Getting ready for the holidays? And what will you drink? Anyone who prefers more sophisticated drinks to "Soviet" champagne is dedicated to this application for iphone - Vivino Wine Scanner. We came to the store to choose wine, take out your smartphone, launch the app and take a picture of the bottle label. In a few seconds, the program will give out all the information known about him with real ratings from lovers of the drink of the gods... 
Vivino Wine Scanner is an online wine bottle label scanner and wine list scanner.
The program works simply, quickly and, most importantly, with high quality: take a picture of a label on a bottle of wine or a wine list in a restaurant (or upload an image previously saved to film) and in a few seconds Vivino Wine Scanner will display all known information about the object of study: by whom and where it is made, from which grape varieties, the history of the drink, the cumulative rating, places nearby where you can buy it.
To work in the application, it is not necessary to register, but it is desirable if you plan to use it constantly (if you have an account, the program will save a history of your actions). In addition, there is a social network for those registered here.
The interface is familiar, modern and pleasant. “Within three walls” even a child will not get lost, but he definitely does not need Vivino Wine Scanner. It is a pity that the program is available in all popular languages except Russian. There is a lot of text in the description of wines, so those who read with a dictionary may have problems with the language.
The program can recognize labels from bottles one at a time or several at a time, and also processes wine lists (wine lists).
The scanner works quickly and without errors, another thing is that not everyone knows domestic wines, but only those that are sold abroad. For example, he knows Ukrainian wines that are made in Koblevo (already something!). 
I do not think that Vivino Wine Scanner will conquer the top of the App Store TOP due to its specificity, but it will be useful to all lovers of the drink of the gods. The program is distributed free of charge, does not contain ads, but offers a paid subscription to premium access with reviews from professional critics, saving information in a personal "wine cellar" and a personal wine guide.
In the Irkutsk region this week, 58 people died from counterfeit alcohol. Take matters into your own hands.
This case of alcohol poisoning became one of the most massive in the history of the country.
We call for a responsible attitude to the use of alcohol, and most importantly - check purchased products, even if they took it in a large store. For this there is everything you need.
Here are three iPhone apps that will check if the alcohol from the store is "scorched".
AntiCounterfeit Alco
Developer: Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation
Version: 1.3
Price: for free
Not everyone knows that Rosalkogolregulirovanie has released a special application to combat counterfeit alcohol. The program can determine the legality of the products sold and tell you if this outlet has the right to sell booze.
The app can be used to find licensed liquor stores. 
In the event of a violation of the law, you can immediately report the fact to the federal service for the regulation of the alcohol market.
This application will allow you to check any alcoholic products with just one click. Alcohol scanner can scan EGAIS QR codes and excise stamps.
You will immediately receive information about the contents of the bottle. Counterfeit alcohol can be identified by the discrepancy between the information on the excise stamp and the content of the bottle.
Another free service that connects directly to the FSRAR (Rosalkogolregulirovanie) database and checks the legality of the products sold using a QR code.
The author is actively developing the application, city maps with all points of sale are already beginning to appear in the program alcoholic beverages.
Remember that according to Law 171-FZ, since July 1, 2016 seller alcoholic products is obliged to record the sale in the state EGAIS system and issue a check to the buyer with a QR code and a link to the FSRAR verification site (before updating the equipment, the seller can issue a check only with a link, without a QR code).
Feel free to demand compliance with this rule and immediately check the purchased products. Don't neglect simple rules, because it can save your life, your family and friends.
As part of the Drinking Week, The Village recalls useful services that will help you choose and buy alcohol, find a company for the evening, and alleviate a hangover in the morning.
4. 12 mobile services for drinkers
11. 5 variants of alcoholic cocktails
Find a drinking buddy
Drynk.Me is the perfect solution for those who have already found what to drink, but have not yet decided with whom. A social network for lovers of strong drinks will help you find new friends with the same interests. The American service allows you to catalog everything you drank, take pictures and record videos with geolocation tags, link them to specific bars, restaurants and shops. By exchanging news with other users, you can follow free tastings and other alcohol hangouts, share cocktail recipes and organize appointments.
Having invested $22,000 in researching his audience, Harry Raymond found out that the world lacks a simple and understandable application about alcohol for a young audience. Deciding to unite all drinkers, he created the Swig social network, the logo of which was a penguin with a glass. The network interface resembles Instagram. A sea of photos, traditional geolocation tags, comments and likes, with the only difference being that everything in Swig is dedicated to alcohol.
