Free Sommelier Exam Prep: Practice Tests & Study Guides
Free Court of Master Sommeliers practice exams, flashcards, study guides, and an interactive deductive tasting grid. 160 questions, no sign-up, unlimited retakes.
Sommelier exam prep has a strange gap in it. The Court of Master Sommeliers publishes a syllabus and a reading list, and everything else is either a paid exam lab or a PDF someone scanned in 2014. There is no free, interactive place to find out whether you actually know Chablis’ grand cru climats or the aging minimums for Rioja Gran Reserva.
So we built one. Every tool below is free, works in the browser, needs no account, and can be retaken as often as you like. The question banks are ours, written to test the same body of knowledge the exams test, and every answer comes with an explanation rather than a bare tick.
Two tiers are covered today. The Introductory tools assume you are starting out: broad recall across the classic regions, the principal grapes, the main spirits categories, and the fundamentals of service. The Certified tools assume you have passed Introductory and are now being asked for appellation law, classification detail, and the reasoning behind a style.
Already studying for WSET as well? The WSET study tools cover Levels 1 through 4 with the same engine, and the WSET vs CMS comparison lays out which route suits which career.
Pick your tool
Introductory practice exam
40 questions drawn from a bank of 75, in the style of the Introductory theory paper. Explanations on every answer.
Open → IntroductoryIntroductory study guide
The whole syllabus condensed into tables you can screenshot: regions, grapes, spirits, sake, service.
Open → IntroductoryIntroductory flashcards
45 cards on the recall you need cold, with a review queue for the ones you miss.
Open → CertifiedCertified practice exam
50 questions drawn from a bank of 85, at Certified difficulty. Appellation law, not grape trivia.
Open → CertifiedCertified study guide
Classifications, aging minimums, and permitted varieties, laid out the way the theory paper asks for them.
Open → CertifiedCertified flashcards
55 cards of law-and-detail recall, from Chablis grand cru climats to sake milling grades.
Open → TastingDeductive tasting grid
Work the CMS grid on screen, build a structured note from your calls, then print the blank version.
Open → ReadingIntroductory exam guide
Format, cost, what the two days look like, and how much prep is actually realistic.
Open → ReadingCertified exam guide
The three parts, how each is graded, why candidates fail, and a 12-week plan.
Open →Free on the web. Sharper in the app.
Sommo turns exam prep into daily practice: spaced repetition, adaptive sessions that hunt your weak areas, and a wrong-answer bank that never lets a gap slide.