The modern world is replete with not only numerous varieties of wine, but also a variety of wine applications for smartphones. How not to get lost in this wine-cybernetic world? DrinkTime has selected seven of the best and most useful wine apps.
1. Application Hello Vino will help you easily choose which dish goes with a particular wine or vice versa. Simple and easy to use, this application allows you to search for wines by region, taste, compatibility with different foods and price.
You can also take a picture of the bottle label with your smartphone. By uploading an image there, you can find out the ratings of this wine, tasting notes and tips on what to pair this drink with. In addition, using Hello Vino you can upload such pictures to Twitter and other social networks. This app can be downloaded for free for iPhone and Android.
2.Indian Wine List- the only application today that helps in choosing Indian wines. You can use it to search for wines by the grape varieties they are made from, wineries and prices. This app also provides recommendations for pairing Indian wines with foods. Also free for iPhone and Android.
3. Wine Ratings Guide- your personal sommelier. The app links you to a database of millions of wines and provides you with detailed information about the drink: general data, tasting notes, food pairing suggestions and prices. Cost is about $4 for iPhone and Android.
4. Application Wine Coach will be necessary for those who want to quickly fill their gaps in knowledge about wine. This app is from sommelier Laurie Foster, who educates Wine Coach users weekly, including through videos. The application provides information on varieties of grapes, correct pronunciation of wine names, issues of compatibility between wine and different dishes, and even talks about recipes for dishes that use wine.
5. Application Cor.kz provides information on more than one million wines. You can search for wines here by name, region of origin or grape variety. The application is even equipped with a special barcode scanner, which allows you to find out a lot about a particular wine: its ratings, tasting notes and other data. The app is available for iPhone for $4.
6. An application was created for true wine connoisseurs Wine Notes. True oenophiles believe that tasting should be accompanied by a record of their impressions. Wine Notes - essentially a wine journal on your smartphone - provides this opportunity. There you can save data such as the name, year of production, tasting notes and even a photo of the bottle you tried. The app is free for iPhone.
7. List, Ratings & Cellar is a good alternative to the aforementioned Wine Notes app and is free for Android users. The app also allows you to record your tasting experiences and other information and share your notes on Twitter and Facebook.
P.S. I have long dreamed of a similar thing numbered 3 and 7. All I have to do is get a smartphone.
And in order not to get up twice, I’ll ask, hopefully without starting a war. I need to choose a tablet: either Apple or Samsung Galaxy. My personal tasks: easily access the Internet (especially when traveling), watching videos, working with social networks (LJ and FB), the ability to take a photo and instantly post it on LJ or FB, temporary storage of pictures from the camera. Give reasoned advice or tell me where this topic is discussed in detail so that I can read and understand what suits me.
In the Irkutsk region this week, 58 people died from counterfeit alcohol. Take matters into your own hands.
This case of alcohol poisoning became one of the most widespread in the history of the country.
We encourage you to drink alcohol responsibly, and most importantly - check purchased products, even if you took it from a large store. There is everything you need for this.
Here are three iPhone apps that will check if store-bought alcohol is tainted.
Anti-Counterfeit Alco
Developer: Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market
Version: 1.3
Price: for free
Not everyone knows that Rosalkogolregulirovanie has released a special application to combat counterfeit alcohol. The program can determine the legality of the products being sold and will tell you whether a given outlet has the right to sell booze.
The app can be used to search for licensed liquor stores. 
If a violation of the law is detected, you can immediately report the fact to the federal service for regulating the alcohol market.
This application will allow you to check any alcoholic products in just one click. The alcohol scanner can scan EGAIS QR codes and excise stamps.
You will immediately receive information about the contents of the bottle. Counterfeit alcohol can be identified by the discrepancy between the information on the excise stamp and the contents of the bottle.
Another free service that connects directly to the FSRAR database (Rosalkogolregulirovanie) and checks the legality of the products sold using a QR code.
The author is actively developing the application; maps of cities with all points of sale of alcoholic beverages are already beginning to appear in the program.
Remember that according to Law 171-FZ, from July 1, 2016, the seller of alcoholic beverages is obliged to record the sale in the state EGAIS system and issue the buyer a receipt with a QR code and a link to the FSRAR verification site (until the equipment is updated, the seller can only issue a receipt with a link, without a QR code).
Do not hesitate to demand compliance with this standard and immediately check the purchased products. Do not neglect simple rules, because this can save your life, your family and friends.
