WSET LEVEL 3 EVALUATION EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Main town in cote Rotie - ✔✔Ampius
✔✔grape of cote rotie - ✔✔Syrah
✔✔grape of Condrieu - ✔✔Viognier
✔✔grapes of St Joseph - ✔✔syrah
marsanne, Roussanne
✔✔grapes of crozes-hermitage - ✔✔Syrah
marsanne, Roussanne (less expensive)
✔✔grapes of hermitage - ✔✔Syrah
marsanne, Roussanne
✔✔grapes of Cornas - ✔✔Syrah
✔✔what % of Rhone wine is produced in Northern Rhone - ✔✔5
✔✔translation of cote rotie - ✔✔roasted slope
✔✔how much viognier can be added to cote rotie - ✔✔up to 20% (typically much less)
✔✔where is Chateau Grillet AC - ✔✔Condrieu
✔✔What is the fullest bodied Northern Rhone AC - ✔✔Red Hermitage
-can age 50+ years
✔✔Name of the town by Hermitage - ✔✔Tain l'Hermitage
✔✔how much Roussanne Marsanne can be added to Crozes Hermitage - ✔✔up to
15%
✔✔hierarchy of the Rhone - ✔✔Cotes du Rhone
Cotes du Rhone Villages
7 individual crus
✔✔What are the large stones covering the soil in Chateauneuf-du-Pape called -
✔✔galets
or pudding stones
,✔✔is oak used on Southern Rhone whites? - ✔✔rarely
✔✔how many villages can add their name to a label in Cote du Rhone villages AC -
✔✔18
and only if 100% of the wine comes from that village
✔✔what is not permitted in Chateauneuf-du-Pape - ✔✔Rousanne-Marsanne
and Rose wines
✔✔what two Southern crus are on the west bank of the Rhone - ✔✔Tavel and Lirac
✔✔Style of Tavel - ✔✔rose only
✔✔style of Lirac - ✔✔rose, but some top quality reds similar to Chateauneuf-du-Pape
✔✔most planted grape variety in Southern France - ✔✔Grenache
✔✔2nd two most planted grapes in Southern France - ✔✔Syrah
Carignan
✔✔What is the name given to IGP of Loire Valley - ✔✔Val de Loire
✔✔Climate of Germany - ✔✔Coo/moderate continental
✔✔German white grapes - ✔✔Riesling
muller Thurgau
silvaner
grauburgunder
weisburgunder
scheurebe
✔✔german black grapes - ✔✔spatburgunder
dornfelder
✔✔key wine regions of Germany - ✔✔Mosel
Nahe
Rheinghau
Rheinhessen
Pfalz
Baden
Franken
, ✔✔Key areas of Mosel - ✔✔Bernkastel
Piesport
Saar
Ruwer
✔✔Main regions of Nahe - ✔✔Schlossbockelheim
✔✔regions of Rheinghau - ✔✔Rudesheim
Geisenheim
Johannisberg
✔✔Main region of Rheinhessen - ✔✔Nierstein
✔✔Regions of Pfalz - ✔✔forst
Deidesheim
✔✔regions of Baden - ✔✔Kaiserstuhl-Tuniberg
✔✔What are wines of Germany called without a geographical indication - ✔✔Deutscher
Wein
✔✔Anbaugebiet - ✔✔designated region for PDO wine in Germany 13 total
✔✔Bereich - ✔✔district within an Anbaugebiet
✔✔Grosslage - ✔✔group of vineyards
✔✔Einzellage - ✔✔single vineyard
✔✔name an important einzellage from mosel - ✔✔Piesporter Goldtropfchen
✔✔term for PDO in Germany - ✔✔geschutzte Ursprungsbeseichnung (g.U.)