Photos can be run through filters and decorated with themed stickers (sombrero, pirate headband, and so on). Ideally, users should leave comments on food and drink, but in practice, followers rate each other's photos more.
Select alcohol
The Hello Vino app is The New York Times' best wine choice assistant. It is useful both in the store and in the restaurant. Recognizing the wine from the label photo, the application will give all the information about the contents of the bottle, while noting whether the drink is suitable for a gift to the boss or for a barbecue trip. This option is not available to Russian users, so the coveted bottle will have to be selected manually. Wine can be matched to a specific dish: meat, pizza, seafood, National cuisine, soup, dessert (each section is divided into several more subsections). You can choose wine for special occasion(date, sports event, picnic), wine to impress, or as a gift (to a colleague, wedding, friends).
The Invisible.ru service is a Russian analogue of mobile sommeliers created by mathematician and programmer Sergey Kurlovich. Invisible.ru finds the best wine in different price categories and collects sets of four to eight bottles each. The buyer must choose from ready-made compositions. Prices for wine when ordering in Invisible.ru are approximately two times lower than retail prices.
For those who prefer beer to wine, there is the BrewGene mobile app. The service allows you to evaluate the tested varieties, share comments and receive personal recommendations based on this. Every day, BrewGene selects "beers of the day" to try if you're looking for something new. The application will not be superfluous even for those who consider themselves a real beer guru. It seems that the service contains all the information about beer that exists in the world: from subspecies of American ale to the root structure of malt.
For those who like it stronger, the IWhiskey app will come in handy. It works on the same principle: evaluates, recommends, advises. By the way, in IWhiskey you can see the comments of real sommeliers, and not just other users. Like BrewGene, the app shares Do You Know from time to time. And IWhiskey seems to be the most expensive of the listed applications. Whiskey lovers will have to shell out $11 for it.
Mixology is a free assistant for those who like to mix cocktails: it has several thousand recipes in its arsenal. The service is convenient to use at a home party: just fill in the available ingredients - and the application will advise what to cook. A list of bars and liquor stores is also attached, but this feature can only be used on vacation in the States or Europe.
Concerned about the health of citizens, the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market is testing a mobile service for detecting counterfeit alcohol for Android devices. The application scans the barcode on the bottle and gives the result to the user. At the same time, if the buyer came across a counterfeit, the application sends information about the offending store to the relevant government authorities. The buyer can view the results of previously conducted checks, as well as see a list of stores that legally sell alcohol. You can now download Anti-counterfeit Alco only through your personal account on the Rosalkogolregulirovanie website.
For those who, having sorted out the excess, are inclined to call their exes, colleagues, or just everyone in a row, there is the DrunkDial application. By synchronizing with the address book, it sets up a sobriety test. So, if during the next fun period you are drawn to a frank conversation, you will have to solve a few mathematical examples in your head. Minus: in front of mathematicians who are able to solve problems in any state, DrunkDial is likely to be powerless. For the pleasure of not blushing in the morning you have to fork out. The app costs $0.99. At the same time, exactly the same application for Android - Stupid Phonecall Blocker - can be downloaded for free.
If you still went overboard, the application of a toxicologist from Kazan - "AiPohmelye" - will come to the rescue. The service will help to find out the exact symptoms of the condition and offer an algorithm for saving actions. To obtain a prescription, you must answer eight questions: the presence of edema, the nature of the headache, and so on. Passing the test on a hangover in the morning is not the most pleasant procedure. But it's still better than jamming the brine with activated charcoal.
This review was prepared with the support of Nokia, a manufacturer of modern smartphones running the Windows Phone operating system. We are confident that these apps will help you unlock the full potential of your smartphones and take your mobile lifestyle to the next level of comfort, entertainment and enjoyment. we will select one reader who will receive a Nokia Lumia 630 smartphone as a gift. The name of this lucky winner will be announced separately no later than September 10th.
Wine is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to man. The earliest known evidence of winemaking dates back as far as the sixth millennium BC. Gradually, the popularity of wine grew, new recipes, technologies, grape varieties appeared. As a result, we have great amount different varieties and varieties of wines, which, moreover, can vary greatly in taste from harvest to harvest, despite the exact repetition of all technological nuances. So a simple task - to buy a bottle of good wine - essentially turns into a lottery. You can focus on a beautiful label, on the shape of a bottle, on the advice of a consultant, take it from old memory, use the help of a friend or even a children's rhyme. All options have the right to life, but there is still a fairly high probability that the purchased wine will not be to your taste. It would seem that there is no solution, but again a smartphone comes to our aid. Smartphone and Vivino Wine Scanner themed app. What is this program and how can it ease the agony of choice?
