WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST / WSET LEVEL 3 WINES EXAM
PREPARATION
WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST / WSET LEVEL 3 WINES EXAM
PREPARATION / WSET LEVEL 3 SPIRITS PRACTICE EXAM WITH
COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+(NEWEST VERSION!)
4. / Four sections of vines ? - Correct Answer-Green parts
One year old wood
Permanent wood
Roots
4. / What are the leaves responsible for ? - Correct Answer-Photosynthesis
4. / What is photosynthesis process ? - Correct Answer-Plant use sunlight to
convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen
4. / What are vine flowers representing ? - Correct Answer-Vine reproductive
organs - both male and female
4. / What is inflorescences ? - Correct Answer-A bunch of vine flowers that if
pollinated will become the bunch of grape.
4. / What is a buds ? - Correct Answer-An embryonic shoot for the following year
forming at the joint of the leave and the shoot
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, WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST / WSET LEVEL 3 WINES EXAM
PREPARATION
4. / What are the roots functions ? - Correct Answer-- absorb water
- absorb nutrients
- anchor vine
- store carbohydrates to survive winter
4. / Criteria for selecting a grape variety ? - Correct Answer-Taste
Quality of fruit
Budding time
Ripening time
Resistance to diseases
4. / Can a variety be grown or propagated through seeds ? - Correct Answer-No
4. / Name 2 techniques to grow or propagate grape variety without loosing unique
qualities - Correct Answer-Cutting
Layering
4. / Out of the 2 techniques used to grow grape variety which one is most
common today ? - Correct Answer-Cutting - due to phylloxera risk
4. / Describe cutting principle - Correct Answer-A section of vine shoot that is
planted and grows as a new plant
Mainly in commercial nurseries
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, WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST / WSET LEVEL 3 WINES EXAM
PREPARATION
4. / What other term can be used instead of variety for a grape ? - Correct Answer-
Cultivar
4 / describe layering principle - Correct Answer-Takes place in vineyard
A cane is bend down and a section of it is buried in the ground, cane tip points
upwards, buried section take roots, once roots established cane linking is cut
4. / What is clonal selection ? - Correct Answer-Selection of vine that show a
particular set of unique characteristics following mutations
4. / One famous example of clones that generated new grape variety ? - Correct
Answer-Pinot blanc and pinot gris are both mutations ( and therefore clones) of
pinot noir
4. / How are new vine varieties created ? - Correct Answer-1. Waiting for a
random mutation to occur
2. Cross fertilisation
4. / Describe principles of creating a new varieties by cross fertilisation - Correct
Answer-- pollen from male part of flowers transferred to female part of the flower
of another vine = fertilisation
- pollinated flower develops into a grape with seeds
- seeds are planted and grows
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, WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST / WSET LEVEL 3 WINES EXAM
PREPARATION
4. / What are the 2 main approach in creating a new variety ? - Correct Answer-
Cross pollination :
Crossing - 2 parents from same species ( vitis vinifera mainly)
Hybrids - 2 parents from different species
4. / 2 famous examples of crossings ? - Correct Answer-Muller thurgau = riesling x
madeleine royale
Pinotage = pinot noir x cinsault
4. / Why are hybrids and american vine crossing important ? - Correct Answer-
Used as rootstock
4. / Is muller thurgau the result of hybrid, crossing or clonal selection ? - Correct
Answer-Crossing ( between 2 vitis vinifera)
4. / Is pinot blanc the result of hybrid, crossing or clonal selection ? - Correct
Answer-Clonal selection - mutation from pinot noir.
Same for pinot gris.
4. / Name 2 most important species of vine - Correct Answer-Vitis vinifera -
eurasian
American vines
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PREPARATION
WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST / WSET LEVEL 3 WINES EXAM
PREPARATION / WSET LEVEL 3 SPIRITS PRACTICE EXAM WITH
COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+(NEWEST VERSION!)
4. / Four sections of vines ? - Correct Answer-Green parts
One year old wood
Permanent wood
Roots
4. / What are the leaves responsible for ? - Correct Answer-Photosynthesis
4. / What is photosynthesis process ? - Correct Answer-Plant use sunlight to
convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen
4. / What are vine flowers representing ? - Correct Answer-Vine reproductive
organs - both male and female
4. / What is inflorescences ? - Correct Answer-A bunch of vine flowers that if
pollinated will become the bunch of grape.
4. / What is a buds ? - Correct Answer-An embryonic shoot for the following year
forming at the joint of the leave and the shoot
1|Page
, WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST / WSET LEVEL 3 WINES EXAM
PREPARATION
4. / What are the roots functions ? - Correct Answer-- absorb water
- absorb nutrients
- anchor vine
- store carbohydrates to survive winter
4. / Criteria for selecting a grape variety ? - Correct Answer-Taste
Quality of fruit
Budding time
Ripening time
Resistance to diseases
4. / Can a variety be grown or propagated through seeds ? - Correct Answer-No
4. / Name 2 techniques to grow or propagate grape variety without loosing unique
qualities - Correct Answer-Cutting
Layering
4. / Out of the 2 techniques used to grow grape variety which one is most
common today ? - Correct Answer-Cutting - due to phylloxera risk
4. / Describe cutting principle - Correct Answer-A section of vine shoot that is
planted and grows as a new plant
Mainly in commercial nurseries
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, WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST / WSET LEVEL 3 WINES EXAM
PREPARATION
4. / What other term can be used instead of variety for a grape ? - Correct Answer-
Cultivar
4 / describe layering principle - Correct Answer-Takes place in vineyard
A cane is bend down and a section of it is buried in the ground, cane tip points
upwards, buried section take roots, once roots established cane linking is cut
4. / What is clonal selection ? - Correct Answer-Selection of vine that show a
particular set of unique characteristics following mutations
4. / One famous example of clones that generated new grape variety ? - Correct
Answer-Pinot blanc and pinot gris are both mutations ( and therefore clones) of
pinot noir
4. / How are new vine varieties created ? - Correct Answer-1. Waiting for a
random mutation to occur
2. Cross fertilisation
4. / Describe principles of creating a new varieties by cross fertilisation - Correct
Answer-- pollen from male part of flowers transferred to female part of the flower
of another vine = fertilisation
- pollinated flower develops into a grape with seeds
- seeds are planted and grows
3|Page
, WSET LEVEL 3 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST / WSET LEVEL 3 WINES EXAM
PREPARATION
4. / What are the 2 main approach in creating a new variety ? - Correct Answer-
Cross pollination :
Crossing - 2 parents from same species ( vitis vinifera mainly)
Hybrids - 2 parents from different species
4. / 2 famous examples of crossings ? - Correct Answer-Muller thurgau = riesling x
madeleine royale
Pinotage = pinot noir x cinsault
4. / Why are hybrids and american vine crossing important ? - Correct Answer-
Used as rootstock
4. / Is muller thurgau the result of hybrid, crossing or clonal selection ? - Correct
Answer-Crossing ( between 2 vitis vinifera)
4. / Is pinot blanc the result of hybrid, crossing or clonal selection ? - Correct
Answer-Clonal selection - mutation from pinot noir.
Same for pinot gris.
4. / Name 2 most important species of vine - Correct Answer-Vitis vinifera -
eurasian
American vines
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