WSET Diploma D1 Exercises (Specific Options for White Winemaking)

On this page, you will review the content of each chapter of the WSET texts through practice questions designed in accordance with the WSET exam format.

In this chapter, we will study “Specific Options for White Winemaking” and “Specific Options for Producing
Wines with Residual Sugar”

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Question 1

Part 1

Describe the skin contact process and identify which wine benefit the most.

10 points

Part 2

Explane what hyperoxydation is and its advantages and disadvantages.

10 points

Part 3

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of following clarification method.

a) Sedimentation

b) Flotation

c) Centrifugation

d) Clarifying agent

10 points

Part 4

Comment on premium Chardonnay wine in terms of the following:

a) Pressing

b) Fermentation temperature

c) Fermentation vessels

d) Lees stirring

10 points

Question 2

Part 1

Describe the following producing method of sweet wine.

10 points

a) Drying grapes on the vine

b) Drying grapes off the vine

c) Noble rot

d) Freezing grapes on the vine

e) Stopping fermentation

f) Blending in sweeting component