Wine Tasting Mode: Scan, Rate, and Get AI Insights for Every Flight

Scan a tasting flight card, quick-rate every wine with one tap, and get AI-powered palate insights and per-wine sommelier reviews. Built for speed at the tasting room.

Log an Entire Wine Tasting Flight in Minutes

At a tasting event, you do not have time to scan labels, write detailed notes, and compose tasting assessments for each wine. You need to capture your reaction in seconds and move on to the next glass.

Wine Tasting Mode is built for exactly this. Speed during the event, depth after.

Wine tasting quick-rate card showing one-tap rating, tasting notes, flavour tags, and cellar button

Scan the Flight Card with AI

Take a photo of the tasting menu or flight card. Sommo’s AI reads it and adds every wine to your session, including producer, region, grape varieties, and vintage. No label scanning, no typing, no squinting at bottles across the table.

You can also add wines by name if there is no card. Type “Chateau Margaux 2015” and AI fills in the details automatically.

Quick-Rate Every Wine in the Tasting

Swipe through your wines one at a time. For each wine, you get:

  • One-tap rating. Not For Me, Solid Choice, or Would Buy Again.
  • Tasting notes. A text field for quick impressions.
  • Flavour tags. Oaky, Tannic, Smooth, Bold, and eight more preset tags.
  • Favourite toggle. Mark the standouts.
  • Add to Cellar. Save a bottle to your wine cellar right from the card.

The whole interaction takes seconds per wine. Rate, note, tag, swipe, next.

For larger flights, toggle to the list view to see all wines at a glance and tap any wine to jump to its card.

Get AI-Powered Wine Tasting Insights

After you complete a session, Sommo’s AI analyses your ratings, notes, and tags automatically. No button to press. It starts as soon as you finish.

Tasting session detail showing AI palate insight and per-wine sommelier reviews

Personalised Palate Analysis

The AI identifies patterns across your rated wines and connects them to specific flavour profiles. It suggests new wines or regions to explore based on what you enjoyed and what you did not.

Per-Wine Sommelier Reviews

Every rated wine gets a one to two sentence sommelier review. The AI cross-references your tags against how the wine actually tastes:

  • Accurate tags get confirmed with evidence
  • Unlikely tags get a diplomatic correction
  • Contradictions get explained

The goal is to teach, not to agree. Every wine tasting becomes a micro-lesson.

Tasting Notes Flow Directly to Your Wine Journal

Completing a session creates a journal entry for every rated wine. Ratings, notes, and tasting dates all carry over. If you edit a wine later, the journal updates too.

Your tasted wines also appear on the interactive wine map as explored regions. No extra steps needed.

Edit Any Tasting and Regenerate AI Analysis

Changed your mind about a rating? Tap Taste on any completed session to re-enter the flow. The AI insight regenerates automatically with your updated data, so you always get fresh analysis.

Session metadata like venue, location, date, theme, and notes is editable too.

Built for Real Wine Tasting Scenarios

Wine Tasting Mode works for anyone who tastes multiple wines at once:

  • Winery visits with flights of six to twelve wines
  • Wine bar flights with three to five pours
  • Dinner parties where the host opens several bottles
  • WSET study sessions where structured tasting notes matter
  • Wine festivals with dozens of wines to try in limited time

See it in action

Download Sommo free and start your wine journey today.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I add wines to a tasting session?

Scan the flight card or tasting menu with your camera and Sommo's AI identifies every wine automatically. You can also type a wine name and AI will expand it with full details.

Do I have to rate every wine in the flight?

No. Only rated wines get journal entries and AI reviews. You can rate as many or as few as you like and complete the session at any time.

What happens when I complete a wine tasting session?

Sommo creates a journal entry for every rated wine, awards XP, marks wine regions as explored on your map, and auto-generates an AI insight with per-wine sommelier reviews.

Can I edit a wine tasting after completing it?

Yes. Open any completed session and tap Taste to re-enter the quick-rating flow. Changes sync to your journal entries automatically, and the AI insight regenerates with fresh data.

Is Wine Tasting Mode available on the free plan?

Wine Tasting Mode is a Premium feature. Free users can try Sommo's wine scanning, journal, and interactive wine map before upgrading.

How many wines can I add to a single tasting session?

There is no fixed limit. Users commonly log flights of 3 to 25 wines in a single session.

Your Next Glass
Deserves Context

Standing in a wine shop? Scan the shelf. Sitting at a restaurant? Scan the menu. Loved a bottle? Journal it. Every glass becomes a step forward in your wine journey.

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Sommo AI wine scanning in action