Build Your Own Wine Data — For Free
The bottles change. The lists rotate. And even your sharpest tasting notes eventually fade into the fog.
But what if your wine knowledge didn’t have to?
For every sommelier, WSET student, or wine buyer navigating an industry built on recall — here’s the shift: Don’t just study. Start building.
Not a cellar. Not a resumé. But your own wine data — powered by tools you already have, and guided by the way you learn.
Why This Matters
Every floor shift resets the knowledge. Every exam season starts from scratch. Every restaurant change wipes the slate.
Your team forgets. Your notes get lost. You move cities, and you’re back at zero.
But your personal wine You Don’t Need a Better Memory. You Need a Better System.
Data? That follows you. And if built right, it grows with you.
Think of it as your digital sommelier brain — portable, private, and personalized.
What Even Is Wine Data?
Wine data is not just a spreadsheet of SKUs. It’s your archive of mastery.
Tasting notes, built your way
Flashcards, custom to your exam level
Grids and drills for blind tasting
Wine labels, pairing notes, go-to descriptors
Staff training decks, quiz questions, wine list blurbs
Service notes, cellar histories, by-the-glass evolution logs
This is the difference between remembering and retaining. Between prepping and preparing.
Who Should Build This?
If wine is your world — this is your tool.
CMS and WSET students (any level)
Sommeliers, from floor to corporate
Hospitality buyers + beverage directors
Wine educators, importers, creatives
Even if you’re early in your journey, starting this now is like planting a vineyard. Slow to start, but a lifetime of yield.
What You Need (And It’s All Free)
Only two tools. No budget needed.
ChatGPT — for generating study prompts, quizzes, tasting notes
Notion — to organize it all in a searchable, scalable, beautiful space
These tools are your pen and paper. But smarter. And always with you.
How to Use ChatGPT Like a Wine Pro
Start here:
“Create WSET Level 3 flashcards on Bordeaux.”
“Write a CMS-style tasting note for Mosel Riesling.”
“Make a blind tasting quiz on Italian white wines.”
“List 10 differences between Loire and Alsace white wine styles.”
“Simulate a Level 2 WSET multiple-choice exam on Spanish wines.”
This is not about cheating — it's about clarity. Let AI build the frame, so you can do the thinking.
Pro tip: Save your best prompts. Reuse them. Build variations. It's your curriculum now.
Build in Notion Like a Sommelier
Here’s how to turn chaos into clarity:
Sort by grape, region, or exam level
Create a dashboard with toggles: study mode, exam mode, list building
Track blind tasting hits/misses with emoji scorecards
Upload label pics, write pairing notes, log guest reactions
Embed AI-generated flashcards and quizzes for reuse
Share your system with staff or study group — or keep it just for you
Set it up once, update it as you go. This is your living document of wine.
Real Life, Real Fast
Starting a new job? Share your system with the new team and skip the ramp-up.
🎓 Studying for WSET or CMS? Build custom sections for Diploma units or CMS tasting criteria.
📋 Training a new hire? Duplicate your blind tasting drills and staff notes.
🧾 Building a list? Search your own pairings and past pours to write wine blurbs that hit.
Want Wine-Specific AI?
ChatGPT is smart. But SOMM DIGI AI is wine smart — built for the paths you walk.
CMS + WSET trained prompts
Flashcard and tasting generators
Label recognition + food pairing tools
Personalized study workflows and cellar log templates
Built by sommeliers, for sommeliers. No fluff, no ego, just tools.
Final Pour
This isn’t about working harder. It’s about working wiser.
Tasting fades. Study notes scatter. Memory gets tired.
But your wine data — when built with heart and a little tech — can stay sharp, stay yours, and scale as big as your dreams.
Build your own wine brain. Organize your chaos. And make your knowledge last longer than the vintage.
