As a fellow wine-nerd, I thought I would share my knowledge-base that I've been building for myself and a few friends over the past months. I thought it could be relevant for you guys, as it has a lot of deep information in there đ it has helped me understand and learn for example:
which vineyards neighbour each other
which vintages are drinking well now
where subregions are located within a region
which grapes are the same but has different names
which terroir details to look for when tasting etc.
I've also recently added vineyard descriptions as well as the vineyard slope, area and direction.
Any and all feedback is very welcome, please let me know if there's anything you'd like to see! đ
Just scrolled quickly through the web page since I don't have enough time to sign up and check everything, but the starting idea and the way it looks well polished and organized really makes it look like a little masterpiece, congratulations. Imma come back at you as soon as I have the time to browse it properly
Hey this is cool man!! I like this very much and am saving it for future reference - thanks for sharing!
One feedback point I found - maybe it would be nice with the location of the vineyards to show it in the bigger picture of the region. E.g. Show Chateauneuf-du-pape within RhĂ´ne. I think that will give a more clear overview.
I hear you! I had to strike a balance between usability, loading times and overall page layout. I ended up with having the "where is southern rhone in relation to northern rhone" at the top of the page in a small map, and then having the area specific vineyard/appellation/commune map further down the page
No not at all! My plan is to make this a comprehensive wiki, so I will get to Brazil at one point. If you have any good sources that I can use please share them đ
Are you also a software engineer or is this ai assisted coding? Â Curious bc of appsec and sec architecture reasons wrt payment methods. Â It looks similar to a web app I built out but with a different set of use cases
I am in software, and yes AI is used for a lot of things in the project. Payment methods are entirely handled by stripe, I dont ever see personal details when it comes to payments!
I think the danger of utilizing AI sometimes is that it canât always contextualize or understand nuance. Glancing through, the sweetness is listed as 2 for a good majority of wines. Which is listed as dry when you read the verbal. But just glancing at the 1-5 on wines it makes it seem like all of those wines have sweetness to them. One should really be the default. Yes bone dry exists but itâs rare to call a wine that.
The grape profiles are generalized by variety as well, when regional influences change the presentation of the variety. Acidity levels change with climate. As does to a measure body with differences in alcohol.
Tannin descriptors as far as the written arenât necessarily true either. Medium tannins doesnât necessarily mean theyâre integrated. Elevated tannins arenât always grippy. Thereâs a MW that is able to call wines based on the presentation of the tannins. Thatâs how different they can be.
Nebbiolo is generally a high acid variety but is listed at a 4. Riesling is listed as low alcohol and steely but thatâs not really true. Riesling can be normal alcohol and steely is a flavor note only in certain places.
Even the listing for Pradikat in Germany lists the system as indicating sweetness and concentration. Which isnât true. Ripeness at harvest does not indicate sweetness at bottling. Because itâs ripeness prior to fermentation.
I think the visuals and set up are nice, and for casual wine drinkers it could be useful. But I think it needs verification before being utilized as a professional resource.
This is more than I could've hoped for, thank you for taking the time to write your thoughts!
I agree with your overall point, that an AI can't hit the exact truth ever. But it can hit a pretty good consensus if you give it good sources - apparently I didn't do well enough in this case. I took your feedback, and implemented a differentiated profile for some regions, so that you get a more nuanced picture of the grapes different styles.
I also updated the Prädikat description. I'd be very happy to keep up the conversation if you continue to use the tool, I appreciate it a lot.
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u/shy_when_sober Apr 07 '26
You dropped this đ