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WSET Level 1 Exam Questions and
Answers
What is the chemical process for wine? - Answer✔✔-Yeast feeds on the sugar in grape juice,
creating alcohol and carbon dioxide.
What are the three types of wine? - Answer✔✔-light, sparkling, and fortified
What is light wine? - Answer✔✔-8-15% ABV, named by region or grape
What is sparkling wine? - Answer✔✔-bubbles of carbon dioxide gas trapped in the wine (ex:
Champagne, cava, sekt, prosecco, etc.)
What is fortified wine? - Answer✔✔-alcohol has been added, 15-22% ABV (ex: port, sherry, etc.)
How is the color of wine determined? - Answer✔✔-the type of grapes used (ex: white wine
made with white grapes, red wine made with red grapes) and/or the way the wine is made (ex:
white wine with red grapes with skins removed before fermentation, rose wine has less contact
with the skins)
What is sweetness? - Answer✔✔-remaining sugar after yeast has died at 15% or all sugars have
been used; dry (all converted), medium (yeast removed or unfermented wine added to dry
wine), and sweet (yeast dies before all sugar is consumed)
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What is body? - Answer✔✔-the mouthfeel of wine, affected by ripeness and use of oak; light,
medium, full
What are three factors in describing wine? - Answer✔✔-oak (butter, vanilla, smooth), tannin
(drying), acidity (watering)
What are characteristics of cool climate wines? - Answer✔✔-mainly white wines, high in acidity,
low in alcohol, refreshing (ex: Northern France, Germany)
What are characteristics of warm climate wines? - Answer✔✔-mainly red wines, low in acidity,
high in alcohol, rich (ex: Southern France, Spain, Australia)
Chardonnay - Answer✔✔-international, typically dry, in cool regions like Chablis and
Champagne (green fruits like apple, citrus, high acid) and warm regions (stone fruit like peach,
and tropical fruits like pineapple and banana), full bodied, rich, creamy, oak
Sauvignon Blanc - Answer✔✔-international (New Zealand, Sancerre, Pouilly Fume) fruity, light
to medium bodied, high acid, dry, green fruit, citrus like grapefruit and lime, herbaceous like
grass and bell pepper
Riesling - Answer✔✔-international (Germany, Alsace, Australia), dry to sweet, light to medium
bodied, fruity, high acid, stone fruits like peach and apricot, citrus like lime, floral, petrol, dried
apricot, age well
Cabernet Sauvignon - Answer✔✔-widely planted, deeply colored, medium to full bodied,
tannic, acidic, intense aromas like black fruits like blackcurrant and black cherry, herbaceous like
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