Over 70% of internet users say they do not know anything about wine. To choose a good bottle, some choose to trust the rankings established by sommeliers, others prefer to turn to applications. With its 30 million users, Vivino offers to help you choose a good wine at a reasonable price even when you are a neophyte..
Vivino, the TripAdvisor of wine
Wine remains the favorite alcohol of many French people. In fact, almost one in two consumers declare that they cannot do without it. But choosing a good bottle of wine from a wine merchant or from a supermarket shelf is a particularly difficult exercise.
Medals, appellations and other selections are not always a guarantee of quality. The rankings set up by professionals are not all equal. The worst often rubs shoulders with the best. Fortunately, applications like Vivino allow you to see more clearly and have fun while doing good business..
The application brings together no less than 15 million references, making it one of the largest wine databases in the world today. Vivino deciphers the labels for us (vintage, terroirs, grape variety, aging time, etc.) and provides valuable advice on finding the best bottle according to your budget.
In addition to its technical information, Vivino also offers a recommendation system. Each member can give his opinion on a wine or consult the advice and notes given by other users. The application also aims to discover new grape varieties without the elitist side of some wine merchants..
Learn to use Vivino
This social network specialized in the wine sector brings together the largest oenophile community in the world. Vivino's success is mainly due to its ease of use. We spot an interesting bottle, we take our smartphone out of our pocket, we launch the application, we scan the label and that's it.
Vivino then takes care of displaying all the opinions and ratings on your smartphone by the other users who have already tasted this bottle. In addition to member comments, the application also offers a price comparator to find a reference at the best price (online dealers).
- Open the Google Play Store
- Download Vivino by clicking on this link
- Launch the application
- Click on the Profile icon
- Press the red camera-shaped button
- Place your smartphone in front of the wine label, taking care to respect the frame
- Click the shutter button
- Vivino will then offer you an overall rating and a multitude of opinions on the bottle.
- By clicking on the Show me button, the tool will present you with similar wines that you might like
For people totally lost, the tool offers different regularly updated rankings. Red , burgundy, sparkling, white and rosé wines, Vivino helps you find the right year for a wine according to its region or grape variety. It is worth noting that the application also provides the list of the most popular wines.
Among them are great Bordeaux wines, champagnes. That said, it's not just unaffordable bottles. If you search carefully, you will also discover Côtes du Rhône, Languedoc relatively inexpensive and offering an unbeatable value for money.
The basic rules for finding a good bottle of wine
Between vintages, appellations it is not always easy to navigate. When you know nothing about wine and want to have fun it is therefore advisable to respect some basic rules.
What does the bottle matter as long as we get drunk
First, we forget everything that doesn't look like a glass bottle. Cardboard packs, plastic containers that proliferate in the corners of supermarkets are intended for table wines and in no case for vintage wines.
Even if things tend to change, plastic bottles mostly contain ordinary wines, standardized when it is not spicy. Do not let yourself be trapped by the touting labels and the buzzing names. You may be disappointed.
Ignoring the price
You should never decide on the sole criterion of price. If it can be an important indicator, it should never be the only criterion to take into account. You must also pay attention to the vintage, the dish that will be served with this wine but also and above all to your own tastes.
As you most certainly know, weather conditions greatly affect the quality of wine. A rainy summer can alter the cuvées including the most prestigious. The vagaries of the weather slow down the ripening of the grapes and the development of polyphenols (at the origin of wine aromas).
Follow the advice of a specialist
Without any culture of wine, it is very difficult to improvise as a sommelier . Rather than taking a bottle at random, get help from a specialist. Apart from the Vivino application, the internet is full of sites that will help you find a good bottle according to your tastes and your budget.
If you are lucky enough to have a wine merchant downstairs, do not hesitate to visit him. The latter organizes special tasting days several times a year. It is always best to taste a wine before buying it. It avoids being disappointed.
