Dating for people who know their terroir

Your Vivino ratings, favourite appellations, and that natural wine phase you never grew out of are not just preferences - they are a map of your palate. And palate compatibility is real compatibility.

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How it works for wine people

Connect via Vivino or CellarTracker. We pull your ratings, scan history, cellar inventory, and style preferences. Nothing is shared raw - only derived signals. All opt-in, all revocable.

The algorithm understands that wine exists in layers:

A wine has a varietal (Nebbiolo, Chenin Blanc, Gamay), from a region (Barolo, Loire, Beaujolais), made by a producer
Matching happens at every level - shared producers, shared regions, shared varietal preferences
Your ratings and scan frequency provide engagement and sentiment data
If you use Vivino and they use CellarTracker, the same wine resolves to the same entity

Niche overlap > mainstream overlap

Both drinking Sauvignon Blanc? That is a popularity 90 overlap. It is the house white everywhere. Both seeking out Jura wines and rating Savagnin from small producers? That is taste identity.

Mainstream

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Popularity 90 → NicheWeight 0.10

Niche

Jura Savagnin (Domaine Tissot)

Popularity 6 → NicheWeight 0.94

But it goes further. Rating alignment matters. Both rating a niche natural wine 4.5/5 is a far stronger signal than both having scanned a popular supermarket bottle once.

The core signal

A scan history is not a personality. Anyone can scan a bottle at dinner. What matters is how you engage with wine.

Do you scan every bottle you try? Do you seek out specific producers? Do you have a cellar or a wishlist? Do you attend tastings? The algorithm captures engagement depth - scan frequency, rating consistency, cellar size, regional exploration breadth - and separates genuine oenophiles from casual drinkers.

What gets scored

Shared varietals weighted by how niche they are (Nebbiolo is rarer than Merlot in scan data)

Shared regions - Barolo, Mosel, Willamette Valley, Jura, Priorat. Region preference reveals palate identity

Rating alignment - both rating the same wines highly is a stronger signal than just both scanning them

Scan depth - total scans, frequency, how many unique wines, how many unique producers

Style preference - natural, biodynamic, orange, conventional, sparkling. Style preference is a strong identity signal

Price range alignment - similar spending habits on wine suggest lifestyle compatibility

Shared dislikes - both avoiding popular styles (e.g. oaky Chardonnay, sweet Riesling) is a niche-weighted negative signal

Example match

"You both favour natural wines from the Loire and Jura avg 4.2/5. Shared varietal preference: Chenin Blanc, Gamay, Savagnin (combined NicheWeight 2.1). Scan frequency: both 3+ wines per week. Region overlap spans 6 appellations outside the mainstream. Both rate conventional supermarket wines below 3.0."

Not "you both drink wine." The actual palate. The actual regions. The actual taste identity.

The first date is already planned

Wine is inherently social. Sharing a bottle is one of the most common first date activities on the planet. Finding someone whose palate genuinely aligns with yours means the wine list is never a compromise - it is a shared adventure.

Two people who both love skin-contact whites from Georgia do not need an icebreaker. Two people who both rate Barolo producers over 4.0 already have a conversation. The data does the work that awkward small talk usually has to.

Integrations

Vivino

Scan history, ratings, style preferences, cellar, wishlists

CellarTracker

Cellar inventory, tasting notes, ratings, drinking windows

Interest Q&A

Style preferences, tasting frequency, favourite regions, budget range

All opt-in. All revocable. We show signals, never raw data.

Affinity Atlas is in development

No real matching is live yet. If you want to find someone who will split a bottle of pet-nat without needing an explanation - get in touch.

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