Kyle over at BBCool spotted this niche market application called R-Vintage that I thought was worth mentioning. It is a free app from REGARD that is meant to help wine enthusiasts looks up a bottles rating. You can look up a vintage rating by country, region and varietal which helps narrow down the search. Not really my cup of tea since I will drink practically any decent red wine but I know a few people that would find this invaluable.
You can read more at this link or download the app OTA at this link.
From the description:
This free version provides static lookup back to the year 2000. In addition to numeric ratings, the user receives a Drink/Hold recommendation vintage by vintage. A premium version will be released soon to provide dynamic lookup and other must-have features for wine lovers.
- Significantly increase the odds of picking a better bottle
- Peek at your BlackBerry and surprise your friends with your insight
- Understanding the price difference from year to year
REGARD created R-Grapevine Vintage Lookup because "Life is too short to drink bad wine!"
via BlackBerryCool
Tom Not Registered
Posted: July 5, 2009 at 9:26 PM EST
Cellar Rat is another vintage app on Blackberry but uses emoticons instead of numbers. I have them both and use them both.
Steve Beauregard Not Registered
Posted: October 5, 2009 at 6:12 PM EST
REGARD has now launched a new version of R-Vintage Lookup v2.0. Now with new features that provide more information on the why a particular vintage is hot or not. Also, read and write comments and thumbs up or down to agree or disagree with the region experts. Free trial now available on BlackBerry App World.