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• Carbon dioxide trapped (bubbles)
• Champagne is the best known French Sparkling
• Crémant is also an sparkling wine from France
• Cava is made in Spain
• Prosecco is made in Italy
• Sekt is made in Austria and Germany
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1 Still wines. 2 Examples of Sweet wines.
3 Sparkling wines. 4 Styles of wine.
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An Alcoholic drink made from the total or partial fermentation of
What is Wine?
freshly-picked grapes' juice.
Yeast feed on sugar, converting it into alcohol and carbon
What is Fermentation?
dioxide gas and heat
, 1. Still wine
Types of wine. 2. Sparkling wine
3. Fortified wine
• They have no bubbles
• 8-15% alcohol
Still wines.
• Named after a region (old world)
• Named after a grape variety (new world)
• Carbon dioxide trapped (bubbles)
• Champagne is the best known French Sparkling
• Crémant is also an sparkling wine from France
Sparkling wines.
• Cava is made in Spain
• Prosecco is made in Italy
• Sekt is made in Austria and Germany
• Extra alcohol added
Fortified wines. • 15-22% alcohol
• E.g. Sherry (Spain) & Port (Portugal)
• Colour
• Sweetness
• Body
Styles of wine.
• Oak
• Tannins
• Acidity
• Red ➜ Black grapes. Juice fermented in contact with skins
• White ➜ Usually white grapes but black grapes as well, no skin
Colour of wine.
contact. Lighter & refreshing
• Rosé ➜ Black grapes. Less skin contact.
• Yeast dies at 15% above
Level of Sweetness. • Remaining sugar will determine how sweet the wine is
• Dry - Medium - Sweet
• No sugar left during fermentation
Dry wines.
• Most wines are dry
• White ➜ Sauvignong Blanc from NZ, Sherry from Spain & Brut
Champagne from France
Examples of Dry wines.
• Red ➜ Chianti from Italy, Cabernet Sauvignon from California &
Châteauneuf-du-Pape from France
• Usually white or rosé wines
Medium wines. • Winemaker either stops fermentation by removing yeast before
all sugars are consumed or adds unfermented grape juice
• Germany white wines (Riesling)
Examples of Medium wines.
• White Zinfandel (rosé) from California
• Wine made out of grapes rich in sugar, yeast dies before all
sugars are consumed or yeast dies because of the addition of
Sweet wines.
extra alcohol
• Sweetness and acidiy must be balanced ➜ not cloying
• Sauternes from France
Examples of Sweet wines.
• Port from Portugal
• The general feel of the wine in the mouth when you taste it
What is Body?
• Light - Medium - Full
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WSET Level 1 Practice Quiz Wset level 2 WSET Level 1 Practic
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• Carbon dioxide trapped (bubbles)
• Champagne is the best known French Sparkling
• Crémant is also an sparkling wine from France
• Cava is made in Spain
• Prosecco is made in Italy
• Sekt is made in Austria and Germany
Choose matching term
1 Still wines. 2 Examples of Sweet wines.
3 Sparkling wines. 4 Styles of wine.
Don't know?
An Alcoholic drink made from the total or partial fermentation of
What is Wine?
freshly-picked grapes' juice.
Yeast feed on sugar, converting it into alcohol and carbon
What is Fermentation?
dioxide gas and heat
, 1. Still wine
Types of wine. 2. Sparkling wine
3. Fortified wine
• They have no bubbles
• 8-15% alcohol
Still wines.
• Named after a region (old world)
• Named after a grape variety (new world)
• Carbon dioxide trapped (bubbles)
• Champagne is the best known French Sparkling
• Crémant is also an sparkling wine from France
Sparkling wines.
• Cava is made in Spain
• Prosecco is made in Italy
• Sekt is made in Austria and Germany
• Extra alcohol added
Fortified wines. • 15-22% alcohol
• E.g. Sherry (Spain) & Port (Portugal)
• Colour
• Sweetness
• Body
Styles of wine.
• Oak
• Tannins
• Acidity
• Red ➜ Black grapes. Juice fermented in contact with skins
• White ➜ Usually white grapes but black grapes as well, no skin
Colour of wine.
contact. Lighter & refreshing
• Rosé ➜ Black grapes. Less skin contact.
• Yeast dies at 15% above
Level of Sweetness. • Remaining sugar will determine how sweet the wine is
• Dry - Medium - Sweet
• No sugar left during fermentation
Dry wines.
• Most wines are dry
• White ➜ Sauvignong Blanc from NZ, Sherry from Spain & Brut
Champagne from France
Examples of Dry wines.
• Red ➜ Chianti from Italy, Cabernet Sauvignon from California &
Châteauneuf-du-Pape from France
• Usually white or rosé wines
Medium wines. • Winemaker either stops fermentation by removing yeast before
all sugars are consumed or adds unfermented grape juice
• Germany white wines (Riesling)
Examples of Medium wines.
• White Zinfandel (rosé) from California
• Wine made out of grapes rich in sugar, yeast dies before all
sugars are consumed or yeast dies because of the addition of
Sweet wines.
extra alcohol
• Sweetness and acidiy must be balanced ➜ not cloying
• Sauternes from France
Examples of Sweet wines.
• Port from Portugal
• The general feel of the wine in the mouth when you taste it
What is Body?
• Light - Medium - Full
