WSET Level 1 Wine Exam with verified detailed answers

WSET Level 1 Wine Exam with verified detailed answers || || || || || || || ||




Wine Types/Styles - ✔✔Light
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Sparkling ||




Fortified



Fermentation - ✔✔Natural process caused by yeast. || || || || || ||




What does yeast do? - ✔✔Feed on the sugar, converting it into alcohol and carbon dioxide
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gas



Light Wines - ✔✔Still wines
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Majority fall under this category
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8-15% alcohol ||




Sparkling Wine - ✔✔Wine were bubbles of carbon dioxide gas trapped in wine
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Fortified Wine - ✔✔Wines that have extra alcohol added
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15-22% alcohol ||




Color styles of Wine - ✔✔Red - Black grapes
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White - Juice of white grapes
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Rosé - Black grapes with less contact with skins
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Sweetness Styles of Wine - ✔✔Dry - Majority of all wines
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, Medium - Usually white or rosé || || || || ||




Sweet - Thicker & Richer
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Body Styles of Wine - ✔✔Light Bodied
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Medium Bodied ||




Full Bodied
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Other Factors Wine Styles - ✔✔Oak
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Tannin

Acidity



Cool Climate Wines - ✔✔Mainly white
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High acidity ||




Lower alcohol ||




Cool Climate Wine Regions - ✔✔Northern France
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Germany

Washington ||




Oregan



Warm Climate Wines - ✔✔Mainly Red
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High Alcohol || ||




Rich in Flavor
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Warm Climate Wine Regions - ✔✔Southern France
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Central Spain ||