WineRatings+ by Wine Spectator App Reviews

They make you pay - not free

Okay for older wines but because restaurants have recently bought vintages I find it less useful when I really need help

Too basic

This app helps me navigate through Wine Lists and store aisles to find the best wines and best values.

Looked up Ca wines, couldnt find a single named bottle in the free content? Found some weather and soil reports. I lived in Kenwood, Ca. Was hoping to find some Winery listings, and recommends first, before I upgrade app. Look yourself.

This app is basically useless unless you pay $2.99/mo. Thats not worth it to me.

The free version you cant search. You cant do anything. Its useless. If you got $3.00. Go try it

This is a great app. I wish they also add scanner and better search capabilities.

The app is very helpful at wine shops when you are not sure what to buy. You can read ratings and tasting notes with you iPhone right at the spot.

If you think you are getting access to WSs ratings - think again. For that bit of info you will pay a monthly fee - yes, monthly and it is higher than you would pay for the magazine. Skip this app unless you have money to throw away. Feel like this is a scam.

Text only reviews (labels come in handy) with no way of searching availability or other comments or information. You cant even copy the text (again handy with French chateaus) to search elsewhere. For $3 a month, Id expect a more content and features like Vivino.

Very disappointed. Not much useful information is provided. Data available is close to nothing.

This is a good app to reference while shopping for wine. However, the addition of a considerable amount of wine info would make this app great, info that includes more regions and types. In addition, when a person pays $2.99/mo for an app (with no annual subscription available), they expect premium content (i.e., pictures and video). And apps in 2015 should be optimized for iPhone 6/6+.

Sure, you have to pay for it to unlock the real potential. But for the wine professional, or wine buyer, this app is a "go to." Every time Im buying a new wine, and sometimes when Im selling it, I refer to this app. It has definitely paid for itself.

This app provides very little information. When buying wine, youre better off using a web browser and accessing the wealth of information available for free online. If the app is not going to provide more free information, it could provide useful function. For example, some other wine apps help you track your own inventory of wine. Until then, the app is "not recommended". --

For $2.99 / month you can search the rating database for a specific wine. You cannot search for general characteristics like “Napa Cabernet > 90 pts and 2007, 2008, 2009”. Additionally, there is no local database so you need a good net connection and patience. If you’re in a wine shop and don’t have a good connection (all that wine does absorb RF signals) you’re out of luck. It’s basic. And of course their brilliant marketing program means you don’t get access to the wine database on the web, that’s a separate subscription. This is strictly iPad/iPhone. I’d like an app that helps me in the store, and in a restaurant. A 10yr old California Chardonnay that only produced 300 cases is not relevant!

This is a good and reliable resource that is easy to use. I wish it carried a broader variety of wines.

Why do you have to pay a monthly fee when you subscribe to the magazine?

I use this all the time. Well worth the subscription fee. Occasionally wines that are on the shelves are not in the database.

When I had this app on my iPhone 5s, I could upload reviews to Facebook instantly, now no sharing options go through, and Facebook isnt even listed. Is anyone else having this problem? I am an avid poster to help spread the word of the amazing wines in this world, I would like to continue to do so.