Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) Practice Exam 2026 - Free CSW Exam Practice Questions and Study Guide

In Champagne, the village where grapes come from is ranked into three levels: Grand Cru, Premier Cru, and Village. Grand Cru designates the highest quality villages, known for the finest terroir and fruit; Premier Cru denotes excellent quality villages just below Grand Cru; and Village covers all other villages that don’t receive the higher designations. This three-tier system is used on labels to indicate the source quality of the grapes used in the wine. The other options aren’t correct because they either mix or omit one of these categories, or treat Cru as a standalone third category instead of recognizing Village as the basic level.