WSET Level 1 | 1. What is Wine

Question 1

What is Wine?

Answer 1

Fermented Grape Juice

Question 2

Grapes are crushed for what reason?

Answer 2

Release their sweet juice

Question 3

What changes the sweet juice into wine?

Answer 3

Alcoholic Fermentation

Question 4

How many types of grapes are there?

Answer 4

Two

Question 5

What are the two principal types of grapes?

Answer 5

White & Black grapes

Question 6

What is the different between white and black grapes?

Answer 6

Black grapes have deeply colored skins contain tannins

Question 7

Do white grapes have tannins?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

What does tannin do on the palate?

Answer 8

Makes your mouth feel dry

Question 9

What are the parts of a grape?

Answer 9

Grape Skins and Pulp

Question 10

Does grape pulp have color?

Answer 10

Pulp color is the same regardless of skin color

Question 11

What does the pulp contain?

Answer 11

Grape juice

Question 12

What are the primary components of grape juice?

Answer 12

water, sugar and acid

Question 13

What is required for alcoholic fermentation?

Answer 13

Yeast

Question 14

What does yeast do?

Answer 14

Microscopic organisms consume sugar and convert to alcohol and carbon dioxide gas

Question 15

What happens to the alcohol and carbon dioxide?

Answer 15

Alcohol remains in the fermented juice and the carbon dioxide is released into the air in most cases

Question 16

how is alcohol measured in wine?

Answer 16

ABV (alcohol by volume)

Question 17

what does 10% ABV mean?

Answer 17

10% of the liquid is alcohol