California Wine Club: Food and Wine Pairing App. Now Available on iTunes

Now that I have an iPhone, I’m app-crazy!  I love applications for my phone but they have to be simple, easy, and fun.  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t JUST have Angry Birds and Words with Friends, I do have practical apps that really help out at the right time.  I’m still a wine novice, but I sure love it and now I can have the help of a sommelier in my pocket at all times.  The California Wine Club has just come out with an app that will instantly pair your meal with the right bottle of wine

The CWC Food and Wine Pairing Wheel app gives you easy and smart tips on-the-go to bring out the best in every meal you eat.  Whether you are at the grocery store shopping for dinner and need a suggestion or in a restaurant staring blankly at a huge wine list, you simply:

*pick your meal category from the top menu bar
*spin the wheel to find your specific food
*see 3 choices of wine that pairs perfectly to your meal

The bold choice is the CWC’s first pick, while the other choices will pair well and may be readily available depending on where you are.  If you are like my husband and I, we like to enjoy our wine after dinner, with dessert, or even snacks.  You can find a pairing with chocolate cake (Merlot) and even on family movie nights and popcorn (chardonnay)!

From the proprietor of The California Wine Club:

For years Pam and I were frustrated trying to find truly great wine. Selecting a decent bottle of wine from thousands of pretty labels with prices ranging from $5-$35 was difficult at the best of times. We were always happiest with wine recommendations from friends. So, that’s what we wanted to do with The California Wine Club, start a wine of the month club that was just like “one friend recommending a great bottle of wine to another friend”. We are now celebrating 20 years of business and the wine adventures keep getting better! Pam and I knew that there were hundreds of small, family-owned wineries dedicated to producing exceptional wine … and it was this wine that we wanted to share with our monthly wine club members. Each month we travel California’s wine country searching out the wineries, meeting the families and tasting the wines that never make it to local stores or wine shops.

This fun app is free right now at iTunes,  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cwc-food-wine-pairing-wheel/id465146097?ls=1&mt=8, get it now before they put a price on it. I’m really excited to try it next time we go to dinner, I’m really wanting to find some great red wines to enjoy and I always feel unsophisticated asking a waiter.  Loads fast, and with a stroke of your finger you can pair your wine to your food, or find your favorite wine and design a meal around it, it can work either way, it’s all at your finger tips, literally!