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WSET LEVEL 2|LATEST
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Question 1: Both Tank and Bottled-Fermented Sparkling
Wines start with what?
CORRECT ANSWER: Still Base Wine, usually light in
alcohol, and processes add approximately 1-2% abv–
Question 2: What is Tank Method?
CORRECT ANSWER: part of fermentation takes place in
sealed tank, which prevents any carbon dioxide gas from escaping
Question 3: True or False: The base wine could be partially fermented must, where the last part of the fermentation takes place in a sealed tank
CORRECT ANSWER: True
Question 4: What is Prosecco?
CORRECT ANSWER: A sparkling wine from NE Italy,
and it's usually made using the tank method
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Question 5: What grape variety is used for Prosecco?
CORRECT ANSWER: The Glera grape, which gives a
medium body, dry or off dry sparkling wine with stone fruit flavor
Question 6: What does Spumante mean?
CORRECT ANSWER: fully sparkling wine
Question 7: What does frizzante mean?
CORRECT ANSWER: lightly sparkling wine
Question 8: What is Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG?
CORRECT ANSWER: a premier sparkling wine from
NE Italy
Question 9: What is Asti DOCG?
CORRECT ANSWER: a sweet fruity light bodied
sparkling wine from Piedmont, and it's made from Muscat
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Flavors: peach, grape, rose
Question 10: What is Sekt?
CORRECT ANSWER: German word for sparkling wine,
both made in Germany and Austria
Question 11: What are characteristics of Sekt?
CORRECT ANSWER: Most are simple, inexpensive
tank-method wine Medium/Dry, light in body, floral and fruity Generally uses cheap base wines sourced from anywhere in the EU
Question 12: What is the main quality advantage of
Bottled Fermentation?
CORRECT ANSWER: Through extended contact with
dead yeast, the wines can gain bready, biscuity flavors
Question 13: What is a base wine?
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CORRECT ANSWER: A still wine that is blended with
sugar and yeast and then bottled, sealed and stored.
Question 14: What is second fermentation?
CORRECT ANSWER: Takes place, in which the wine
increases slightly in alcohol, and CO2, which cannot escape from the sealed bottle, becomes dissolved in the wine.
Question 15: What is yeast autolysis?
CORRECT ANSWER: Most important part of bottle
fermentation. The yeast self digest, release flavours into the wine. Flavours are described as autolytic.
Question 16: What is disgorge?
CORRECT ANSWER: The process of removing the
yeast sediments after fermentation and aging in bottle.