Learn wine
Learn wine, the warm and simple way
No jargon, no gatekeeping. Free guides and a full glossary — the same plain-language teaching that lives inside the Winelingo app.
Guides & references
Wine for beginners
Where to start, how to find what you like, and why there are no wrong answers.
How to learn about wine
A step-by-step plan: what to learn first, at home or online, and whether you need a certificate.
How to taste wine
The 5 S’s — see, swirl, sniff, sip, savour — for real life.
How to read a wine label
Decode the producer, region, grape and vintage on any bottle.
Understanding a taste profile
Body, tannin, acidity, sweetness, alcohol and oak — in plain words.
Ordering wine at a restaurant
The wine list, the tasting ritual and the one honest sentence that gets you a great bottle.
Wine sweetness chart
Every major style from bone-dry to lusciously sweet, on one plain-English scale.
Wine 101
The basics on one page, from what wine is to buying a bottle, each with a lesson to go deeper.
How to host a wine tasting
Themes, pours, a blind-tasting routine, seven games and a score sheet.
WSET levels explained
Levels 1 to 4: what each covers, the exam, study time, and WSET vs the Court of Master Sommeliers.
How to become a sommelier
The path, the certifications and how long it takes, plus how to say it.
The best online wine courses
Free and paid options compared honestly, by goal.
Sweet wines for beginners
Fifteen sweet and off-dry wines to ask for, and how to spot sweetness on a label.
Dry red wine
What dry really means in a red, the driest-tasting reds, and which to cook with.
Dry white wine
Which whites are dry, which are not, and what to buy when a recipe asks for it.
Types of red wine
Fifteen reds from light to full-bodied, in one chart.
Types of white wine
Seventeen whites from crisp to rich, with what each tastes like.
Does wine go bad?
How long unopened and opened wine keeps, and how to tell when a bottle has turned.
Should red wine be chilled?
Which reds like a chill, which wines go in the fridge, and how to cool a bottle fast.
Prosecco vs Champagne
How Champagne, Prosecco, Cava and Crémant differ in place, grapes, method and taste.
How to serve Champagne
Chilling, opening a bottle safely, pouring, and keeping an opened bottle fizzy.
Is wine vegan or gluten-free?
Fining agents, allergen labels and gluten, explained plainly.
What does wine taste like?
An honest answer for first-timers, with a chart of what each style tastes like.
Words to describe wine
Descriptors for smell, structure and texture, plus a simple tasting-note template.
How many glasses in a bottle?
Glasses, ounces, standard drinks and units per bottle, plus a party planner.
How long does open wine last?
Realistic shelf lives for every style, and how to keep an open bottle tasting fresh.
Practise tasting at home
Side-by-side comparisons and nose training that build your palate fast — no kit needed.
Types of wine
Red, white, rosé, sparkling, dessert and fortified — the six families, explained simply.
Units in a bottle of wine
About ten — but it depends on strength. Full tables by ABV and glass size, plus the simple sum.
Which wine has the least sugar?
Dry reds, crisp whites and Brut Nature. How to read the label, and how little sugar is really in a glass.
What are tannins?
The grippy, mouth-drying feeling in red wine — where it comes from and which wines have most.
Wine alcohol content
Typical ABV for every style, from 5.5% Moscato to 20% Port — and why strength varies so much.
Alternatives to red Burgundy
What to drink when you love Pinot Noir and refuse to pay Burgundy prices — with an honest note on where each substitute stops short.
Wine faults
What corked, oxidised, reduced and heat-damaged wine each smell like — and which one fixes itself in fifteen minutes.
Wine myths
Legs, screwcaps, room temperature, ageing, sulphites, price — one verdict each, and the reason behind it.
French vs American oak
Two woods, two very different wines — the real mechanism, and how to spot it in the glass.
Sancerre vs Pouilly-Fumé
Two Loire appellations, one river apart, one grape between them — and a straight answer about which bottle to reach for.
Wine glossary
66 wine words defined simply — tannin, terroir, cuvée and more.
How wine is made
From a year in the vineyard to the winery — and why red and white are made in the opposite order.
Wine storage temperature
One number, one rule, and the four things that actually ruin a bottle at home.
Food & wine pairing
32 everyday dishes, each with the wines that work and the plain reason why.
Wine classifications
Riserva, Grand Cru, Kabinett, Gran Reserva — what the tiers on a label actually promise.
Grape varieties
How each classic grape tastes, where it grows, and what to eat with it.
Wine regions
The classic wine regions — their grapes, styles and what makes them distinctive.
Every pairing
What wine goes with…
All 32 dishes, each with the wines that work and the reason why.
Every classification
What the label tiers mean
All 13 systems — what each rung legally requires, and whether it is worth the money.
Learn the wine in your glass
Scan any label to identify a wine, learn why it tastes the way it does, and build your palate. Free to download on the App Store.