Holding a bottle you don’t recognize? A wine label tells you everything — producer, region, grape, and vintage. Here’s how to read one, plus a way to skip straight to tasting notes and pairings.
Free on iOS · Tasting notes + pairings from one photo
Four things on every bottle reveal what’s inside — and how it’ll taste.
The winery or brand — usually the largest name. The anchor for everything else.
Old-world labels name the place (Chablis, Chianti); the region implies the grape and style.
New-world labels state it directly — Cabernet, Merlot, Chardonnay — or it’s a regional blend.
The harvest year. Affects taste, aging potential, and how much the bottle is worth.
The largest name on the label is usually the winery — start there.
France, Italy, and Spain name the region (which implies the grape); new-world wines name the grape.
The year the grapes were harvested — it shapes taste, aging, and value.
Stated outright on new-world labels; inferred from the appellation on old-world ones.
WineMe reads the label and returns tasting notes, pairings, aging potential, and ratings in seconds.
WineMe identifies any wine from a photo of the label and gives you tasting notes, food pairings, aging potential, and a cellar tracker — your AI sommelier.
Take a clear photo of the front label and scan it with WineMe. It reads the producer, region, grape, and vintage, then returns tasting notes, food pairings, aging potential, and a rating.
WineMe is a free iOS app that identifies wines from a label photo and acts as an AI sommelier — tasting notes, pairings, region details, and a personal cellar tracker.
Pairings depend on body, acidity, and tannin. WineMe suggests specific dishes for each wine it identifies — light whites with seafood, bold reds with red meat.
Old-world labels name the region, not the grape — Chablis means Chardonnay, Chianti means Sangiovese. WineMe translates the region into grape and style for you.