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Have you ever been to a fancy restaurant and ordered a glass of wine and an expensive entree. Of course you think everyone else will be impressed by your good taste and will to spend money. However, that’s when the waiter asks you what type of wine and you become totally lost. It’s customary to pair certain types of wine with certain types of food, yet only few know how to do so. Well now anyone can look like a professional with the Wine Snob app for the iPhone or iTouch.

Wine Snob, an app by 9mmedia, is a virtual wine know-it-all that can help average wine drinkers better understand the art of the vineyard. The first feature this app offers is a list of common foods and which wines to pair them with. So if you want to look smart at your next fancy dinner, you can plan ahead and order the perfect wine to compliment your meal. The second feature of Wine Snob is its extensive vocabulary. If you want to appear to the waiter and the rest of the table that you know what your talking about, you’ll want to brush up on all the wine terminology that might come up in the conversation. The third and most interesting feature, the ability to make detailed notes of wines you’ve tasted. The app not only lets you categorize a wine by price, rating and year but also lets you snap a picture of it and save it for later.

The controls for this app are pretty basic, its a simple tap-and-type interface that one would expect. The overall look of this app is best described as sleek and chic, which fits the wine theme perfectly. All in all, I would say any avid wine drinker would love Wine Snob. At $5.99 it is pretty expensive, but wine drinking as a hobby isn’t exactly cheap to begin with.

Verdict: 4.5/5 Stars