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 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.
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.
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.