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WSET Level 1 exam 2023 questions and answers with complete solutionWhat is wine? Answer - A drink made from the fermented juice or freshly-picked grapes.
One of the most natural of all alcoholic drinks.
What is fermentation? Answer - A natural process caused by yeast.
What is yeast? Answer - Are microscopic organisms that live naturally alongside grapes int he vineyard and winery.
How does yeast live? Answer - They feed on sugar, as found in grape juice, converting it to alcohol and carbon dioxide gas.
What are the three types of wine? Answer - Light wine
Sparking wine
Fortified wine
Light wines Answer - Majority of wines fall into this category.
Between 8-15% alcohol, but a majority containing 11.5-14% alcohol.
Light wines are named from.. Answer - The region they are produced in.
Bordeaux and Burgundy from France.
Rioja from Spain.
Chianti from Italy.
Light wines from the New World countries get their name from.. Answer - Labeled with the name of the grape used.
Chardonnay or Shiraz from Australia.
Sparking wines Answer - Bubbles of CO2 gas have been trapped in the wine.
Made all over the world.
What are examples of sparking wines? Answer - Champagne from France.
Cava from Spain.
Fortified wines Answer - Extra alcohol is added.
Alcohol levels of 15-22%.
Examples of fortified wines.. Answer - Sherry from Spain.
Port from Portugal. Colour: Red Answer - Using black grapes to make the wine.
Color comes from the grape skins.
Juice is fermented in contact with the grape skin, coloring the juice.
Colour: White Answer - Usually made with white grapes, but can also use black grapes.
Often seen lighter, refreshing, alternative to red wines.
Colour: Rosé Answer - Made from black grapes; less contact with the skins.
Not as full as reds but offer more body than whites.
Tends to be a seasonal drink, mostly summer time.
Sweetness.. Answer - Dry
Medium
Sweet
Explain the steps on how sweetness is "produced" Answer - 1.) Grape juice is naturally sweet but yeast feeds not he grape sugars during fermentation, then the juice becomes less sweet.
2.) The yeast will die once the alcohol reaches 15% or when all the sugars have been used.
3.) Once the yeast is dead, any sugar remaining in the wine will determine how sweet the wine is.
Sweetness: Dry Answer - Process: The yeast will have turned all the sugar into alcohol and CO2.
Most red wines and a majority of whites, some more than others.
Examples of dry white wines.. Answer - Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand.
Fino Sherry from Spain.
Brut from Champagne.
Examples of dry red wines.. Answer - Châteauneuf-du-Pape from France.
Chianti from Italy.
Cabernet Sauvignon from California.
Sweetness: Medium Answer - Process: The winemaker either removed the yeast from the juice before all the sugar has been consumed or adds unfermented, sweet grape juice to dry wine.
Usually white and rosé.
Taste: Should have sweetness but not by cloying or sickly.
Examples of medium wines.. Answer - Many popular wines from Germany.
Rosé wines such as White Zinfandel from California.
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