Decanter Know Your Wine

Very frustrating app. You have to remember the answers word for word. Many of the answers are out of date and therefore inaccurate. Test results were changed after a few months of learning for no clear reason, or notification of why. Have cancelled my subscription renewal. As a subscriber of the Decanter magazine, I thought this would’ve been so much better.

Paid for subscription did not unlock content. Emailed support twice. Emailed apple support. No response from either. Good content but needs update and support

I bought the $30 subscription for a year of decanter to further my wine study. I have been gravely disappointed and quite frankly a angry that I forked out this much for an app that doesn’t work. I cannot access any of the training modules (I’m still blocked out.) I’ve messaged the team for support so see how goes.

An interesting App for 10 minute “tune ups”. Some of the questions are subjective and repeat consistently even after many correct answers. Annoying it seems impossible to mute the alerts when in quick quiz mode. I have tried without success on 2 different iPads.

There have been a few attempts at Apps like this, but none that come close to this version. It is streets ahead in the breadth of questions it asks, and it really helps you gain knowledge. The interface is clean & intuitive, and the mechanism it uses to help you learn is really effective. I’m not yet at the point where I need to pay for extra modules, but can see myself getting there soon. Only things to be aware of - the app requires you to be honest with yourself, so is only really useful if you actually want to learn (not just score!). And it’s not really for beginners either - you’ll need a basic level of knowledge for this to really be useful, otherwise you won’t even really know where to begin. But if you’re interested in wine already, and you want to broaden your knowledge, this is definitely the app for you.

For those wine lovers out there this is a very cool app. Can go at your own pace and very easy to use. Your knowledge will increase 10 fold!

I like the app. It's definitely challenging for a wine neophyte like myself. Recommend adopting a flashcard system based on neuroscience like the Forever Fluent language learning app (Too many nuances to go over here, but it's about a lot more than using flashcards). Other two improvements I'd recommend are the inclusion of maps and pronunciation (sound files) for those of us without the requisite language background. Bottom line is I do recommend the app and enjoy using it on a daily basis.

The concepts presented by the app have good intensions and seem to structure a natural learning of wine while avoiding short term memory learning faults. Unfortunately the early questions being wildly out of order lead to consistent frustration on aspects way too difficult for the section. During the first few modules, why are questions on specific vineyards or labels included? Material on wine label basics or what specific label information means has not even been introduced yet. Asking about individual champagne label details that early on provides no opportunity for learning and incentivizes one time memorization in order to progress only to be forgotten soon afterwards. While the majority of questions are appropriate, encountering unrelated random facts adds artificial difficulty and confusion.

It claims to NOT be a quiz app but it starts off that way as soon as you install and run it. It overrides the iOS sound volume settings and plays loud sounds even though I’ve turned down the volume to zero. It has one sound setting that it doesn’t allow me to turn off(the option is disabled). Pure piece of crap. Stay away.

I love this app, but hate the ridiculous time restrictions. You can answer 10 questions and then need to wait for up to an hour to continue. I would love to be able to put in half an hour to the study and review of the questions, but the app locks you out after a very brief time. Impractical if you have limited time to dedicate to your studies.