I built a free CMS deductive tasting practice tool and would love feedback
Hey y'all! I've been working on a free deductive tasting study tool while studying for the CMS Certified exam and wanted to share the beta here and get some feedback.
As I've been studying for the deductive tasting portion, I've had a hard time finding a consistent tasting group, and I realized there wasn't really a good way to practice the full process on my own.
So I started building an app to do that, tentatively called Somm AI (still workshopping the name). You fill out the tasting grid, get some AI coaching on what your observations might point toward, commit to a final call, upload a picture of the bottle, and then get a breakdown of what you got right, what you missed, and what you might want to focus on next.
I've actually been pretty surprised by how useful the deductive guidance has been so far, especially when I give it detailed tasting notes. It's obviously not a substitute for tasting with people who know what they're doing, but I've found it helpful for forcing me to actually work through my observations instead of jumping straight to a grape.
You can also choose how much help you want. Minimal mode mostly flags diagnostic clues without naming grapes or regions, while the full mode gives you a ranked set of possibilities, confidence levels, and what would change the call.
It's completely free while I'm testing it. I'd especially be interested in hearing whether the grid language lines up with how you were trained, whether the deductions are actually helpful or making questionable leaps, and anything that's missing, confusing, or just annoying to use.
It's definitely still a beta and I'm changing things pretty constantly, so criticism is very welcome.