Unfiltered, The Vivino Podcast

Vivino’s millions of ratings shape how we discover and enjoy wine—but how reliable is the wisdom of the crowd? In this episode, we explore the fascinating intersection of behavioral science, data analytics, and winemaking. Guests Pantelis Pipergias Analytis and Orestis Kopsacheilis break down their research on how Vivino ratings align with expert opinions and even respond to climate patterns. Can the crowd predict great wine? Tune in to find out!

Want to dive deeper? Check out their research:
Read the full study: https://doi.org/10.1017/jwe.2024.20 
More from our guests:
Orestis Kopsacheilis: https://kopsacheilis.com/
Pantelis Analytis Pipergias: https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/forskningsenheder/samf/sod/simple-employee-list-sod/group-members/pantelis-analytis

In this episode of Unfiltered, we sit down with Boris Guillome, Vivino's US Wine Director, visiting Copenhagen from Napa Valley. Boris shares his journey from France to California, including a life-changing experience surviving a heart attack in 2019, and how it shaped his perspective on life and work.
We also dive into his expertise in the dynamic US wine market, discussing the challenges of the three-tier system, trends in domestic and imported wines, and how Vivino is redefining wine commerce in the States with fast delivery and innovative solutions. Don’t miss this inspiring and insightful conversation.

Oleg is back in the studio, alongside Heini and special guest Joachim to discuss the latest updates to Premium. Together they will guide us through the enhancements in Drinking Windows, introduce the newest additions to Wine Adventures, and perhaps most excitingly, explore the advances in Food Pairings, where Heini will highlight the sometimes surprising top 5 pairing searches across several countries. Plus a few peeks into our upcoming features Cellar on Web and Places, a whole new way to find your favorite wines.

In this sixth episode, Heini is joined by Silje Stougaard, VP of Global Operations at Vivino. Together they explore the intricacies of managing a global company with a modest support team, and how advancement in AI technology allows for greater scalability.

Vivino Rewin(e)d, which offers users a retrospective look at the year in wine, has been a long time in the making. But how did the idea come up? Why did we launch it this year? And what have we learned in the process? Find out all this and more in our latest Vivino Podcast episode, with our host Heini Zachariassen and guests Patrick Petersen & Paco Puylaert

For this new episode, Heini interviewed special guest Christopher Walkey, founder of Glass of Bubbly. Together, they explored Christopher's unique insights on leveraging Vivino in his professional endeavours, uncovering its strengths, and offering constructive feedback for enhancement. Then, Heini and Oleg analyse and dissect the feedback shared, and discuss what future iterations of the app might include. 

Link to Blogpost - https://glassofbubbly.com/feedback-vivino-wine-review-app/

In our latest episode we take a look at Vivino's journey through the Pandemic. This candid discussion between Heini and co-founder Theis unveils the dynamic rollercoaster of navigating a booming market, facing setbacks, and extracting invaluable wisdom along the way. 

For our second episode, we continue to discuss the latest Premium features as well as the just launched Premium Hub, a new way for us to connect with our users. Once gain, we play our "world-famous" 5-star game, where we discuss reviews all the way from 5 stars to 1.

In this first episode we dive into our latest launch, Vivino Premium. We go over why we chose to create a paid subscription version, what features are already included and which features we want to add in the future. We also read and discuss reviews of our app, good and bad.