With a whole heap of wine apps available to download to your phone it’s never been easier to learn about what you like, buy at the best price or manage your collection. Here are 10 of the best apps for wine lovers that are useful to the novice, the collector, or the sommelier.
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Delectable
This leading app allows users to scan and read reviews with a global network of wine lovers and experts. With one of the biggest networks of engaged users, from sommeliers, to wine lovers and novices, it’s easy to post and share your own thoughts and opinions as well as browse labels and cellars for new exciting discoveries. Delectable also covers beers and spirits so there is something for everyone. It’s free too, so whether you’re a seasoned somm or a weekend tippler, you can up your wine game for free.
Vivino
Probably the most popular wine app on Android. It’s very easy to use and leverages a huge set of user-generated data to send personalised recommendations based on what you’ve liked in the past. The free version is enough for wine lovers to get started, while a premium downloadable version includes extra features for the connoisseur.
Decanter – Know Your Wine
This one is for the novices who want to dip their toes into the heady world of wine. The free version includes 10 learning modules to introduce you to everything you need to know to become a connoisseur. The premium version includes further learning modules so you can progress from novice to expert.
Hello Vino
Hello Vino is an app that specifically acst like your own personal sommelier, giving wine and food pairing recommendations. Based on your personal preferences, this app can match a meal or an occasion with a specific wine for the optimum wine and food experience.
Wine Searcher
This is a great price-comparison app that allows you to track wine labels’ price fluctuation over time and gives access to professional and user reviews from wine store users and collectors. Wine Searcher allows you to track the value of the bottles gathering dust in your cellar so you know when is the best time to sell or to snap up a particular vintage when the price is right.
CellarTracker
A free app that allows wine enthusiasts and collectors to keep track of their wine cellars. You can scan every bottle in your cellar with the barcode and access reviews and tasting notes by other users. This is a great app for the collector as well as for restaurants as it keeps track of bottles’ price fluctuations should you be thinking of selling any of your investment bottles.
Wine Events
Find the best wine fairs and tasting events when travelling with Wine Events, which also offers recommendations and food pairing ideas. If wine is a part of your travel experience, Wine Events will help you seek out and enjoy local and global wine happenings easily.
Wine Ring
An AI-driven app that learns about your personal tastes and preferences and can make recommendations or tell you about a bottle before you purchase.
Banquet
Banquet, created by the makers of Delectable, is an online marketplace that connects users, wine merchants and sellers. Buyers can search by price, grape, label or region and find out what’s on sale and where. Very useful for industry professionals as well as the collectors.
VinoCell
This app is an inventory tracker for serious collectors or sommeliers and helps manage extensive cellars. You can easily add labels by scanning the barcode and it presents a visual representation of the cellar’s stock. This takes the guess work out of managing an extensive collection and is one for the obsessive wine hoarder.
