FAQ - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• How many wines and merchants are listed on Wine Decider?
  Our database includes 580,000 wines, and the offers come from over 400 merchants worldwide, including around 140 in France.
• What does the average price represent?
  The average price is an average of all B2C/e-commerce offers available for a given wine.
• What does the average rating represent?
  It represents the average of tasting scores from the 25 professional critics featured in our database, listed below:
  
  • AMA : Alexandre Ma
  • BD : Bettane+Desseauve
  • BH : Burghound
  • DC : Decanter
  • FIG : Le Figaro Vin
  • GM : Gault & Millau
  • HAC : Le Guide Hachette des Vins
  • JCL : Jeannie Cho Lee
  • JD : Jeb Dunnuck
  • JL : Jeff Leve
  • JM : Jasper Morris (Inside Burgundy)
  • JMQ : Jean-Marc Quarin
  • JR : Jancis Robinson
  • JS : James Suckling
  • NM : Vinous (Neal Martin)
  • RJ : Richard Juhlin
  • RVF : La Revue du vin de France
  • TDV : Terre de Vins
  • TWI : The Wine Independent
  • VN : Vinous
  • WA : Wine Advocate (Robert Parker)
  • WD : Wine Decider
  • WE : Wine Enthusiast
  • WS : Wine Spectator
  • WW : Wine Wisser
• How can I determine a wine’s maturity level?
  Hovering over the bottle icon in the various results tables displays an indicator ("To keep", "To keep or drink", "To be drunk", "To be drunk quickly", or "Should have been drunk") along with a recommended drinking window defined by a range of years. This information is also available on the wine’s detail page.
• Why is there a “See all wines” link next to some merchants?
  The idea is to highlight the best value-for-money wines identified in the catalogs of our partner merchants, based on the wine’s average critic score, price, and age. This allows you to optimise shipping costs by completing your purchase with the best available deals from the same merchant.
• How often is the data updated?
  Merchant prices and listings are updated five times per week. Critic ratings are updated as they are published.
• Do you guarantee the accuracy of ratings and prices?
  Ensuring the quality of the information we provide is our top priority. Any data deemed questionable or incomplete is systematically excluded. However, given the volume of data processed, occasional errors may occur. We rely on your feedback to help us identify and correct them.
• What is Wine Decider’s online cellar management feature?
  This 100% free and confidential solution allows you to:
  
  • Manage: track your stock, bottle locations, action history, and prioritize which wines to drink
  • Value: discover the market value of your wines and calculate gains or losses compared to their purchase prices
  • Taste: rate and comment on wines from your cellar or ones you’ve simply tasted