You claim that with the AG Wine iPhone app, I will be able to pick a wine in less than one minute. Isn’t that a bit optimistic?
We understand that you don’t always have a lot of time to pick a wine, so we have made every effort to develop an application that will guide you through the process very quickly. Most important:
- All of the information is embedded in the application, so you never require WiFi or internet connection (this is particularly valuable in many restaurants where the signal strength is suboptimal).
- Quickly view the AG Wine Editors’ picks. Highlighted grapes and regions are clearly marked with a our seal of recommendation, allowing you to easily scan a menu, compare it to our list and quickly choose a great bottle of wine.
Although you can spend hours playing with this application, we feel very comfortable that anyone — novice or expert — should be able to use this application to select a wine comfortably in under a minute.
Why does AG Wine focus only on Italy?
Since we are just a three person team right now, we chose to focus our efforts one of our favorite countries, Italy, which has many great, but unknown grape varieties. We will expand to other countries soon; new country additions will be made available to our our customers for free.
Does AG Wine rate individual bottles of wine?
Although we do highlight some of the best producers in each region, we do not provide ratings for individual bottles of wines. In fact, the AG Wine app was specifically designed to allow anyone to make a well-informed choice without knowing the specific rating that a bottle was given by wine critic. To do so, Approach Guides Wine is focused on providing a wine selection strategy — offering tips on regions, DOCs, grapes, and vintages — rather than individual bottle reviews.
Why eliminate reviews and individual bottle ratings?
Ratings on individual bottles of wine are valuable, but not when you are trying to pick a bottle of wine at a restaurant. What happens when you are faced with a large wine list or don’t have an internet connection? Are you going to check the rating for each bottle (and hope that your application rates that specific bottle) or step away from the table to get a better signal? Probably not.
This is why we developed an approach to help you choose your next bottle of wine and give you the confidence to order without needing individual bottle ratings.
By giving you detailed information on regions, grape varieties, DOCs, and vintage ratings — coupled with our recommendations for those grapes and regions that offer the highest quality wines at the best price value — we believe that you should be able to make a very informed choice, without requiring a critic’s review.
Plus, since all of the information required to make a decision is resident in the application (no internet connection or wifi required), you can make a decision really quickly, allowing you to spend less time deciding and more time enjoying.
What are the chances I am going to see something on a wine list that is not covered by the app?
The AG Wine iPhone application includes a huge amount of information — we profile over 85 grape varieties and 115 DOCs. Further, we have tested this application for a long time. While you might run into something that is not in the application, the odds are overwhelmingly in favor of most every Italian wine on a list being covered by this app.
Will this app work on an iPod Touch or an iPad?
Yes, AG Wine works great on both iPod Touch and iPad. The app operates entirely offline, so no phone signal or wifi connection is required to access all of the app’s information.
Have we not answered your question?
For all inquiries or comments, or if you find a bug, please contact us at info@agwine.com
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