Have expert information at hand whenever you need help choosing the right wine: at a restaurant or retail shop, or in your own cellar. Wine lovers know that a year can make a world of difference. Now you can quickly select a reliable vintage with our free smartphone app. VintageChart+ provides Wine Spectator’s ratings of vintage quality in the world’s top wine regions, along with a guide to when the wines should be drinking at their best. Remove the guesswork and get the most out of what’s in your glass.
VintageChart+ gives you a simple, effective way to compare the relative quality of wines from different years. Quickly and easily navigate to the country and region of your choice and, where appropriate, select the grape variety. These charts—automatically updated on the iPhone app—are created and maintained by Wine Spectator’s highly experienced editors. Each year, they analyze vintage quality for more than 50 different regions and varietals, based on blind tastings of hundreds of wines in each category.
Deepen your understanding of wine with iPhone app extras such as the Map View, which gives you a geographic sense of place for where wines are produced, and WS360, a news feed that keeps you up-to-date on what’s going on in the world of wine. A Learn More section—available in both the iPhone version and the Web App for all smartphones—explains how vintage charts are created and used, along with a behind-the-scenes video of how Wine Spectator editors rate wines in blind tastings.
Not sure if it’s the ideal moment to open that special bottle you’ve been saving? Along with the scores that indicate general quality for each vintage, our editors, who have decades of experience evaluating these regions’ wines, provide “drinkability” recommendations—whether the wines are ready to enjoy now or should be held in the cellar to fully mature. Want to know more about the wines’ character? Tap the “i” icon to get a description of the growing season and its impact on the wines.
“Even for an insider, it’s great. I work in the wine industry and should always know my stuff. Sometimes even the best of us forget a vintage or two. This is my go-to cheat sheet app. Love it, and you will too!”
“Very handy! Helped me pick a winner at dinner the other day!”
“Excellent! The app is easy to use, accurate and helpful. I never have to drink another glass of wine that is not everything I expected!”
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