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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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Best White Wines from Italy Made Simple
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Best White Wines from Italy Made Simple

Discover the best white wines from Italy with a simple guide to choosing a bottle you'll love, stress-free.

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How to Pair Wine with Food
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How to Pair Wine with Food

Learn how to pair wine with food using a simple, anxiety-free method. Our guide helps you choose the right wine for any meal, no expertise needed.

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Best wine pairings for a Moroccan tagine with saffron and apricots using Sommy
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Best wine pairings for a Moroccan tagine with saffron and apricots using Sommy

Wine pairing tagine made easy: saffron-apricot tagine wine recommendations, restaurant and grocery picks, with Sommy AI wine assistant, tonight.

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Best Wine for Chocolate Fondue Parties
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Best Wine for Chocolate Fondue Parties

Best wine chocolate fondue pairings made easy, Ruby Port, sparkling rosé, or Moscato, plus restaurant wine tips and grocery store picks for parties.

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How to Store Wine at Home the Simple Way
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How to Store Wine at Home the Simple Way

Learn how to store wine at home with simple, practical tips. Keep your wine safe from its four biggest enemies—heat, light, vibration, and temperature swings.

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Best Wine for Roast Chicken Sundays with Herb Rubs and Veggies
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Best Wine for Roast Chicken Sundays with Herb Rubs and Veggies

Wine with roast chicken made easy, match herb rubs to crisp whites or light reds, with quick store and restaurant tips for a calm Sunday dinner.

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What is Tannin in Wine?
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What is Tannin in Wine?

Confused about what is tannin in wine? Learn what this simple texture feels like and how to confidently choose a red wine you will absolutely love.

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Best Wine for Brunch Crepes and Waffles with Fruit Compote
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Best Wine for Brunch Crepes and Waffles with Fruit Compote

Brunch wine pairing for crepes and waffles, wine recommendations (brut rosé, off-dry Riesling, Moscato), plus how to choose wine fast today.

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Finding a Good Red Wine Bottle Is Easy
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Finding a Good Red Wine Bottle Is Easy

Feeling lost in the wine aisle? This guide shows you how to find good red wine bottles that match your taste, giving you confidence in every choice.

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Caymus Cabernet Alternatives Worth Trying Next
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Caymus Cabernet Alternatives Worth Trying Next

Find Caymus Cabernet alternatives with rich fruit and smooth texture, plus simple wine tips for choosing Bonanza, Quilt, Daou, or Austin Hope.

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Cabernet Franc vs Cabernet Sauvignon: Which Fits You
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Cabernet Franc vs Cabernet Sauvignon: Which Fits You

Cabernet Franc vs Cabernet Sauvignon, compared simply: how each tastes, which is smoother, what to pay, and which one fits your palate tonight.

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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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AI Sommelier App: What It Does and How to Choose One
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AI Sommelier App: What It Does and How to Choose One

An AI sommelier app learns your taste and recommends wine for you, not the crowd. See what a good one does, how it beats a ratings app, and how to choose.

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Malbec vs Cabernet Sauvignon: Which Should You Pour?
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Malbec vs Cabernet Sauvignon: Which Should You Pour?

Malbec vs Cabernet Sauvignon compared: how they taste, tannins, price in USD, food pairings, and how to choose the right bottle for your palate.

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Riesling Food Pairing
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Riesling Food Pairing

Learn how Riesling food pairing works with simple rules for dry and sweet styles, plus everyday dish picks that take the guesswork out of wine choice.

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Wine Cellar App: Track Your Bottles, Drink Them Better
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Wine Cellar App: Track Your Bottles, Drink Them Better

A wine cellar app should do more than list what you own. Compare CellarTracker, InVintory, Vivino and Sommy, and know which to open tonight.

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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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