, fortified wine
Describe characteristics of light wine. - Answer-Majority of wines fall into this category, they
are still and are between 8-15% alcohol level
What makes a wine sparkli...
What is fermentation? - Answer✔✔-Natural process by which yeast turns sugars into alcohol,
carbon dioxide, and heat.
Grape juice (Sugar) + yeast = Alcohol + CO2 + Heat
How is the color of wine determined? - Answer✔✔-Can be determined by the type of grapes
used and/or the way the wine is made
Where does the color of red wine come from? - Answer✔✔-Comes from using black grapes to
make the wine, comes from the grapes skins. The juice is fermented in contact with the grape
skin, coloring the juice
Where does - Answer✔✔-Made from juice of white grapes, can be made from black grape, just
have to remove the skin before fermentation
White wines - Answer✔✔-Seen as the lighter, refreshing alternative to red wines
Rosé color - Answer✔✔-Made from black grapes, wine has had less contact with the grapes skin
Sweetness - Answer✔✔-Determined by how much sugar is left once the yeast is dead from
fermentation with the grape juice
Yeast dies - Answer✔✔-Once the alcohol level reaches 15% or when all the sugars have been
used
Dry wine - Answer✔✔-Yeast turned all the sugar into alcohol and carbon monoxide makings the
wine _____
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