Our story

A lifetime in wine, made shareable.

VineToast wasn't built in a boardroom. It grew out of more than a hundred years of combined experience, from the people who work the harvests, teach the classes, and live in the world's great wine regions.

Vineyard at golden hour
From Napa to Tokyo
Wine should feel like a welcome, not a test. That belief runs through everything we make.
100+
Years of combined wine experience behind the app
30+
Years our founding educator has spent teaching wine
12
Wine regions with ambassadors on the ground
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Continents where it all began, California and Italy

It started with a teacher.

Founded by a wine educator

VineToast began with a wine educator who has spent more than thirty years in the trade. Raised among the vines of Napa Valley, they worked harvests in Italy, poured at tables across Europe, and went on to train the next generation of wine professionals.

After decades of fielding the same question, "what should I drink, and why?", the idea was simple: take everything a great teacher knows and put it gently in your pocket. No jargon, no judgment, just warm, expert guidance whenever a bottle lands in your hand.

A cellar lined with bottles
Napa, then the worldHarvests in Italy, classrooms everywhere

Not one voice. Many.

Built by industry insiders

Behind every pairing and guide is a team of people who actually work in wine: growers and winemakers, educators and writers, and tasters who have spent careers refining their palates in real cellars and real vineyards.

Their knowledge is the product. Every recommendation carries the weight of decades spent with the bottle, the region, and the table, the kind of insight you can only earn the long way.

Pouring a glass of red wine
The people behind itGrowers, makers, educators, writers
"Wine is about people and moments, not points and pretense. We built VineToast to put the welcome back in the glass."
The VineToast team

A network in the regions

VineToast is global but personal. We have people living and working in the wine regions we cover, so what you read comes from the ground, not a search bar. Japan is a particular focus as we grow.

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Champagne

Growers and houses across the chalk hills of northern France.

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Barossa Valley

Old-vine Shiraz and the families who have tended it for generations.

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Rioja

Tempranillo, tradition, and the long art of barrel ageing.

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Japan

A key market for us, with a deep and growing love of fine wine.

Focus market

What we believe

Make wine accessible, celebratory, and worth sharing, for everyone.

Approachable, never elitist

Expertise should open doors, not close them. We explain wine the way a generous friend would.

Wine is a celebration

Every bottle marks a moment. We help you notice them, capture them, and share them.

Global, but personal

From Napa to Tokyo, we speak to wine lovers everywhere while keeping every word warm and human.

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