Wine is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to man. The earliest known evidence of winemaking dates back as far as the sixth millennium BC. Gradually, the popularity of wine grew, new recipes, technologies, grape varieties appeared. As a result, we have a huge number of different varieties and varieties of wines, which, moreover, can vary greatly in taste from harvest to harvest, despite the exact repetition of all technological nuances. So a simple task - to buy a bottle of good wine - essentially turns into a lottery. You can focus on a beautiful label, on the shape of a bottle, on the advice of a consultant, take it from old memory, use the help of a friend or even a children's rhyme. All options have the right to life, but there is still a fairly high probability that the purchased wine will not be to your taste. It would seem that there is no solution, but again a smartphone comes to our aid. Smartphone and Vivino Wine Scanner themed app. What is this program and how can it ease the agony of choice?
Everything turns out to be simple and complicated at the same time. Because Vivino Wine Scanner is not just a program, but a client of a specialized social network. If Instagram specializes in photos, LinkedIn in professions, Twitter in brevity, then Vivino specializes in wine. But even though the main topic is wine, according to the tradition of social network clients, we are greeted by a feed of events, which is still empty. Well, let's dive into the wine-socialized world.
Click "Add a friend" and we get a choice of three options: spam friends with an offer to install the Vivino client, search for users of this program among your friends in social networks and contacts, or subscribe to the feeds of unfamiliar, but eminent network users.
By adding friends, we receive messages about the wines they have tried in our news feed. They can be "liked", commented on and added to the wishlist of rated wines - quite a typical "social" functionality. But in fact, this is just the tip of the iceberg. After all, this is only the first tab of the program.
Scrolling the interface sideways, we open three more screens: my wines, recommendations and "places nearby". The first two are still empty, and when you switch to the third one, a list of nearby shops and establishments is loaded (apparently from the system maps application) with a number that indicates how many different wines have been tried here by application users.
By choosing a trading establishment you like, you can see which wines and at what price were bought there. For the convenience of searching, wines are immediately sorted by tabs into red, white and others. There is also a tab with a map where you can see how to get to the selected store.
But back to our empty main screens. The placeholder picture in "my wines" transparently hints that you need to either click on the camera button located in the upper right corner, which is present on almost all application screens, or search for wine in the Vivino database. The search is quite normal - you enter the memorable part of the name and look for a familiar label among the results. There is nothing complicated here.
The camera is also simplified as much as possible. There are no additional settings, only a shutter button and visual instructions on how to properly photograph the label. Taking a photo, we see the "magic" of Vivino Wine Scanner. The image is uploaded to the Vivino server, where it is compared with the accumulated image database. In case of successful automatic recognition, we immediately receive information about this wine. Despite the very high-quality work of recognition, the developers left the opportunity to correct the vintage or choose a different type of wine. If the auto-recognition fails, then the wine snapshot is placed in the queue for manual identification, where the result will be available within a period of ten minutes to an hour. But with a correctly photographed label, getting into this line is almost impossible - thanks to a large database of wines (almost two million items), compiled by more than five million network users, the probability of finding not yet included drink tends to zero.
For an identified wine, all available information is immediately displayed: full name, country of origin, average user rating, color of wine, average price (in the currency of the country where the smartphone is located), user reviews, place of wine in the summary ratings of the manufacturer, wine region, country and global. It also provides friends' reviews of other wines from this winery (if any) and prices for this wine in nearby stores, the winery's rating, the grape varieties used in the blend, gastronomic tips, average wine ratings for vintages of different years and the arrangement of ratings from users. Here you can immediately contribute to the overall social network work - rate the wine on a five-point scale, write a review, indicate the place of purchase, price and in what time period the wine was stored best taste(over time, wine changes its taste both for better and for worse).
The identified wines - whether we have rated them or not - are stored on the "my wines" screen. While the list is small, it is relatively easy to navigate in it, and when it grows, you can use different ways sorting and an extensive list of filters. Actually, the latter are very convenient for the opportunity to pick up something from the tried under the set table or see what wines are in the nearest reconnoitered store.
“My wines” also includes drinks that you saw with friends in the feed and added to “wishlist” to buy them later or slip the list to friends before some holiday. Actually, for the latter option, it is possible to post a message on related social networks with a link to your Vivino profile.
