WSET LEVEL 3 SPIRITS LATEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+.pdf

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Which grape is allowed to constitute 30% of the blend in a red wine from Provence? -
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ANSWER- Cabernet Sauvignon
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Where does the AC of Corbieres belong? - ANSWER- Languedoc
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Where, in Bordeaux, would you find premium quality dry white wines fermented an
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d matured in oak barrels producing a rich, nutty flavor? - ANSWER- Pessac-
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Leognan
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In Bordeaux, what is Sauvignon Blanc blended with? What does it add to the blend?
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nBlended with Semillon because it adds distinctive herbaceous (grassy) aromas and h
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igh acidity to counterbalance flabbiness of Semillon.
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How many different species of grapevine are there? - ANSWER- 60
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,What are the 4 most important grapevine species used in modern viticulture? -
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ANSWER- Vitis vinifera, Vitis riparia, Vitis rupestris, Vitis berlandieri
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What is the main Eurasian grapevine species? - ANSWER- Vitis Vinifera
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How long has Vitis Vinifera been used in winemaking? - ANSWER-
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Several thousand years
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How many varieties of Vitis Vinifera are there? - ANSWER- 5,000-10,000
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What are the main North American grapevine species? - ANSWER-
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Vitis riparia, Vitis rupestris, Vitis berlandieri
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Which North American grapevine variety is used in winemaking? - ANSWER- None
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Why is "pure" Vitis Vinifera an inferior grapevine? - ANSWER-
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It is not resistant to Phylloxera.
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What techniques can be used to make Vitis Vinifera resistant to Phylloxera? -
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ANSWER- Grafting of rootstock
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What is a shoot? - ANSWER- The new growth a vine produces each year.
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Where can you find "nodes"? - ANSWER- Along the length of each shoot
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What is contained at each node? - ANSWER-
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A leaf and a flower OR leaf and a tendril
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,Where do buds form? - ANSWER- Where leaf stems join the shoot.
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What are the grapevine's "engine"? - ANSWER- The leaves
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What are leaves responsible for? Explain. - ANSWER-
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Photosynthesis, which is the process by which plants use chlorophyll and energy to c
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onvert water and CO2 into sugar glucose and oxygen.
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What are the three primary uses of the glucose produced in photosynthesis? -
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1) Combining small glucose molecules into larger carbohydrates creating the
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building blocks for all structures
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2) Energy stored in glucose can be released when needed for other living processes
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3) Concentrated in the fruit, to make them attractive to the animals, needed to p
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What are tendrils? - ANSWER- Structure vines used to grip a supporting structure
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What do tendrils do? - ANSWER-
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Once they sense a supporting structure, they wind tightly around it to keep the shoot
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upright


What is the importance of flowers on a grapevine? - ANSWER-
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It is the plant's reproductive organ
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What type of reproductive organs do flowers on the grapevine contain? -
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ANSWER- Both female and male
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What are inflorescences? - ANSWER- Bunches of flowers
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, What does a flower that is successfully pollinated become? - ANSWER-
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A berry and the inflorescence will be come a bunch of grapes
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How does pollination of the grapevine happen? - ANSWER- Wind or animals
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What is an embryonic shoot? - ANSWER- A bud found between the leaf and shoot
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Where does a bud mature? - ANSWER-
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Inside their casing during the growing season
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What does a bud look like at the end of the growing season? - ANSWER-
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A miniature version of all the structures that will become the shoot, leaves, flowers,
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and tendrils in the following year
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What is one year old wood? When is it formed? - ANSWER-
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Shoots that have turned woody during the winter after they have grown
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Why is it important to manage the one year old wood? - ANSWER-
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nBecause vines will normally only produce fruit on shoots that grow from buds that d
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How is one year old wood cared for? - ANSWER- Every winter the vine is pruned
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What is a cane? - ANSWER- Long one year old wood containing 8-15 buds
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What is a spur? - ANSWER- Short one year old wood containing 2-3 buds
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