https://sommo.app/tags/wine-tasting-etiquette/Recent content in Wine Tasting Etiquette on Sommo — AI Wine Scanner, WSET Prep & Wine Journal AppHugoen-USSommoSat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/wine-tasting-etiquette/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/wine-tasting-etiquette/<p>A winery visit is one of wine&rsquo;s great pleasures: the barrels, the views, the pours straight from the source. It also comes with a small etiquette code that nobody hands you at the gate. None of it is snobbery; almost all of it exists so that you, the host and the wine all have a better afternoon. Here is the code, decoded.</p> <h2 id="before-you-go">Before You Go</h2> <p><strong>Book ahead.</strong> The romantic image of wandering into a chateau unannounced mostly ends at a locked gate. Small estates are working farms; a reservation gets you a host with time for you, and at famous names it is often the only way in.</p>