When grading wines, we not only contribute to filling the database, but also give the program an idea of our tastes and preferences. Having collected reviews of at least three different drinks, Vivino Wine Scanner reveals all its hidden abilities to us - from that moment on, the application can give recommendations for buying other wines. The same principle is used that we use when asking a friend for advice on choosing a drink - if our tastes match, then the recommendations will be relevant. Only the Vivino database contains data on the preferences of a much larger number of people than we have friends on social networks. Accordingly, the application focuses on the opinion of a larger group of people with similar tastes who have tasted a lot of different wines in total. And the more we rate wines, the more accurate advice Vivino Wine Scanner will give, gradually composing a portrait of taste preferences - red or white, dry or dessert, floral or spicy, tart or not.
For those who know a lot about wine and appreciate every minute spent with a glass of their favorite drink, Vivino Wine Scanner is a definite find and a must-have application. Those who need the ability to catalog their existing wines can purchase the "professional" version, in which you can enter information about the wines stored in your wine cellar or secret stash. But this is a functionality rather for collectors, which is required by very few, so making it a paid version does not detract from the overall coolness and usefulness of the application.
"Vivino Wine Scanner" app is available in the store
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Wine in your smartphone: interesting wine applications
Smartphone is an integral part of our life. Work, entertainment, hobbies - everything fits literally in your hand. What can this universal helper offer wine connoisseurs? A lot of things! You'll find apps that let you use your phone as a wine magazine, replace a professional sommelier, include guides to restaurants and wineries around the world, and more. But today we will try to collect the most unusual and interesting wine applications. Unfortunately, for many you will need knowledge of English.
Choosing wine
Vivino Wine Scanner- the description of this application says: "as long as you read the data on the label, we will recognize the brand of wine from the photo." The program gives you all the data, including the recommended price, which is very convenient when you do not want to overpay for ignorance. The information base of wines includes more than two million items and continues to grow. The scanner even recognized the label photographed from the screen. By the way, you can also find Lefkadia wines in it.
Another useful app to choose from: Hello Vino - Wine Assistant. Just as a good manager needs an assistant, so a wine lover needs a master who will tell you what wine will be best quality. The app will help you make a list of recommendations based on your taste preferences.
For residents of the capitals, an indispensable application will be "Alcoscanner: discounts on alcohol". Probably the most practical app on our list. The program does not scan anything with the camera, but the support service constantly scans Moscow and St. Petersburg for discounts on alcohol different varieties. The results are constantly updated in your smartphone, which allows you to always be aware of the latest profitable offers.
Basics of tasting
Appendix wine coach- necessary for those who want to quickly fill their gaps in knowledge about wine. It was developed by sommelier Lori Foster, who educates users on a weekly basis, including through videos. The application provides information on grape varieties, the correct pronunciation of wine names, wine compatibility issues and different dishes and even talks about recipes that use wine.
But during the tasting you can install Wine Notes. This application is for true connoisseurs of wine. After all, true oenophiles know that tasting should be accompanied by a record of their impressions. Wine Notes is essentially a wine magazine in your smartphone. There you can save data such as the name, production year, tasting notes, and even a photo of the bottle you've sampled.
gastronomic couples
In fact, there are a great many applications for matching wine to food and food to wine! One of the most famous - PairIt!- helps to find the perfect combination. You choose dishes, and you are advised wine. Or you choose the name of the wine, and you are advised which dish is best suited. In the US, the application is incredibly popular, because you will be advised wine not only for carpaccio or marbled beef, but even to pizza or a hamburger.
There is also a special application for the Russian-speaking audience "Wine and Food", ready to help in creating a harmonious menu: what goes best with truffles, what wine to serve with ice cream, what brut is served with. Although we in the Lefkadia Valley took care of you in advance so that you do not torment yourself with doubts: our website immediately lists the recommended dishes for all our wines.
Alcohol - in moderation
In order not to drink too much, the developers offer us several special applications. For example, Breathal Eyes will determine the approximate level of alcohol in the blood by analyzing the movements of the eyeball. Application DrinkTracker you will have to report all the parameters (height, weight, age), and it will tell you how much you need to drink in order to safely get home, at the same time it will plot the shortest route through Google Maps and provide a list of friends who live nearby. There is also a Russian application "Hangover". True, it will tell not about prevention, but about how to deal with the consequences of a fun evening.
Wine and entertainment
Certainly not without games on our list! A quiz has been created for those who are confident in their knowledge. SWE Wine and Spirits Trivia Quiz with various wine questions. For lovers of wine and gadgets, we can also recommend a funny application - Wine Piano the Blue Sky. It is a kind of "piano", where instead of keys there are glasses with white, red and rose wine. Enjoy delicate and clear tapping sounds on each glass, create your own melodies and don't forget to look for inspiration with a real glass of wine.
