Thirsty Cellar

Drink what you want. Know why you love it. A sommelier who answers the question instead of reading the label back to you.

This one is a sommelier who happens to know what's in your cellar.

Thirsty Cellar answers the question you actually have. Why does this taste like that. What should I open tonight. I'm standing in a shop in a country where I can't read the label — help. No shame, no theatre, no one raising an eyebrow at what's in your glass. Drink what you want. If you want to know why you love it, we've got you.

ASK ANYTHING A conversational sommelier, built on a knowledge base we assembled ourselves so the answers hold up. Ask it about a bottle you own, a bottle you're considering, or a wine list you're staring at across a table. It knows your cellar, so the advice is yours — not a generic pairing chart.

It will tell you what it thinks. It will not make you feel like an idiot for asking.

YOUR CELLAR, WITHOUT THE SPREADSHEET Every bottle, what it cost, when it's ready, what's slipping past its window. Priorities tells you what to drink before it drinks itself. It's the boring part done properly, so the interesting part has something to work with.

WHY THIS EXISTS Wine has never been short on knowledge. It's short on people willing to share it. Thirsty Cellar is expertise without the doorman.

The knowledge was never the problem. The gatekeeping was.

Thirsty Cellar is what I wanted in both rooms.

— Cath, founder