Wine Pairing Guides & AI Sommelier Tips

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Is This Wine Good? Two Questions, Not One

August 7, 2026

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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Features

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

July 31, 2026

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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Features

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

July 24, 2026

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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Features

Wine Pairing App: How to Pair Wine to Your Taste

July 23, 2026

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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Features

What Is PalateDrift? How Sommy Tracks Your Evolving Wine Taste

April 1, 2026

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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Features

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

April 1, 2026

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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Features

Now Sommy Can Read Your Cookbook and Pick the Wine

March 25, 2026

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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Features

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

March 24, 2026

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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Guides

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

November 28, 2025

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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Guides

How to Find The Best Wines for Thanksgiving

November 25, 2025

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

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Guides

Simple Tips For Selecting Wine At A Restaurant With Confidence

November 25, 2025

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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Guides

Butternut Squash Ravioli Wine Pairing Made Easy

July 25, 2026

Butternut squash ravioli wine pairing, made easy: off-dry Riesling for brown butter and sage, light reds for mushrooms, dry Lambrusco for balsamic.

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Guides

When to Decant Wine, and When to Leave It Alone

July 24, 2026

When to decant wine and when to leave it alone: times by style, the bottles air ruins, and how to do it with a kitchen jug if you have no decanter.

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Opinion

ChatGPT Knows Wine. Sommy Knows Your Wine. Here's Why That Matters.

March 27, 2026

ChatGPT knows wine. Sommy knows your wine. Here's why that difference matters for your confidence at the table — and how Sommy builds it over time.

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Opinion

What the AI Sommelier Debate Gets Wrong, And the Much Bigger Opportunity It's Missing

March 25, 2026

Sommy isn't built to replace sommeliers. It's built for the majority of wine moments where there isn't one, the grocery aisle, the casual restaurant, Tuesday night at home.

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