On Online Wine Communities

If you're anything like us, you're addicted to Netflix. We spend hours on hours rating and re-rating our movies and tweaking our queue. We've often thought it'd be great if there was a similar type of site for wine, where we could keep notes, log bottles of wine we liked and review wines we tried. Turns out there are!

Here are some stats on the online wine clubs we've checked out:

BottleNotes - This site was the inspiration for this post, as we read something about how the site is the "Netflix of wine." The site bills itself as an online sommelier and adds a nice touch of letting you order your favorites right through the site (hence the Netflix tag), which the others we found don't let you do. You can shop by winery or type of wine, and there were a few bottles we found for under $20...we say check them out yourself and let us know what you think.

Cork'd - Cork'd lets you keep a wine journal, put together your own wine cellar, keep a shopping list and make a list of drinking buddies. This was one of our favorites, with a cool look and an easy interface, and it's a nice way to go if you 're not looking to do your actual shopping online.

Similar Sites:

Open Bottles - features consumer-created reviews on over 18,000 wines and 2,100 wineries. The site also offers "rich, easy-to-use tools to help wine lovers organize and manage their wine collections, tasting notes and reviews."

TastyDrop - "TastyDrop is a wine rating website for the self proclaimed wine aficionado, i.e. you and me. With, TastyDrop members can submit wine reviews, rate wines, compile an online wine cellar and share their cellar with friends."

WineLog - WineLog allows you to search for wines by name, variety, winery, region, or tag, and it also lets you add your own wines and tags to the database.

LogABottle.com - Lets you store as much or as little information as you want about the wines you drink, and most importantly your own grade and opinion of each. Share your bottle log and browse other user's logs if they've kept them public. Discuss wines and explore our wine guide. Find new bottles to try and save them to wish lists. You can even automatically watch for new bottles that meet criteria you specify.

Added Bonus: Read an article we found on solutions for community wine tasting note sites, in case you're thinking about starting your own.

Update: Other Sites to Check Out:
Cellar Tracker - Offers cellar tracking and valuation capabilities, as well as the ability to create wine lists, read community tasting notes and join forums. Thanks Josh!

August 22, 2006

On Online Wine Communities

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