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cost

Cost is mostly determined by where you are so we have decided to use a very general pricing system. Exact costs in your area can be found on individual wine pages:
$ less than US$10
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$$$ between US$20-50
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rating

Members of the-wine-guide can vote on the overall quality of a wine and a wine's rating is an average of the votes. You should view this as a rule of thumb. Like a movie review, you may love one film for certain qualities but someone else watching the exact same film may loth it for the same reasons. If a three star wine has a flavor profile that appeals to you, you should give it a shot. But you may want to give one star wines with many votes a miss.

flavor

Flavor profile of a wine. These are determined by votes, users of the-wine-guide chose what flavors they think are in the wine, the top 5 voted flavors will come out on top

origin

The place where a wine is grown. The place of origin is important because like coffee, a grape varietal will pick up distinct set of flavor characteristics based on the soil or climate of the region it is grown in. In Europe this is called terroir, and it is considered so important it is the foundation of their entire naming system.

varietal(s)

A varietal is the type of grape used to make the wine. Each varietal of grape has its own climate that it likes to grow in and a distinct flavor. The type of grape used to make a wine is largely responsible for how a wine will taste. So a bottle of Cabernet from California will have similar characteristics to a Cab from South Africa.

type

The type of wine. A wine can be red, white, rose, dessert (includes ports and other fortified wines, late harvest, ice wine, and anything else sweet), sparkling (includes Champagne), sparkling rose, sparkling red

body

The 'mouth-feel' of a wine. Can range from light, medium to full-bodied. A full bodied wine would be very rich, heavy and dense in character like a dark earl grey tea or a steak dinner. A light bodied wine would be refreshing like chrysanthemum tea or a salad.

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We are dedicated to "uncorking" the wine world. As such we have tried to make this site as easy to use as possible. If you find any area of the site  that does frustrate you, please send us an email at info@the-wine-guide.com and we will do our best to solve the problem.

Searching

Our guide is a location aware website. It will figure out approximately where you live using the IP Address of your computer, mobile phone or other device you are viewing this site with. This technique is not pinpoint accurate however, so if you happen to be at Joe's Wine Shop and want to see the tastings and ratings of every wine in the store just type "Joe's Wine Shop" in our handy search bar and voila! If Joe is a member of our site you'll have the reviews, and ratings of every wine in his shop.

But say Joe's Wine Shop is enormous, with over 2,000 wines in it. 2,000 reviews are not going to help you find that perfect wine to bring to dinner. But say you know that you like very fruity, strong reds and you're only willing to spend about US$15 on this gift. So just go over to the handy search bar, check off fruity, full body, and two $ for the cost and magically the inventory of Joe's will be reduced to a handful of wines that  match what you want with a simple 5 star rating system so you can be sure that you will get something good.

Events

We also are into sharing and community so if you know of a wine related event or party going on around town, feel free to upload it to our free events board. The events board is also location aware so it will only be shown to people who are likely to go.

Business Account

If you're in the wine business, and have a promotion going on you can also upload your promotion for free to the "what's new" bar. The what's new bar is served up right on our homepage so you can be sure that your promotion will be seen by customers near your shop.

Feel free to explore the site and if you have any questions just hit us up at info@the-wine-guide.com.

Cheers!

TWG

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