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Retail prices and critic scores behind every wine on the list

WineMenu.ai is built on one promise: “The sommelier works for the restaurant. I work for you.” Diners point a phone at a wine list and see markups against retail, critic ratings and picks for their meal. Wine Labs is one of the data sources behind that comparison, supplying retail price data and critic scores.

What WineMenu.ai does for diners

WineMenu.ai is a mobile app for iOS and Android. A diner scans a wine list, whether it is a printed menu, a chalkboard or an iPad, and every bottle is cross-referenced against retail prices and critic ratings. The app then gives its take on the whole list: what stands out, what to avoid and specific picks for the diner’s budget, taste and food.

That comparison only works if the retail benchmark and the ratings are reliable for the specific wine on the list. WineMenu credits Wine Labs as a provider of its wine pricing data.

The Wine Labs data WineMenu uses

WineMenu.ai uses Wine Labs on a Core Data and Market Data subscription. Day to day, it draws on two products:

  • Market Data API price statistics: retail price benchmarks for a wine, in US dollars for North America.
  • Critic Scores API: professional ratings for the same wine.

WineMenu has also used the Wine Matching API, which resolves free-text wine names to a canonical wine record with its Wine Labs ID and LWIN code.

Illustration · List prices against retail data

Wine on the listList priceRetail avg.MarkupCritic score
Maison Aubert, Chablis Premier Cru 2021$120$383.2×92
Domaine des Clos, Côte-Rôtie 2018$185$922.0×95
Hillcrest Cellars, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019$160$453.6×89
Cantina Valdora, Barbera d’Asti 2022$64$222.9×90
A generic example of comparing list prices with retail benchmarks and critic scores. This is not the WineMenu.ai interface; the wines, prices and scores are fictional.

One API for prices, scores and wine identity

Retail prices, critic scores and wine matching all come through the same Wine Labs API.

Customer perspective

“WineMenu is about showing diners what a bottle on the list is really worth. Wine Labs gives us reliable retail prices and critic scores to compare against, so we can focus on the experience at the table.”

Dan Weinstein, WineMenu.ai

Products used in this case study

Wine Matching APIMarket Data APICritic Scores API

Build your wine app on reliable data

Matching, retail prices and critic scores through one API, with free credits to start.

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