Most wine questions do not need a sommelier. They need a quick, honest answer while you are stood at the shop shelf, at the stove, or with a bottle already sweating on the counter. That is exactly what our free wine tools are for: pick a question, get an answer, no signup and no email.
Here are six of them, plus the seventh that lives in your pocket.
1. The drinking window checker
Every bottle has a window: too young, at its peak, or past its best. The drinking window checker takes a wine name and vintage and tells you where the bottle sits on that curve, so you know whether to open it tonight or leave it a couple of years. Type the year with the name (for example “Barolo 2016”) and it skips straight to the answer.
If you want the theory behind it first, read what a wine drinking window actually is.
2. The vintage checker
Was it a good year? The vintage checker answers that for a wine and a given year, so you can judge a bottle before you buy it or decide whether the one in your rack is worth saving. It pairs neatly with the drinking window: one tells you if the year was strong, the other tells you when to drink it.
3. The food and wine pairing finder
Dinner is on and you are staring at the rack. The pairing finder takes the dish and suggests wine styles that work, with a line on why. It is the fast version of our longer guide on how to pair wine with food, useful when you want a match rather than a lecture.
4. The party calculator
Running out is the classic host’s nightmare; overbuying is the quiet one. The party calculator turns guests, hours and pour size into a bottle count, and splits it sensibly when other drinks are on the table. Our guide on how much wine for a party covers the same ground in prose if you prefer.
5. The serving temperature guide
Temperature is the cheapest upgrade a wine can get. Too warm and alcohol dominates; too cold and the aromas lock away. The serving temperature guide gives a target for any style plus exact fridge, freezer and ice-bucket times to get there. Yes, that includes chilling some reds.
6. The calories and units calculator
Wine is not calorie-free, and the numbers surprise people. The calories and units calculator estimates both for a glass or a bottle, based on the size and strength. It is the practical companion to our roundup of low-calorie, low-alcohol wines.
7. The one that fits in your pocket
The six above each answer a single question. Sommo does all of it automatically for the bottles you actually own. Scan a label and the app decodes it, tracks each bottle’s drinking window, pairs your cellar with tonight’s dinner, and remembers every wine you loved. The tools are the taste; the app is the toolkit.
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Bookmark the tool bench for the quick answers, and let Sommo handle the rest.
Download Sommo free and turn a drawer of one-off calculators into a wine companion that remembers. 🍷