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The Ultimate Guide to The Digital Wine Universe

By Food & Wine Updated June 16, 2016
Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by our editorial team. If you make a purchase using the links included, we may earn commission.
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F&W's Ray Isle offers his hyper-curated list of the best apps, blogs, sites and feeds.
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Top Apps: Winery Passport

Digital Wine Guide: Winery Passport
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Interactive maps allow you to search for wineries near your location; your "passport” is a personal log of every winery you've visited.

Good for: Travel tips

Relevant stat: 5,000+ wineries to visit

  • Oregon Wines

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Top Apps: Delectable

Digital Wine Guide: Delectable
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This triple-purpose app combines community photo sharing of bottles, personal wine ratings and ways to buy the rated wines.

Good for: Social networking

Relevant stat: 40,000 wines for purchase

  • F&W Wine Club Collector Wines

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Top Apps: Local Wine Events

Digital Wine Guide: Local Wine Events
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This app offers constantly updated listings of wine events in every major American city (and many smaller ones).

Good for: Event listings

Relevant stat: 4,500 events per month

  • California Wine

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Top Apps: Cellar Tracker

Digital Wine Guide: Cellar Tracker
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A cellar-tracking app that's also a massive and often extremely helpful user-generated collection of wine reviews.

Good for: Community reviews

Relevant stat: 5,455,900 wine reviews

  • Wine Storage Solutions

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Top Apps: Approach Guides for Wine

Digital Wine Guide: Approach Guides for Wine
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A substantial collection of regional grape varieties, it's searchable by suggested pairings and wine styles.

Good for: Wine Lessons

Relevant stat: 500+ regions profiled

  • Wine List Choosing Tips

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Top Apps: Wine Ring

Digital Wine Guide: Wine Ring
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A complex algorithm plus a gang of wine experts help predict wines you'll like based on your past choices.

Good for: Wine suggestions

Relevant stat: 5 masters of wine and 5 master sommeliers

  • Artisanal Wines

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Top Apps: Wine-Searcher

Digital Wine Guide: Wine-Searcher
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The granddaddy of wine-searching apps (and still the best); enter a wine and a zip code, and it locates nearby stores that sell that bottle.

Good for: wine buying

Relevant stat: 54,800 wine stores

  • Smart Wine Splurges

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Best Ways To Shop: Online Buying

Digital Wine Guide: Wine.com
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Amazon.com
Amid all the books, shoes, digital music and flea collars, Amazon sells wine—a lot of it. Nearly 9,000 different bottles are on the site, shipped to 30 states plus the District of Columbia.

Wine.com
The largest online wine seller in the country shipped nearly 3 million bottles in the US in 2014. As of last year, it also ships for pickup at local FedEx offices, which helps prevent missed deliveries (as, for example, when no one over 21 is present to sign for the package).

  • Wines to Buy Direct

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Best Ways To Shop: On-Demand Delivery

Digital Wine Guide: Drizly
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Drizly
One of the most comprehensive apps in the rapidly expanding alcohol-delivery world, Drizly coordinates with local stores in 18 cities, bringing wine (or beer and liquor) to your home in less than an hour.

Thirstie
Similar to Drizly, and currently operating in almost the same number of cities, this app also recently added The Craft, a platform offering wine-pairing advice, news, cocktail recipes and more.

  • 5 Ways to Package Wine

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Podcast: "I'll Drink To That"

Digital Wine Guide: Levi Dalton
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Levi Dalton talks to winemakers, sommeliers and other wine-world denizens. He's currently on episode 298. illdrinktothatpod.com

  • Wine Pro Hangouts

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Up-and-Coming Blogs: Not Drinking Poison

Digital Wine Guide: Not Drinking Poision
Credit: © Bertrand Celce

"A time capsule wine bar and restaurant like Le Bougainville perfectly embodies the simultaneous joys and frustrations of living in present-day Paris."
—Aaron Ayscough, notdrinkingpoison.blogspot.com

  • Most Beautiful Wine Tasting Rooms

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Up-and-Coming Blogs: Wine Folly

Digital Wine Guide: Wine Folly
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"Rosé isn't made with a special grape; rosé is more like a state of mind." —Madeline Puckette, winefolly.com

  • Holiday Wine Pairings

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Up-and-Coming Blogs: Wine All The Time

Digital Wine Guide: Wine All The Time
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"Boutari Assyrtiko: tart but elegant. It's like that one time Courtney Love went to the Oscars." —Marissa A. Ross, wine-allthetime.com

  • World's Best Wine Tasting Experiences

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Global Blogs: California, U.S.A.

