Somm.Site
Free courses, regional guides, quizzes, and short videos that build real wine knowledge, from your first glass to your next exam.
- Courses
- Regional guides
- Quizzes
- Videos
About Somm.Site
Somm.Site is a free wine education platform built by Derek Engles, an Advanced Sommelier with more than two decades in luxury hospitality. Courses, quizzes, articles, and videos for curious enthusiasts, hospitality professionals, and aspiring sommeliers. No paywall. No membership.

The story
Twenty years on restaurant floors gave me a deep well of wine knowledge, much of it gathered from places that are hard to find: dense textbooks, old maps, and years of my own notes and flashcards.
When it came time to share it, I wanted it done right. So I taught myself the technology to build and deliver it exactly the way I pictured: fast, clean, and easy to use on any device.
Somm.Site is the result: a free resource for curious beginners and working professionals alike. Every course, article, and video is written and produced to be easy to digest, so you can learn the grapes, regions, and history behind the bottle at your own pace.
The process
Every lesson begins with hours of research into the regions, grapes, and history that matter at the table. I map each one out by hand, then deliver it on a fast, modern platform that works as well on your phone as it does at your desk.


The ecosystem
Somm.Site teaches how wine works. Somm.Tips helps you use that knowledge every time you order, pour, or pair.
Free courses, regional guides, quizzes, and short videos that build real wine knowledge, from your first glass to your next exam.
Map your palate and get pairing guidance built on wine styles, not bottles you can’t find. It turns what you learn here into confident choices at the table.
Somm.Site and Somm.Tips are part of Informative Media, a hospitality education and technology company.
Work with me
Wine brands that want to reach an engaged audience of learners. Hospitality groups that want to raise their team’s knowledge. Organizations that want quality education in front of the industry’s next leaders. I’d like to hear from you.