The Court’s study documents

Six documents from the Court, to study beside the syllabus. Each one explained in plain words, with what it covers.

6documents
67sections

Service Standards

CMS Service Standards 24.1

The Court’s Service Standards in plain words: preparing for service, the standard sequence at the table, sparkling wine, decanting an old red, and storing and serving wine at the right temperature.

Introductory, Certified, Advanced and MS Diploma

Mise en Place
Standard Service Techniques
Sparkling Wine Service
White and Red Wine Service
Decanting — Old Red Wine Service
Screwcap and Cigar Service
Liqueurs, Spirits and Brandy Service
Storage and Serving Temperatures
and 1 more

Read the guide · 3 min

Business Calculations

CMS Business Calculations 24.6

Gross profit, cost price, glasses in a bottle and a budget for a dinner: the Court’s Business Calculations in plain words, with the worked examples that come with them.

Advanced and MS Diploma

Business Calculations — Basic Principles of Profit
Basic Principles of Profit — Worked Example
Sommelier Calculations
Questions
Business Scenario 1
Business Scenario 2

Read the guide · 4 min

Classic Grape Markers

CMS Classic Grape Markers 25.2 (by Tim Gaiser MS)

The markers that point to each classic grape in a blind tasting, region by region, and how to practise them.

Advanced and MS Diploma

Grapes Included
Blind Tasting
Cabernet Sauvignon
Pinot Noir
Merlot
Cabernet Franc
Gamay
Carménère
and 25 more

Read the guide · 2 min

Deductive Tasting Workbook

CMS Deductive Tasting Workbook 24.2

The Court’s tasting grid in order, from the first look at the glass to the final conclusion, as the Deductive Tasting Workbook sets it out.

Court of Master Sommeliers — Deductive Tasting Grid
Court of Master Sommeliers — Aroma/Flavour Descriptors
Example — Logical Progression of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Aromas/Flavours in Three Wines
Tasting Worksheet Template

Read the guide · 3 min

Food and Wine Matching

CMS Food and Wine Matching

The principles behind matching food and wine: the three keys, the structure of a match, how to set one up, and the quick rules worth learning by heart.

General Thoughts
Key Overall Components
Structure of Wine and Food
Texture
Flavours
3 Important Keys to Food Pairing
Setting Up a Match
Designing a Wine Flight
and 3 more

Read the guide · 3 min

Study Tips

CMS Study Tips

Study habits, tasting, theory and practical service: the Court’s own advice to its candidates, in one place.

General Study Tips
Tasting
Theory
Practical

Read the guide · 3 min

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