Are you a wine enthusiast? Are you a beginner seeking to learn more about wines? In either case PDA Sommelier can help. PDA Sommelier is a program for your handheld that gives you access to everything you ever wanted to know about wine. Designed by iConcepts, Inc. in partnership with Charles Gill, a 23 year wine industry veteran, PDA Sommelier contains a searchable database of 53,000 Wines and Ratings, Vintage Ratings, Best Values, Best Producers, and even a section on Food and Wine Pairing.
The program is very straight forward and easy to use. The first screen gives you the option to choose from the following sections:
- Food/Wine Pairing
- Wine Search
- Vintage Chart
- Best Values
- Best Producers
Each section enables you to find information and get recommendations on one of 53,000 wines. My favorite section is definitely the Food/Wine Pairing section. Most people I know are always asking the same question. "What wine goes well with this?" With PDA Sommelier you have some guidance in the area of food pairing. You select the type of food you're eating and PDA Sommelier suggests a wine. I was suprised to find that when I selected "Fish" PDA Sommelier prompted me to be more specific about the kind of fish I was choosing and gave me a long list of choices. iConcepts, Inc. has obviously done their homework in putting this program together.
The Vintage Chart gives you grading scales of almost every wine you can think of. You choose the country and region and you can look up a rating of the wine based on the vintage. This is valuable information for any wine enthusiast.
The other sections of the program are self explanatory. PDA Sommelier does a great job of suggesting wine values and pointing you towards the best producers of wines. You also have the option of adding notes to the program. You can keep notes on different wines right with your database of wine information.
The program sells for $29.95 and comes in versions for Pocket PC or Palm OS. It can be purchased right here at pdaBlast! Check the link below for more information.
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