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Hello Vino

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Hello Vino delivers wine recommendations to mobile phones, assisting consumers with the perfect bottle of wine for a meal, occasion, or according to taste preferences. The service is available on any smartphone through free iPhone and Android apps, as well as mobile web sites for BlackBerry and Windows Phones. The app uses a simple question and answer interface to recommend a wine in under 10 seconds.

Operating under a “freemium” business model, Hello Vino allows wineries and producers to enter their wine products into the database for free, with the option to purchase sponsored placement on a cost-per-click basis (similar to Google Adwords).

Milestones

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  Hello Vino added James Kopp as VP Strategic Development. (9/1/10)
  Posted 11/22/11 at 12:16pm
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  Hello Vino added Jim McNamee as Co-founder, VP Marketing. (1/23/09)
  Posted 10/29/11 at 11:18am
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  Hello Vino added Rick Breslin as Co-Founder, CEO. (1/23/09)
  Posted 6/11/10 at 5:39pm
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  Hello Vino — Mobile Commerce Daily (MobileMarketer.com) Feature on Raley's Mobile Program with Hello Vino (11/23/11)
  Posted 12/2/11 at 1:10pm via mobilecommercedaily.com
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  Hello Vino — Hello Vino iPhone app uses image recognition to empower shoppers in the wine aisle (11/14/11)
  Posted 11/22/11 at 12:55pm via sfgate.com
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  Hello Vino — Retail chain leverages free Hello Vino mobile app to educate shoppers on the wine aisle (11/17/11)
  Posted 11/22/11 at 12:55pm via sfgate.com
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  Hello Vino — Hello Vino Android app reaches 100,000 installs (8/3/11)
  Posted 11/22/11 at 12:55pm via hellovino.com
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  Hello Vino — Hello Vino 'Wine Label Image Recognition' app featured on SiliconAngle.com (11/14/11)
  Posted 11/22/11 at 12:55pm via siliconangle.com
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  Hello Vino — Hello Vino 'Wine Label Image Recognition' app featured on TheNextWeb.com (11/11/11)
  Posted 11/22/11 at 12:55pm via thenextweb.com
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  Hello Vino — iPhone app featured on the iTunes App Store 'Holiday Apps" list (11/4/11)
  Posted 11/22/11 at 12:55pm via twitter.com
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  Hello Vino — iPhone app featured on the iTunes App Store 'Pocket Sommelier" list (9/15/11)
  Posted 10/29/11 at 11:50am via twitter.com
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  Hello Vino — Reuters states Hello Vino is poised for growth in "Entrepreneurs target millennial wine drinkers" (1/20/11)
  Posted 10/29/11 at 11:46am via reuters.com
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  Hello Vino — Featured by Reuters in "Apps, tweets and websites for wine drinkers" article (7/14/09)
  Posted 10/29/11 at 11:23am via reuters.com
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  Hello Vino — The New York Times picks Hello Vino as top app for food pairings in "App in One Hand, