No. Grape Places is built for people who drink wine and want to understand it better - not for people already fluent in French appellations. Start anywhere. The app tells you where to begin based on your level.
WSET is a formal qualification. It takes months, costs hundreds of dollars, and assumes you want a certificate at the end. Grape Places assumes you want to understand wine, not sit an exam. Five minutes per lesson, no certificate, no homework, no fee.
Wine Folly is a book and a set of infographics. Grape Places is interactive - lessons, quizzes, progress tracking, and a structured path through twelve regions. Wine Folly tells you what wine looks like. Grape Places teaches you how to think about it.
The Grape Atlas is the framework at the centre of Grape Places. Twelve wine regions, each teaching one fundamental concept. Bordeaux teaches blending. Burgundy teaches terroir. Champagne teaches method. Rioja teaches ageing. Master twelve places and wine stops being mysterious.
Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Rioja, Tuscany, Napa Valley, Mendoza, Stellenbosch, Ningxia, Margaret River, Barossa Valley, and Marlborough. Between them they cover every major style, grape, and concept in wine.
Five minutes. Some run slightly longer if you want to go deeper, but the core lesson - cards, rationale, quiz - is five minutes.
Yes. No credit card, no subscription, no paywall. Start a lesson at app.offtograpeplaces.com.
Yes. The app runs in your mobile browser and can be installed on your home screen like a native app. No App Store download required.
Choose Enthusiast or Pro when you set up your profile. The app routes you to lessons matched to your level. You won't be told what a grape is if you already know.
Grape Places is built by Off to Grape Places, an Australian wine education company. Lessons are reviewed by Joel Devenish, a wine expert based in Australia.