The holidays are approaching, and you need to approach the choice of the most noble drink responsibly. As always, you can rely on your smartphone in this matter: Google Play offers several applications that can handle the difficult task of choosing the right wine!
#1: Vivino Wine Scanner
The application is very unusual in its innovation. The descriptive text says: “as long as you read the label, we will recognize the wine brand from the photograph.”
After which the program displays all the data, including the price, which is very convenient when you don’t want to overpay for ignorance.
The information base of wine developers is 2 million copies, and continues to grow - mainly, of course, due to moderate drinkers. The scanner even recognized a label photographed from the screen, so we assign the status of number one to the application on our list.
#2 WS - wine cellar
The application is very similar to the previous one, but with a number of exceptions: a slightly smaller database of wines (1 million labels), search only by word from the label: type, year and manufacturer, or name and region.
The main advantage of this application over others is the ability to work with an offline database. If in order to purchase wine you need to go down to a private cellar, Wine Secretary is what you need!
#3 Wine and food
The application is of a slightly different kind: the main goal of “Wine and Food” is to help in creating a harmonious menu: what goes best with truffles, what wine to serve with ice cream, what to serve with brut - all questions will be answered literally in an instant.
A wide catalog of dishes and a regularly updated wine database - everything a kitchen assistant should have is here.
#4 Eniw.info
If you are ready to solve culinary issues on your own, then the Eniw.info application - “Wine and more” - is always ready to help with alcoholic and purely alcoholic issues.
This is a large catalog of alcoholic drinks.
In addition to wine, with the help of Eniw.info you can select the desired variety of other strong drinks. Typical alcohol searches are limited to choosing between wine, whiskey, rum, tequila and vodka, but with this app, your foodie horizons will become much wider.
#5 Hello Vino
Hello Vino is an English-speaking cyber-sommelier with a large database and the ability to scan wine labels. In addition, the application contains tips on culinary compatibility.
The only drawback of this application (it can also be a plus) is its English language.
However, it won’t hurt to get key information, because the application interface is intuitive.
#6 Homemade wine
Unlike the previous one, this application is completely Russian. The tradition of making homemade wine has taken root well in our country - so much so that such applications are even appearing.
In essence, "Homemade Wine" is a collection of cooking recipes, a rare find! You can now make orange, watermelon, currant, rowan and even linden wine yourself, and you always know where to find a new amazing recipe.
#7 Alcoscanner: discounts on alcohol
Probably the most practical app on this list. The program does not scan anything using the camera, but the support service constantly scans Moscow and the Moscow region for discounts on different types of alcohol.
The results are constantly updated in your smartphone, which allows you to always be aware of the latest profitable discounts.
Convenient navigation, territorial division from 500 meters to the entire Moscow region, a huge number of information providers, and most importantly - real practical use. Unfortunately, for now it only works in the Moscow region.
This review was prepared with the support of Nokia, a manufacturer of modern smartphones running the Windows Phone operating system. We are confident that these apps will help you get the most out of your smartphones and bring new levels of comfort, entertainment and enjoyment to your mobile lifestyle. Among those who are active in the Windows Phone app review discussions from July to August (inclusive), We will choose one reader who will receive a Nokia Lumia 630 smartphone as a gift. We will announce the name of this lucky winner separately no later than September 10th.
Wine is one of the oldest alcoholic drinks known to man. The earliest known evidence of winemaking dates back to the sixth millennium BC. Gradually, the popularity of wine grew, new recipes, technologies, and grape varieties appeared. As a result, we have a huge number of different varieties and varieties of wines, which, moreover, can differ very much in taste from harvest to harvest, despite the exact repetition of all technological nuances. So the simple task of buying a bottle of good wine essentially turns into a lottery. You can be guided by a beautiful label, the shape of the bottle, the advice of a consultant, take it from old memory, use the help of a friend or even a children's rhyme. All options have a right to life, but there is still a fairly high probability that the purchased wine will not be to your taste. It would seem that there is no solution, but again the smartphone comes to our aid. Smartphone and thematic application Vivino Wine Scanner. What is this program and how can it ease the pain of choice?
