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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:
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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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by The Wine Guide

We have two types of search bars on this site. One "generic" search bar located at the top of the page. This bar will search everything in our database, including articles, bars, restaurants, wines, events, promotions, whatever.

The second search bar is our custom wine searcher. The wine searcher will only find bottles of wine, tailored to your specifications. You can search for basic terms such as "fruity" or "earthy" wines, or if you know exactly what you like, you can click on the "advanced" tab and search for more specific terms such as "cherry" or "chocolate" flavors. You can also be more specific by searching by region specific wines such as "Hunter Valley" or by price, rating, body, etc.

Our search terms are "or" searches, meaning that just because you search for very specific attributes, doesn't mean you will come up empty handed. Matches that are "close enough" will also be shown. This means that if you search for "fruity, spicy, caramel, full bodied" wines, if a wine matches all of the requirements but is "medium bodied" instead of "full" it will still be shown in the results, after the exact matches.

One Click Searches

If you are a member and you are logged in, under your profile you can enable the "One-click Search". Here you can also pre-set search parameters that you use the most often. For example, if you know that you like fruity chardonnays, you can set it up a one-click search for "fruity" and "chardonnay". After you save it, then every time to arrive on our homepage your custom Chardonnay search will appear just under our search bar. Click on it and you will get a list of the wines you like, for the location you are in, every time.


 

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