WSET Level 2 France Quiz: 15 Free Practice Questions
Free WSET Level 2 France quiz: 15 questions on Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Loire, the Rhone, Alsace, and Champagne, with explanations on every answer.
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15 questions drawn at random from the 16 in Sommo's WSET Level 2 bank that cover the wine regions of France. Explanations on every answer. Free, no sign-up, unlimited retakes.
France carries more weight in Level 2 than any other country, and it is where the exam most often catches people out, because the labels name places rather than grapes. Knowing that Chablis is Chardonnay and Sancerre is Sauvignon Blanc is the difference between a comfortable pass and a scramble.
This quiz drills the French regions on the Level 2 specification: Bordeaux and its left and right banks, Burgundy from Chablis to Beaujolais, the Loire, the northern and southern Rhone, Alsace, and Champagne.
Common questions
Level 2 covers Bordeaux, Burgundy including Chablis and Beaujolais, the Loire Valley, the northern and southern Rhone, Alsace, and Champagne, plus a lighter treatment of the south of France. For each you are expected to know the principal grapes, the style, and the key appellations.
No. Level 2 asks for the significant ones and, more importantly, for what they taste like and what they are made from. An appellation you can name but cannot describe earns nothing; one you can describe will usually earn the mark even if the name slips.
Because French labels are geographic. A Californian bottle says Chardonnay on the front; a Meursault does not. Level 2 tests whether you can go from place to grape and back again, which is a second layer of recall the New World questions do not require.
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