Wine is one of the oldest alcoholic drinks known to man. The earliest known evidence of winemaking dates back to the sixth millennium BC. Gradually, the popularity of wine grew, new recipes, technologies, and grape varieties appeared. As a result, we have a huge number of different varieties and varieties of wines, which, moreover, can differ very much in taste from harvest to harvest, despite the exact repetition of all technological nuances. So a simple task - to buy a bottle of good wine - essentially turns into a lottery. You can be guided by a beautiful label, the shape of the bottle, the advice of a consultant, take it from old memory, use the help of a friend or even a children's rhyme. All options have a right to life, but there is still a fairly high probability that the purchased wine will not be to your taste. It would seem that there is no solution, but again the smartphone comes to our aid. Smartphone and thematic application Vivino Wine Scanner. What is this program and how can it ease the pain of choice?
But everything turns out to be simple and complicated at the same time. Because Vivino Wine Scanner is not just a program, but a client of a specialized social network. If Instagram specializes in photos, LinkedIn - in professions, Twitter - in brevity, then Vivino specializes in wine. But even though the main topic is wine, according to the tradition of social network clients, we are greeted with an event feed that is still empty. Well, let's dive into the wine-socialized world.
Click “Add a friend” and get a choice of three options: spam your friends with an offer to install the Vivino client, look for users of this program among your friends on social networks and contacts, or subscribe to the feeds of unfamiliar but famous network users.
By adding friends, we receive messages about the wines they have tried in our news feed. You can “like” them, comment on them, and add rated wines to your wish list - quite typical “social” functionality. But in reality this is just the tip of the iceberg. After all, this is only the first tab of the program.
Scrolling sideways in the interface reveals three more screens: my wines, recommendations, and “places nearby.” The first two are still empty, and when you switch to the third, a list of nearby stores and establishments is loaded (apparently from the system maps application) with a number that indicates how many different wines have been tried here by application users.
Having selected the retail establishment you like, you can view exactly which wines were purchased there and at what price. For ease of searching, wines are immediately sorted into tabs for red, white and others. There is also a tab with a map where you can see how to get to the selected store.
But let's return to our empty main screens. The placeholder picture in “my wines” transparently hints that you need to either click on the camera button in the upper right corner, which is present on almost all screens of the application, or search for wine in the Vivino database. The search is quite ordinary - you enter the part of the name you remember and look for a familiar label among the results. There is nothing complicated here.
The camera is also simplified as much as possible. There are no additional settings, just a shutter button and visual instructions on how to photograph the label correctly. Having taken a photo, we see the “magic” of the Vivino Wine Scanner. The image is uploaded to the Vivino server, where it is compared with the accumulated image database. If automatic recognition is successful, we immediately receive information about the wine. Despite the very high-quality recognition work, the developers left the opportunity to correct the vintage year or choose a different type of wine. If the automatic recognition fails to cope with the task, then the photograph of the wine is placed in a manual identification queue, where the result will be available in a period of time from ten minutes to an hour. But with a correctly photographed label, getting into this queue is almost impossible - thanks to the large database of wines (almost two million items), compiled by more than five million network users, the probability of finding not yet included in it the drink tends to zero.
For an identified wine, all available information is immediately displayed: full name, country of origin, average user rating, wine color, average price (in the currency of the country where the smartphone is located), user reviews, place of the wine in the summary ratings of the manufacturer, wine region, country and global. Also provided are reviews from friends on other wines from this winery (if any) and prices for this wine in nearby stores, an assessment of the winery, grape varieties used in the blend, gastronomic tips, average wine ratings for different vintages and rankings of ratings from users. Here you can immediately make your contribution to the general social network work - give the wine a rating on a five-point scale, write a review, indicate the place of purchase, the price and in what time period the wine retained its best taste (over time, the wine changes its taste for better, and for the worse).
Identified wines - regardless of whether we rated them or not - are stored on the “my wines” screen. While the list is small, it is relatively easy to navigate, and when it grows, you can use different sorting methods and an extensive list of filters. Actually, the latter are very convenient because they allow you to choose something you’ve tried for the table or see what wines are available in the nearest well-known store.
“My wines” also includes drinks that you saw on your friends’ feeds and added to your “wishlist” list in order to buy them later or slip the list to your friends before some holiday. Actually, for the last option, it is possible to post a message on related social networks with a link to your Vivino profile.
By rating wines, we not only contribute to filling out the database, but also give the program an idea of our tastes and preferences. Having collected reviews of at least three different drinks, Vivino Wine Scanner reveals all its hidden abilities to us - from that moment on, the application can give recommendations for purchasing other wines. The same principle is used that we use when asking our friend for advice on choosing a drink - if our tastes coincide, then the recommendations will be relevant. Only in the Vivino database there is data on the preferences of many more people than we have friends on social networks. Accordingly, the application focuses on the opinions of a larger group of people with similar tastes who have collectively tried many different wines. And the more we rate the wines, the more accurate advice Vivino Wine Scanner will give, gradually creating a portrait of taste preferences - red or white, dry or dessert, floral or spicy, tart or not.
