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If you like drinking wine then you’ll love Wine Radar.
The objective is simple: find great wine at great prices.
Wine Radar continuously scans the internet for wines, prices and expert scores. When it finds a wine at a great price with great scores, that’s a hit on Wine Radar.
To see all the Wine Radar hits, subscribe to the monthly email or get the iPhone mobile app.
Wine Radar does not sell wine. It provides independent and reliable recommendations on the best Australian internet wine deals.
How does Wine Radar work?
Wine Radar continuously scans Australian online wine retailers for prices. When it finds a special, it looks for scores from independent experts. Retailer scores and consumer scores are ignored … for obvious reasons. When multiple experts give great scores and no experts give bad scores, Wine Radar takes a closer look. If the price, discount and average score meet the selection criteria, that’s a hit on the Wine Radar. All the hits are recorded on the Hit List, which is updated continuously on the mobile app, and emailed once a month to subscribers.
Almost every day Wine Radar scans more than a dozen retailers and over 10,000 wines, and regularly finds around 100 great wine deals.
Is the wine in my price range?
Everyone’s wine budget is different. And the higher the price, the better the wine should be. So Wine Radar looks for great wine deals in three price categories:
- Quaffer: Under $15, minimum 90 points
- Premium: $15 to $40, minimum 92.5 points
- Super Premium: Over $40, minimum 95 points
What is the Hit List?
The Hit List is the report containing all the current Wine Radar recommendations. It is updated continuously on the mobile app, and emailed once a month to subscribers. The Hit List is divided into Quaffers, Premiums and Super Premiums, and usually lists about 100 great wine deals.
What about the app?
The Wine Radar iPhone app is now available in the Appstore.
The Wine Radar app includes the Hit List and is updated almost every day. So if you use the app, you always have the most up-to-date Hit List.
The Wine Radar app also includes The Guru, which is a database of thousands of wines from all the retailers scanned by Wine Radar. Using The Guru, you can search the entire Wine Radar database for your choice of wineries, labels, varieties, regions, vintages, prices and scores.
The Guru also produces personally curated wine recommendations. Are you at a retailer’s shop wondering what to buy? Just enter your price range and wine preference, and The Guru will instantly search that retailer and list all matching wines from highest to lowest score. Now you can quickly and easily find the best bang for your wine buck. The Guru is perfect for novice buyers, or for your unplanned or urgent wine purchases.
How do I subscribe?
Subscriptions to the Hit List monthly email are just $2 per month ($24/year). To subscribe to the Hit List, click below.
Subscriptions to the iPhone app (which includes both the continuously updated Hit List and The Guru) are only $3 per month ($36/year). To get the app and the subscription, click below.
If you subscribe to the iPhone app, you get the monthly Hit List email for free.
What do winos think?
As a time poor wine novice, with shallow pockets, my desire to build a small cellar of quality wines is aided by the Wine Radar who helps me quickly zone in on the right wines at the right price.
― David, TAS
Wine Radar is an exceptional aid to anyone wanting great wine for the most economical outlay.
― Michael, QLD
Your results line up with my own investigations, and my experience of the selected wines. It is great to receive a summary each month and order from the recommendations made. Very easy. Thank you for your work.
― David, QLD
I find Wine Radar the best wine ready-referencer available.
― John, NSW
A fantastic service. I am amazed at the amount of work put in to save me from doing it.
― Noel, VIC
Fantastic, no BS, totally independent, not beholden to any outside influences like wineries. Top stuff!
― Peter, VIC
Very useful resource identifying quality wines offered at special prices.
― Bill, NSW
About us
I am just an old wino from the IT industry, and Wine Radar is my hobby project.
I have no commercial links to any wine makers, distributors, or retailers.
The primary purpose of Wine Radar is to satisfy my palate and fill my cellar. If it works for you as well – bonus!
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