WSET Level 2 Exam QUESTIONS AND

WSET Level 2 Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) If a wine is "off" it is referred to as ______ . - Correct Answers ✅out-of-condition The most common fault that can be discovered on the nose

is? - Correct Answers ✅Cork taint:

low levels - strips wine of fresh, friuty aromas high levels - adds pungent, unpleasant damp cardboard or musty smell to wine Wines that are slightly sweet are called? - Correct Answers ✅off-dry Tannin is present is grapes skins. High levels of tannins indicate what type of climate? - Correct Answers ✅warm/hot climate What is the body of the wine? - Correct Answers ✅"mouth- feel"; richness, weight or viscosity What characteristics indicate a good wine? - Correct Answers ✅well balanced, smooth, complexity, layers to wine What wine would match a rich heavyweight food? - Correct Answers ✅full-bodied wines. Preferably red wine, but full- bodied white can go well 1 / 4

WSET Level 2 Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) What does a wine need to match tomatoes, olive oil and vinegar? - Correct Answers ✅high acidity If you have a dry wine with a dessert what happens to the wine? - Correct Answers ✅it will seem tart and over-acidic What component in wine is a good match with protein? - Correct Answers ✅wines with high levels of tannin

In order to grow a vine needs:

a, b, c, d, e - Correct Answers ✅a. Carbon dioxide (CO2)

• Sunlight
• Water
• Warmth
• Nutrients

What affects the style and quality of wine each year? - Correct Answers ✅Climate; weather conditions vary from year to year What are four vineyard activies? - Correct Answers ✅1.careful pruning

• controlling the number of bunches of grapes on each vine 2 / 4

WSET Level 2 Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025)

• pest control
• careful positioning of leaves to increase or decrease

temperature of grape bunches, or their degree of exposure to sunlight Lower yields result in ________ grapes - Correct Answers ✅riper; with more concentrated flavors What are two pests in the vineyard? - Correct Answers ✅Animal pests (birds & insects) Fungal diseases (long-term diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, or viruses When does harvesting occur? - Correct Answers ✅once the grapes have ripened. End of September or end of August if it's a good summer White wines and red wines are both crushed but what extra step happens to white wines after they have been crushed? - Correct Answers ✅they are pressed to separate juice from skins What temperature does white wine get fermented at? -

Correct Answers ✅12-22 Celsius (53.6-71.6 Fahrenheit):

preserves delicate fruit aromas 3 / 4

WSET Level 2 Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) What temperature does red wine get fermented at? - Correct Answers ✅20-32 Celsius (68-89.6 Fahrenheit) What vessels can wine mature in? - Correct Answers ✅barrels or large neutral wooden or stainless steel vats, concrete. Also takes place in bottle after bottling What vessels allow oxidation? - Correct Answers ✅new and old vats or barrels (oak) What vessels do not allow oxidation? - Correct Answers ✅bottles, cement, and stainless steel vats What does vintage mean? - Correct Answers ✅the year the grapes were harvested The European Union divides its wine into 2 categories that

are: - Correct Answers ✅a. wines with a geographical

location (GI)

• wines without

State traditional terms for Protected Denomination of Origin

(PDO) for each country:

• France
• Italy
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