For those who know a lot about wine and appreciate every minute spent with a glass of their favorite drink, Vivino Wine Scanner is a definite find and a must-have application. Those who want the ability to catalog the wines they have can purchase the "pro" version, which allows you to enter information about the wines stored in your wine cellar or secret stash. But this functionality is more likely for collectors, required by very few people, so its inclusion in the paid version does not in any way detract from the overall coolness and usefulness of the application.
Vivino Wine Scanner app is available in the store
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Wine on your smartphone: interesting wine apps
Smartphone is an integral part of our life. Work, entertainment, hobbies - everything fits literally in your hand. What can this universal assistant offer wine connoisseurs? A lot of things! You'll find apps that let you use your phone as a wine journal, replace a professional sommelier, include guides to restaurants and wineries around the world, and other useful features. But today we will try to collect the most unusual and interesting wine applications. Unfortunately, for many you will need knowledge of English.
Choosing wine
Vivino Wine Scanner- the description of this application says: “while you read the data on the label, we recognize the brand of wine from the photo.” The program gives you all the data, including the recommended price, which is very convenient when you don’t want to overpay for ignorance. The wine information database includes more than two million items and continues to grow. The scanner even recognized a label photographed from the screen. By the way, you can also find Lefkadia wines there.
Another useful app to choose from: Hello Vino - Wine Assistant. Just as a good manager needs an assistant, so a wine lover needs a master who will tell you which wine will be of the best quality. The app will help you create a list of recommendations based on your taste preferences.
For residents of capital cities, this application will become "Alcoscanner: discounts on alcohol". Probably the most practical application on our list. The program does not scan anything using the camera, but the support service constantly scans Moscow and St. Petersburg for discounts on different types of alcohol. The results are constantly updated on your smartphone, allowing you to always be aware of the latest great deals.
Tasting Basics
Application Wine Coach- necessary for those who want to quickly fill their gaps in knowledge about wine. It was developed by sommelier Laurie Foster, who educates users weekly, including through videos. The application provides information on varieties of grapes, correct pronunciation of wine names, compatibility issues between wine and different dishes, and even talks about recipes that use wine.
But during the tasting you can set Wine Notes. This application is for true wine connoisseurs. After all, true oenophiles know that tasting should be accompanied by a record of their impressions. Wine Notes is essentially a wine journal on your smartphone. There you can save data such as the name, year of production, tasting notes and even a photo of the bottle you tried.
Gastronomic couples
In fact, there are a great many apps for pairing wine with food and food with wine! One of the most famous - Pair It!- helps you choose the perfect combination. You choose dishes, and they advise you on wine. Or you choose the name of the wine, and they advise you which dish would be better. In the USA, the application is incredibly popular, because they will recommend wine not only for carpaccio or marbled beef, but even for pizza or a hamburger.
There is also a special application for Russian-speaking audiences "Wine and Food", ready to help in creating a harmonious menu: what goes best with truffles, what wine to serve with ice cream, what to serve with brut. Although we in the Lefkadia Valley made sure in advance that you do not torment yourself with doubts: on our website we immediately indicate recommended dishes for all our wines.
Alcohol - in moderation
To avoid drinking too much, the developers offer us several special applications. For example, BreathalEyes will determine the approximate level of alcohol in the blood by analyzing the movements of the eyeball. Application DrinkTracker you will have to provide all the parameters (height, weight, age), and it will tell you how much you need to drink in order to get home safely, at the same time it will plot the shortest route through Google Maps and provide a list of friends who live nearby. There is also a Russian application "iHangover". True, it will not talk about prevention, but about how to deal with the consequences of a fun evening.
Wine and entertainment
Of course, our list will not be complete without games! A quiz has been created for those who are confident in their knowledge. SWE Wine and Spirits Trivia Quiz with various wine questions. For lovers of wine and gadgets, we can also recommend a fun application - Wine Piano the Blue Sky. It is a kind of “piano”, where instead of keys there are glasses with white, red and rose wine. Enjoy the delicate and clear sounds when pressing each glass, create your own melodies and don't forget to look for inspiration with a real glass of wine.