✔✔What is the highest pradikat category that can appear as a dry wine in Germany -
✔✔auslese
✔✔Eiswine can be harvested as late as when? - ✔✔January the following year
✔✔What temp must it be to harvest Eiswein - ✔✔-8 C
17.6 F
✔✔What does Auslese mean - ✔✔Choice (individually selected grapes)
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Main town in cote Rotie - ✔✔Ampius
✔✔grape of cote rotie - ✔✔Syrah
✔✔grape of Condrieu - ✔✔Viognier
✔✔grapes of St Joseph - ✔✔syrah
marsanne, Roussanne
✔✔grapes of crozes-hermitage - ✔✔Syrah
marsanne, Roussanne (less expensive)
✔✔grapes of hermitage - ✔✔Syrah
marsanne, Roussanne
✔✔grapes of Cornas - ✔✔Syrah
✔✔what % of Rhone wine is produced in Northern Rhone - ✔✔5
✔✔translation of cote rotie - ✔✔roasted slope
✔✔how much viognier can be added to cote rotie - ✔✔up to 20% (typically much less)
✔✔where is Chateau Grillet AC - ✔✔Condrieu
✔✔What is the fullest bodied Northern Rhone AC - ✔✔Red Hermitage
-can age 50+ years
✔✔Name of the town by Hermitage - ✔✔Tain l'Hermitage
✔✔how much Roussanne Marsanne can be added to Crozes Hermitage - ✔✔up to
15%
✔✔hierarchy of the Rhone - ✔✔Cotes du Rhone
Cotes du Rhone Villages
7 individual crus
✔✔What are the large stones covering the soil in Chateauneuf-du-Pape called -
✔✔galets
or pudding stones
,✔✔is oak used on Southern Rhone whites? - ✔✔rarely
✔✔how many villages can add their name to a label in Cote du Rhone villages AC -
✔✔18
and only if 100% of the wine comes from that village
✔✔what is not permitted in Chateauneuf-du-Pape - ✔✔Rousanne-Marsanne
and Rose wines
✔✔what two Southern crus are on the west bank of the Rhone - ✔✔Tavel and Lirac
✔✔Style of Tavel - ✔✔rose only
✔✔style of Lirac - ✔✔rose, but some top quality reds similar to Chateauneuf-du-Pape
✔✔most planted grape variety in Southern France - ✔✔Grenache
✔✔2nd two most planted grapes in Southern France - ✔✔Syrah
Carignan
✔✔What is the name given to IGP of Loire Valley - ✔✔Val de Loire
✔✔Climate of Germany - ✔✔Coo/moderate continental
✔✔German white grapes - ✔✔Riesling
muller Thurgau
silvaner
grauburgunder
weisburgunder
scheurebe
✔✔german black grapes - ✔✔spatburgunder
dornfelder
✔✔key wine regions of Germany - ✔✔Mosel
Nahe
Rheinghau
Rheinhessen
Pfalz
Baden
Franken
, ✔✔Key areas of Mosel - ✔✔Bernkastel
Piesport
Saar
Ruwer
✔✔Main regions of Nahe - ✔✔Schlossbockelheim
✔✔regions of Rheinghau - ✔✔Rudesheim
Geisenheim
Johannisberg
✔✔Main region of Rheinhessen - ✔✔Nierstein
✔✔Regions of Pfalz - ✔✔forst
Deidesheim
✔✔regions of Baden - ✔✔Kaiserstuhl-Tuniberg
✔✔What are wines of Germany called without a geographical indication - ✔✔Deutscher
Wein
✔✔Anbaugebiet - ✔✔designated region for PDO wine in Germany 13 total
✔✔Bereich - ✔✔district within an Anbaugebiet
✔✔Grosslage - ✔✔group of vineyards
✔✔Einzellage - ✔✔single vineyard
✔✔name an important einzellage from mosel - ✔✔Piesporter Goldtropfchen
✔✔term for PDO in Germany - ✔✔geschutzte Ursprungsbeseichnung (g.U.)
✔✔What is the highest pradikat category that can appear as a dry wine in Germany -
✔✔auslese
✔✔Eiswine can be harvested as late as when? - ✔✔January the following year
✔✔What temp must it be to harvest Eiswein - ✔✔-8 C
17.6 F
✔✔What does Auslese mean - ✔✔Choice (individually selected grapes)
