Tagged: Wine Tasting
All Sommo journal pieces filed under Wine Tasting.
How to Start a Wine Study Group That Keeps Meeting
Give a wine study group a purpose, fair costs and a next meeting. Copy a six-session starter plan and …
How to Make a Useful Tasting Plan for a Wine Fair
Build a wine-fair route around one learning goal. A pocket tasting sheet and a fictional half-day plan help …
A Simple Wine-Blending Exercise Using Two Finished Wines
Compare two finished wines at five measured ratios. Use a checked volume worksheet, coded samples and separate …
Can You Taste the Difference? A Wine Triangle Test at Home
Set up a coded wine triangle test with two matching samples and one different sample. Use an original response …
How to Plan a Vertical Wine Tasting That Teaches You Something
Plan a same-wine tasting across vintages with exact bottle checks, a Ridge example, preparation choices and a …
Wine Aroma Kits or DIY References: How to Practise Your Nose
Choose familiar food references or a labelled wine aroma kit, then use a two-session worksheet to separate …
Corked vs Oxidised Wine: How to Tell the Difference
Musty cardboard or faded, bruised fruit? Learn the different signs of cork taint and oxidation, how to check a …
Best Wine Club Apps in 2026: 4 Tools for Friends Who Taste
Four wine club apps compared for events, blind tastings, group history and personal journals, with an honest …
Best Blind Wine Tasting Apps in 2026: 4 Formats Compared
Four blind wine tasting apps compared for private ratings, guessing games, wine clubs and solo practice, with …
Best Wine Apps for Friends in 2026: 4 Ways to Taste Together
Four wine apps compared for private tasting groups, public ratings, expert feeds and club nights, with a clear …
8 Best Wine Tasting Books in 2026
Eight wine books that improve tasting rather than decorate a shelf, from a first structured note to maps, …
Wine Legs: What Those Streaks on the Glass Actually Mean
What wine legs really tell you about a wine, the science of tears on the glass, and why thick legs signal …
How to Write Wine Tasting Notes: A Method That Actually Sticks
How to write wine tasting notes you will actually reuse: a simple 4-line method, how the WSET SAT formalises …
Wine Flights Explained: How to Get More from Every Tasting
What a wine flight is, why tasting wines side by side teaches your palate faster than anything else, and how …
Wine Tasting Notes Explained: How to Write Yours Like a Sommelier
Tasting notes are a tool, not a performance. This guide shows you the SAT framework, the vocabulary that …
How to Taste Wine Like a Sommelier: 5 Steps
The 5 steps sommeliers run on every glass: see, swirl, sniff, sip, savor. Plus the professional tasting grid, …
How to Rate a Wine Tasting Flight in Minutes with AI
Sommo's Wine Tasting Mode scans a flight card, quick-rates every wine, captures notes, and delivers AI palate …
How to Build a Wine Palate: A Progression Guide from Beginner to Confident Taster
Build your wine palate with a clear progression from beginner to confident taster. Habits, exercises, and …
The 5 S's of Wine Tasting: See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip, Savour
The 5 S's of wine tasting, See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip, Savour, is the exact method used by sommeliers and WSET …
How to Host a Wine Tasting Party at Home
Skip the boring wine night. Here's everything you need to throw a wine tasting party that's fun, educational, …
Wine Faults: How to Tell If Your Bottle Has Gone Bad
Learn to identify the five most common wine faults including cork taint, oxidation, and heat damage. Know when …
How to Taste Wine Like a Sommelier: The 5S Method
Learn to taste wine like a sommelier in 60 seconds. The 5S method (See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip, Savor) is the …
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