Digital Wine Guide: California Blog
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Elaine Chukan Brown's in-depth interviews with top California winemakers (and occasionally others from around the world) are intelligent, incisive and detailed. wakawakawinereviews.com

  • California Wine Guide

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Global Blogs: Washington, U.S.A.

Digital Wine Guide: Washington Blog
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For his Washington Wine Report, Sean P. Sullivan lets readers participate in virtual tastings, rounds up news about Northwest wine from media outlets everywhere and posts photographer Richard Duval's gorgeous shots of Washington state vineyards. wawinereport.com

  • Bargain Wines

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Global Blogs: Loire, France

Digital Wine Guide: Loire Blog
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Jim Budd's frequent estate profiles bring the Loire Valley to life. He's also a sharp commentator on the region's wine politics. jimsloire.blogspot.com

  • Top Loire Valley Wine Producers

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Global Blogs: Burgundy, France

Digital Wine Guide: Burgundy Blog
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Bill Nanson's free blog and regional guide (with a paid e-newsletter) explain Burgundy basics and profile both villages and producers. He writes frequently and intelligently about one of the world's most complex wine regions. burgundy-report.com

  • Rhone Style Wine Pairings

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Global Blogs: Italy

Digital Wine Guide: Italy Blog
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Alfonso Cevola's deep knowledge of Italian wine history informs every post he writes. acevola.blogspot.com

  • Italian Wine Pairings

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Global Blogs: Spain and Portugal

Digital Wine Guide: Spain and Portugal Blog
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Ryan and Gabriella Opaz focus on Iberian wines plus notable people and places. catavino.net

  • Beach Friendly Wines

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Wine Reviews Worth the Annual Fees

Digital Wine Guide: Vinous
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Vinous, $120
Antonio Galloni, formerly of the Wine Advocate, oversees a team of six respected regional critics. vinous.com

Jancis Robinson, $107
Reviews, regional reports and op-eds from the premier English wine writer and her team. jancisrobinson.com

Alice Fiering, $68
For natural-wine fans, Feiring's newsletter is a must-read both for its articulate advocacy and fiery polemics. alicefeiring.com

  • Age-Worthy Wines

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Best Instagram Feeds: @joseppituroca

Digital Wine Guide: Josep Pituroca
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The tasting life of the wine director of Spain's famed El Celler de Can Roca.

  • Gifts For Wine Lovers

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Best Instagram Feeds: @clarecarver

Digital Wine Guide: Clare Carver
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Great photos from the co-owner of Oregon's Big Table Farm.

  • Wine Experts to Follow on Twitter

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Best Instagram Feeds: @freshcutgardenhose

Digital Wine Guide: Fresh Cut Garden Hose
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Clever cartoons illustrate sommeliers' comments on wines they've tasted.

  • Thanksgiving Wine Pairings

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Best Instagram Feeds: @ShibaSommelier

Digital Wine Guide: Shiba Sommelier
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Pictures of wine bottles with a (very cute) Shiba named Suki alongside.

  • Party Wines

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    1 of 24 Top Apps: Winery Passport
    2 of 24 Top Apps: Delectable
    3 of 24 Top Apps: Local Wine Events
    4 of 24 Top Apps: Cellar Tracker
    5 of 24 Top Apps: Approach Guides for Wine
    6 of 24 Top Apps: Wine Ring
    7 of 24 Top Apps: Wine-Searcher
    8 of 24 Best Ways To Shop: Online Buying
    9 of 24 Best Ways To Shop: On-Demand Delivery
    10 of 24 Podcast: "I'll Drink To That"
    11 of 24 Up-and-Coming Blogs: Not Drinking Poison
    12 of 24 Up-and-Coming Blogs: Wine Folly
    13 of 24 Up-and-Coming Blogs: Wine All The Time
    14 of 24 Global Blogs: California, U.S.A.
    15 of 24 Global Blogs: Washington, U.S.A.
    16 of 24 Global Blogs: Loire, France
    17 of 24 Global Blogs: Burgundy, France
    18 of 24 Global Blogs: Italy
    19 of 24 Global Blogs: Spain and Portugal
    20 of 24 Wine Reviews Worth the Annual Fees
    21 of 24 Best Instagram Feeds: @joseppituroca
    22 of 24 Best Instagram Feeds: @clarecarver
    23 of 24 Best Instagram Feeds: @freshcutgardenhose
    24 of 24 Best Instagram Feeds: @ShibaSommelier

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