Sorry if this subject has been covered before. I searched but did not find an earlier thread.
Not long ago, and though I have dragged my feet mightily for a long time, I was finally introduced to the iPhone. After quickly mastering how to make a phone call, I started playing with it. I came across and installed an app from Vivino that allows you to take a picture of the wine label and it will then link to information about that particular wine on the Vivino site - price, reviews, etc. I can see myself using this app while I am browsing the wines in Costco or really any other physical wine store to fuel and justify my impulse wine purchases.
Are there other wine-related apps that you find useful?
I only use Cellartracker. Great for cellar management; looking up a wine while at a restaurant (remember those?); or in a store. CT links to winesearcher, so I use that whether than have the app itself – but depending on what you want the app for you should look at winesearcher as well. I dont find Vivino as reliable as CT.
While I agree that the user reviews on CT are far more useful than Vivino, I think Vivino has its place.
Often I am considering a wine that has no or very few reviews on CT but has many on Vivino.
I find in general if a wine was a Vivino rating of 4.0 or higher then I am more willing to give it a try.
However some the reviews are just garbage.