From Curious Sipper
to Grand Sommelier
32 lessons on grapes, regions, winemaking, and food pairing. Free. Each lesson ends with a quiz and earns you XP.
XP and Progression
Every sip earns your next level
Nail every quiz question and you earn a star badge on that lesson. Perfect scores unlock bonus XP and mark your mastery on the roadmap.
+50 XP
Complete a tasting
Guided sight, smell and taste session
+25 XP
Perfect tasting score
6 out of 6 finds correct
+30 XP
Complete a lesson
Read and quiz completed
+15 XP
Perfect lesson score
Full marks earns a star badge
+10 XP
Daily streak
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Curious Sipper
0 XP · 100 XP to next level
Novice Taster
100 XP · 150 XP to next level
Wine Student
250 XP · 250 XP to next level
Cellar Apprentice
500 XP · 400 XP to next level
Junior Sommelier
900 XP · 500 XP to next level
Wine Scholar
1,400 XP · 600 XP to next level
Advanced Taster
2,000 XP · 750 XP to next level
Wine Expert
2,750 XP · 850 XP to next level
Master Taster
3,600 XP · 1400 XP to next level
Grand Sommelier
5,000 XP
Lesson Roadmap
A path through every subject
Lessons unlock as you progress. Each node on the roadmap shows where you stand: completed lessons are filled in, your current lesson pulses, and upcoming lessons wait behind a lock. Long-press any completed lesson to review your score or redo the quiz.
Intro to Wine
Reading a Label
Red Grapes
White Grapes
Wine Regions
Tasting Like a Pro
Redo any lesson, anytime
Long-press a completed lesson node to see your previous scores and retake the quiz. Perfect scores earn a star badge and bonus XP.
What the course covers
Everything a real wine lover knows
Grape Varieties
Cabernet to Riesling: understand the grape behind every bottle and why it matters.
Wine Regions
Bordeaux, Burgundy, Barossa, Barolo: the geography that shapes every sip.
Winemaking
From vine to bottle: how fermentation, oak, and time build flavour.
Wine Terms
Tannin, terroir, malolactic: the vocabulary every wine lover needs.
Fun Facts
Surprising science, history, and trivia that will impress at any dinner table.
Grab a bottle and start a tasting lesson
Scan any label and SomeWine walks you through a structured WSET-style tasting, sense by sense. You are not just drinking; you are training your palate to notice things you never noticed before. Available on Pro.
Sight
Tilt the glass. Observe the colour and depth at the rim. Is it pale straw or deep ruby? Watery or viscous?
Smell
Swirl for 5 seconds. Identify primary fruit, then secondary complexity: oak, earth, spice, floral.
Taste
Hold in the mouth. How long is the finish? Rate tannin, acidity, body, and sweetness on the SomeWine scale.
Tasting result
Chateau Margaux 2018
5/6
Very strong
Try it now
Test your wine knowledge
4 questions from real SomeWine lessons. See how you score.
What creates the bubbles in a glass of Champagne?
A taste of what you will learn
All lessonsTasting the WSET Way
Learn the systematic approach to tasting wine used by professionals worldwide.
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Acidity, Tannin & Sweetness
Understand the three structural pillars of wine and how they interact.
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Reading a Wine Label
Decode what a wine label tells you, and what it hides.
Read teaser
Wine & Food Pairing Basics
Learn the principles that make wine and food sing together.
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Terroir: What the Word Actually Means
It gets thrown around on wine lists and tasting notes, but terroir is one of those concepts that actually changes how you understand wine.
Read teaser
Temperature: The Rule Most People Ignore
Serving wine at the wrong temperature is one of the most common ways to waste a good bottle. The fix is simple.
Read teaser
Before you start
Questions, answered honestly
Is the wine course really free?
Yes. Every lesson, every quiz and all the XP and levels are free in the SomeWine app, with no credit card and no trial that quietly expires. Pro unlocks extras like guided tastings on bottles you scan, but the course itself is not behind it.
Do I get a certificate at the end?
No, and it is worth being straight about that. SomeWine is not an accredited body, so nothing here carries exam status. What you get instead is a level, badges for perfect scores, and the vocabulary to hold your own in a wine shop. If you want a formal certificate, look at WSET Level 1 or 2 — this course covers much of the same ground and is a good way to prepare for one.
Is this a WSET course?
It is not published, endorsed or approved by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. The syllabus deliberately covers the same territory as WSET Level 1 and 2 — grape varieties, regions, winemaking, and the systematic tasting method — so plenty of people use it to prepare before they pay for the real thing.
How long does the course take?
Each lesson runs about five minutes and ends in a short quiz, so most people work through it over a few weeks at a lesson or two a sitting. There is no clock and no deadline; you can redo any lesson to improve your score.
Do I need to know anything about wine to start?
Nothing at all. Lesson one starts at what wine actually is and unlocks from there. If you already know your Chablis from your Chianti you can move quickly through the early lessons.
What is the best app to learn about wine?
Most wine apps are built for rating and buying bottles. SomeWine is built for learning: a structured course, quizzes that check what stuck, guided tastings on real bottles you scan, and a journal that tracks how your palate changes over time.
Want the tasting method on paper? Print our free WSET-style tasting sheet.
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32 lessons. Quizzes after every lesson. XP and levels to track your progress. All free in the SomeWine app, launching soon on iOS.
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