LVL 2 Wine Sample Questions & Tips

You will have an hour to answer 50 questions in multiple choice format. you can also download the LVL 2 Wine Systematic Approach to Tasting (SAT).
 
Below you will find a sample of questions similar to what you'll find on the LVL2 Wine exam. WEI students have access to many questions with grading and scoring in their student portal.

Which two go together?
  • Austria & Gruner Veltliner
  • Provence & Pinot Noir
  • Sancerre & Chardonnay
  • Burgundy & Chenin Blanc
To increase tannin in wine you can
  • Add press wine to the free-run wine
  • reduce the number of punch downs
  • use egg whites
  • mature the wine in stainless steel
The most widely grown white varietal in Hawke's Bay is
  • Savignon Blanc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Gris
  • Chardonnay
  • No whites are grown here
Which is true?
  • Rose wines are usually fermented at lower temperatures than red wines.
  • White wines are only made from white grapes
  • Red wines are usually pressed before fermentation
  • Rose wines tend to have more tannins that red wines.
Gyropalettes are used in the production of
  • Vodka
  • Cava
  • Brandy
  • Port
Creamy texture in a white wine can be enhanced by
  • Long cold fermentation
  • repeated pump-over
  • allowing flor to develop
  • lees ageing
Muscadet is known for being
  • sweet and fortified
  • dry and fortified
  • dry and unoaked
  • oaky and deeply colored
Montrachet is in
  • Burgundy
  • Bordeaux
  • Chianti
  • Champagne
Methode Cap Classique is traditional method sparkling from
  • Spain
  • Hungary
  • South Africa
  • Australia
  • Germany
Chateaunef-du-Pape is in the
  • Rhone Valley
  • Hunter Valley
  • Loire Valley
  • Uco Valley
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