Palate: Wine Journal
Wine tasting notes, pairings and the grapes you're yet to meet
A calm digital wine journal: write the note, remember the meal, follow the thread from one grape to the next — and share what you love with the people pouring for you.
Tasting notes without the blank page
Appearance, nose, fruit, acidity, tannin, body and finish — prompted in plain language so a note takes a minute, not an evening. Photograph the label and the vintage is kept with it.
Food and wine pairings you'll actually repeat
Record the dish beside the bottle and whether the match sang or sulked. Your journal slowly becomes a personal pairing book for weeknight dinners and long Sundays alike.
New grapes, new regions
Every note keeps its grape, region and style, so patterns surface: if you love Nerello Mascalese, Palate points you towards the wines that share its bones.
A taste profile worth sharing
Your notes and ratings build a profile of the styles you return to — share it with an independent wine shop, a sommelier or whoever is choosing tonight's bottle.
What goes into a good tasting note
Look. Colour and intensity tell you about age and grape before you smell a thing — a pale garnet rim means something different in Nebbiolo than in Syrah.
Smell. Fruit first, then anything that isn't fruit: flowers, herbs, spice, oak, earth. Don't chase the aromas other people find; write the ones you actually get.
Taste. Acidity, tannin, body, sweetness and alcohol are the skeleton of every wine. Naming them is what makes a note useful a year later, when the fruit descriptors have blurred.
Finish and verdict. How long it lingers, what you ate with it, and the only question that really counts: would you buy it again?
Start your wine journal
The wine journal is in open beta — open it now, or leave your details and we'll write as new features land.