Wine certification
Practice tests for WSET
Three levels, one method: read the study material, answer questions until the gaps show up, then go back to what caught you out. Pick your level below — or start with a free sample of WSET-style questions.
WSET Level 1
The starting point: grape growing, winemaking, the main styles, and how to store and serve them.
- Questions
- 30
- Time
- 45 min
- Pass
- 70%
WSET Level 2
The workhorse qualification: grape varieties in their regions, how wine is made, and what the label is telling you.
- Questions
- 50
- Time
- 60 min
- Pass
- 55%
WSET Level 3
The serious one: not just what a wine is, but why it tastes, costs, and ages the way it does.
- Questions
- 50
- Time
- 120 min
- Pass
- 55% in every section
Which level should I take?
The wine levels are not formally sequential, so you can start where your knowledge actually sits rather than at the bottom. Level 1 assumes nothing and gets you to the point of making a confident recommendation. Level 2 is the one most people mean when they say "I'm doing my WSET" — it is the working qualification for hospitality and retail, and it is heavily weighted toward grape varieties and their regions. Level 3 changes the question from what to why, and adds written answers and blind tasting to the multiple choice.
Whichever you are sitting, the theory is the same body of knowledge at three depths: how grapes are grown, how wine is made, what the label means, and how the great regions differ. That is what our practice questions and study guides cover, and it is why one question bank serves all three levels — you simply need more of it, and in more detail, as you go up.
How to use this site to revise
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Read the study material
Long-form guides to the regions, the grapes, viticulture, and winemaking — with interactive maps of the appellations. Every guide opens with a free overview; the depth behind it comes with a subscription.
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Test yourself on it
WSET-style multiple-choice questions in the same format as the real papers, shuffled every session so you build breadth instead of memorising an order. Start with the free sample; practice quizzes of 10, 20 or 30 questions come with a subscription.
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Follow the misses back
Results show which questions caught you out. Go back to the guide that covers them, then quiz again. That loop is the whole method.
somepractice is an independent study resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. "WSET" is a trademark of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, used here only to describe the exams these materials help you prepare for. Exam formats are summarised from publicly available specifications — always check the current official specification before you sit.