When you buy a bottle of wine, you usually have both too much and too little information. Unless you know your stuff, you might find yourself scanning hundreds of bottles in search of a label whose font and color strike your fancy. In the age of the iPhone, there are apps for that.
Wine and lifestyle writer Jessica Yadegaran looks at a few new applications for oenophiles in the Contra Costa Times. "Sure, wine's great with cheese," she writes. "But it's better with technology."
Pair It, which matches wine with food (and vice versa), has been a longtime favorite for iPhone wine drinkers and has been recently released for Android. More interesting yet might be the forthcoming app from wine information/social-networking site Snooth.com, due out later this month. According to Yadegaran, it solves the what-do-I-do-with-this-label problem by packing in image recognition technology. Take a picture of the bottle using the Snooth app and it will give you background, reviews, and even pricing help for comparison shopping.
Sadly, the Snooth app won't be ready for tonight's Rosh Hashanah supper. However, there's still plenty of time before the Kiddush to find out what will go well with apples and honey.
Story via MercuryNews.com. Image/screenshot from PairItApp.com.
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