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Is This Wine Good? Two Questions, Not One
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Is This Wine Good? Two Questions, Not One

Is this wine good? Learn the quality checks that work, what a critic's points actually mean, and how to tell if a bottle suits your taste.

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What Wine Will I Like? A Better Way to Find Out
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What Wine Will I Like? A Better Way to Find Out

What wine will I like? A five-question quiz guesses once and forgets. A living taste profile and an instant Fit Check tell you before you buy.

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Wine Identifier App: What It Can and Can't Tell You
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Wine Identifier App: What It Can and Can't Tell You

A wine identifier app names the bottle and shows a crowd score. Here's how to go further and know if you'll actually like it first.

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Wine Pairing App: How to Pair Wine to Your Taste
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Wine Pairing App: How to Pair Wine to Your Taste

A wine pairing app suggests wine for your meal. Here's how the best ones pair to your taste, not a generic database, from a photo or recipe.

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What Is PalateDrift? How Sommy Tracks Your Evolving Wine Taste
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What Is PalateDrift? How Sommy Tracks Your Evolving Wine Taste

PalateDrift tracks how your wine taste preferences shift over 6 months. See your drift in body, tannins, acidity, oak, and sweetness. Unlocks after 10 ratings.

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What Do Your Wine Ratings Actually Say About You? Meet PourScore
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What Do Your Wine Ratings Actually Say About You? Meet PourScore

PourScore in Sommy reads your wine ratings and reveals your palate: body, tannins, acidity, oak, sweetness, and regional preferences. Unlocks after 5 ratings.

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Now Sommy Can Read Your Cookbook and Pick the Wine
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Now Sommy Can Read Your Cookbook and Pick the Wine

Sommy's new Recipe Scan reads any cookbook page and recommends the perfect wine. Three price tiers, instant pairing, no URL needed. Just point and tap.

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What Wine Goes With What You're Making Tonight? Just Share the Recipe.
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What Wine Goes With What You're Making Tonight? Just Share the Recipe.

Share any recipe URL and Sommy picks the wine. Get a personalized pairing with three price-tier options for whatever you're cooking tonight.

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How to Read a Restaurant Wine List in 5 Minutes Using Sommy
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How to Read a Restaurant Wine List in 5 Minutes Using Sommy

The server drops a thick wine list on the table, everyone looks at you, and your heart rate jumps. Sound familiar?

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How to Find The Best Wines for Thanksgiving
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How to Find The Best Wines for Thanksgiving

This guide walks through friendly, easy-to-find wines, how to match them with turkey, classic sides, and pie.

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Simple Tips For Selecting Wine At A Restaurant With Confidence
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Simple Tips For Selecting Wine At A Restaurant With Confidence

How to read a restaurant wine list without feeling overwhelmed. Most wine lists follow a pattern. Let's make this easy.

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Cabernet Sauvignon Taste Guide for First-Time Buyers
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Cabernet Sauvignon Taste Guide for First-Time Buyers

Cabernet Sauvignon tastes dry, dark-fruited and firm, with blackcurrant, cedar and a drying grip. Here's how to pick a bottle you'll actually enjoy tonight.

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Gamay Wine Taste: A Guide for Light Red Fans
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Gamay Wine Taste: A Guide for Light Red Fans

Gamay tastes bright and tart, with fresh cherry, raspberry and almost no drying grip. Here is what it is, which Beaujolais to buy, and how cold to serve it.

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Pinot Noir Taste Guide for First-Time Buyers
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Pinot Noir Taste Guide for First-Time Buyers

Pinot Noir tastes of fresh cherry and raspberry with soft tannin and bright acidity. Here is what to expect, why it costs more, and how to pick a good one.

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Wines Like Apothic Red for Easy, Smooth Sipping
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Wines Like Apothic Red for Easy, Smooth Sipping

Like Apothic Red? Here are the smooth, ripe red blends and Malbecs closest to it, plus the shelf words that will find you this style in any store, anywhere.

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Wine Pairing with Mushrooms a Simple Guide
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Wine Pairing with Mushrooms a Simple Guide

Pinot Noir is the safest wine with mushrooms, but butter and cream change the answer. Pair by cooking method, not just mushroom type, and dinner gets easy.

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What Is Zinfandel Wine? Your Guide to Choosing
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What Is Zinfandel Wine? Your Guide to Choosing

Learn what a zinfandel wine is, how it tastes, and how to pick a bottle that fits your meal and budget.

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Wine Tannins Explained for Bitter-Red Haters
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Wine Tannins Explained for Bitter-Red Haters

Wine tannins, wine explained simply, plus how to choose wine that's smooth, with restaurant wine tips, grocery store wine picks, and quick fixes.

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What is full-bodied wine? A simple guide.
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What is full-bodied wine? A simple guide.

Unsure what is full-bodied wine? Learn how to spot it by feel, not theory, and confidently choose the right bottle at any store or restaurant.

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Best Wine For Baked Ziti With Red Sauce And Mozzarella
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Best Wine For Baked Ziti With Red Sauce And Mozzarella

Wine for baked ziti made easy, wine recommendations for Chianti, Barbera, or Montepulciano, plus how to choose wine on a wine list or store shelf.

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Best Wine with French Onion Soup
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Best Wine with French Onion Soup

Struggling to find the best wine with French onion soup? Here are 7 confident choices to cut through the richness and make your meal perfect.

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How To Tell If Wine Is Corked In 30 Seconds
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How To Tell If Wine Is Corked In 30 Seconds

Spot corked wine in 30 seconds: swirl, sniff for wet cardboard, sip to confirm, then know what to say for a replacement in restaurants.

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Find Good Rioja Wines Without the Guesswork
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Find Good Rioja Wines Without the Guesswork

Feeling overwhelmed by the wine aisle? This guide makes finding good Rioja wines simple by focusing on what you like, not what experts say you should.

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Prosecco Vs Cava Vs Champagne Differences You Can Taste
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Prosecco Vs Cava Vs Champagne Differences You Can Taste

Prosecco vs Cava vs Champagne, taste bubbles and toast fast, plus simple wine tips on how to choose wine and a quick wine pairing guide for menus or aisles.

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How to describe wine taste
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How to describe wine taste

Discover how to describe wine taste with simple words, spot familiar flavors, and confidently pick a wine you'll love.

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