R-Vintage Lookup for BlackBerry is a first in a series of wine enthusiast utilities from REGARD Solutions. With the free trial version of this app, you can see vintage ratings by country, region and varietal, thereby increasing your changes of selecting a fine wine from a wine list.
If you’re one to frequent nice restaurants, and you’re always looking to pair the meal with a potential winner, this app is for you.
In the latest updates to the product, R-Vintage Lookup 2.0 includes:
Many look and feel enhancements with new graphics and easier to read.
Release of a Storm specific version with slide navigation between years.
Non-storm version when drilled in specific region vintage, quick keys “n” & “p” to navigate to next and previous vintage.
Make a comment on a specific vintage.
Read comments of other users on a specific vintage.
Thumbs up & Thumbs down to denote if you think the region experts rate is right or wrong.
See thumbs up and thumbs down totals by other users.
As you can see, this application only gets better as the number of users increase. If you think you are a Regional Expert, contact REGARD and you can apply to be one of their experts.
As an early registrant to R-Vintage, REGARD would like to offer R-Vintage Deluxe v2.0 when released later this month, for $2.00 (regularly $2.99).
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Natalie MacLean writes a newsletter for wine lovers and she’s recently launched her sommelier application for BlackBerry. The app works both online and offline, and offers more than 380,000 pairings.
Here are some of Natalie MacLean’s 10 favorite Barbecue Food and Drink Matches:
* Planked salmon with Canadian or Oregonian Pinot Noir.
* Grilled portobello mushrooms with New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.
* Shish-kebab lamb with Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon.
* Skewered chicken with Provencal Rose.
* Marinated pork chops with Italian Chianti.
* Barbecued spare ribs with Australian Shiraz.
* Grilled pepper steak with Rhone Valley Syrah.
* Herb-rubbed chicken with Argentine Malbec.
* Grilled hamburgers with Californian Zinfandel.
* Roasted marshmallows with German Late Harvest Riesling.
I got tipped off by a friend at WES about a cool app called R-Vintage by REGARD that is perfect for wine enthusiasts. This free app will allow mobile wine lovers to do a quick vintage ratings look-up by country, region and varietal increasing the chances of picking a winner from the wine list.
This free version provides static lookup back to the year 2000. In addition to numeric ratings, you receive 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.
