After downloading this app, you can take a photo of (scan) a wine label of a bottle you find at a wine or grocery store.  Within a minute, Vivino will report on your smartphone the ratings and prices of that wine you pick.  You will know right away whether that wine is a good buy or not.  There are many other information in this app including winemaker's notes, where to buy, food pairing and so forth.

If you find that recently bought wine very good, you can record it on this app, perhaps if you feel alike, you can give a review on it.  You won't forget again which wine you like or love.  It works great for me, especially being forgetfulness at my senior age and too many wine notes in my pocket!!

My testimony: With this Vivino app on my iPhone, I went down to my cellar and checked one of oldest bottles, Opus One 1986 ( my wife Karen gave this to me in our first wedding anniversary).  Lo and behold, its value was nearly $250!  Yeah, my anniversary wine has become as precious as my wedding ring!

See its link: jeffersonvineyards.com

Editor's note:  Jefferson Vineyards may be considered as America's first commercial vineyard but not the oldest vineyard because it ceased running for years.  Brotherhood Winery in New York is the oldest continuing vineyard since 1839 . . . without an interruption even during the Prohibition Era.  (this winery was able to continue its wine production during this forbidden era so that it could produced sacramental wine for the Catholic Church!)

See Deaf Grapevine's past edition on Brotherhood Winery: http://deafwalrus.com/newsletter/deaf-grapevine-2013-04.htm

Pop Quiz:  Which grape is Oregon best known for?
a.Chardonnay
b. Riesling
c. Pinot Gris (or is it Pinot Grigio?)

The answer will be found in next edition (Winter).  If you cannot wait that long, you might want to join our new Facebook group known as the Deaf Grapevine.  Simply hit the Reply button in my email and you will be invited to join this Facebook group.  This editor will expand wine news in Facebook to enhance readers' comments and questions, just like a blog.

Deaf StompFest 2016 is being planned in the Livermore Valley near Fremont, California and it will be sometimes in September.  A site and exact date will be announced later in winter time. Stay tuned!