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4 apps to help you make the right wine choices and mix the best cocktails

STORYMichelle Lam
Delectable – Scan & Rate Wine helps users choose the perfect wine when shopping. Photo: Delectable Facebook
Delectable – Scan & Rate Wine helps users choose the perfect wine when shopping. Photo: Delectable Facebook
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Free apps such as Hello Vino: Wine Assistant and The Liquor Cabinet help you make wine choices, rate wines and come up with exciting cocktails

If you are a wine-lover who is always on the lookout for new wines, trying to find the perfect bottle to pair with your dishes, or even creating your own cocktail, you will find these four beautifully designed apps functional and helpful.

Hello Vino: Wine Assistant

Hello Vino: Wine Assistant offers food and wine pairings. Photo: hellovino.com
Hello Vino: Wine Assistant offers food and wine pairings. Photo: hellovino.com
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What: Hello Vino is a virtual wine assistant that offers suggestions on food and wine pairings and personalised wine selections. It makes choosing wines fun and easy.

How: The question-and-answer interface helps users navigate the app and get the wine they are looking for. It recommends wine and food pairings based on its large and diverse food database, which includes all kinds of meat, seafood and ethnic dishes. The app also suggests wines for special occasions, such as date nights and picnics. There is a personalised wine list to suit every taste, such as sparkling, creamy, spicy ... you name it, they’ve got it.

What makes the app comprehensive is its wine guide, which provides flavour profile descriptions.

Cost: Free

The Liquor Cabinet

What: A cocktail recipe app with impressive graphics and an interesting history of spirits

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