How WineWiki Works

WineWiki exists to be one thing: a place you can trust about wine. Regions, producers, grapes, the terms and ideas that take years to learn. We want it to be the reference you reach for first and the one you do not have to second-guess.

That is a high bar. Wine is full of detail that is easy to get wrong. Founding dates, who owns what, who trained where, how many hectares, which grapes go into which bottle. A single wrong fact can send a student down the wrong path or misrepresent a producer who has spent a lifetime building their name. We take that seriously.

So here is how we work, in plain terms, and where we are in the process right now.

This is how we are moving forward

We will be honest with you. This is not how WineWiki started, and it is not finished. We built it to be broad first, and we are now going back through every article to make it right. Our methodology has evolved, and it will keep evolving. What follows is where we are today and the standard we are holding ourselves to from here.

How we verify

We start with original sources. When we write about a producer, we go to the producer. Their own words, their importer, the official bodies that govern their appellation. We do not build a fact on a single page we found once. We cross-check, and when sources disagree, we dig until we know which one is right.

We check it again before it goes up. Research and writing are two different jobs, and we keep them separate on purpose. One pass gathers and verifies the facts. A second, independent pass checks the finished article against those facts before anyone reads it. If a claim cannot be traced back to a real source, it does not make the page.

When we cannot confirm something, we leave it out. A plausible guess is still a guess. We would rather say less and be right than fill space with something we cannot stand behind. If a number or a date is not verified, you will not see it stated as fact.

When we get something wrong, we fix it fast. We are not too proud to be corrected. Errors that slip through get pulled and rewritten as soon as we find them, and we would rather hear about one from you than leave it standing.

The work never really stops

This is a 365-day project. We are not just reviewing what is already here. We are constantly looking at the whole picture: which articles need to be added because they are missing, which ones need a deeper rewrite, and which ones do not belong and should come down. The encyclopedia should grow where it is useful and stay tight everywhere else. That judgment is ongoing, and it is part of the job every day.

Where we are right now

We are working through WineWiki region by region, giving each one a full, sourced review. We move from one region to the next until the entire encyclopedia has been through the same process. This takes time, and we are doing it carefully rather than quickly, because the point is to get it right.

If you are in the trade, a student, or someone who just wants to understand what is in your glass, that is who we are building this for. The goal is a single source of truth that holds up to scrutiny, and we are working hard to earn that.

Found something wrong?

Tell us. If you spot an error, an outdated detail, or a producer represented inaccurately, we want to know. You can reach us through our contact form. The fastest way to make WineWiki better is to hear from the people using it.

Last reviewed: May 2026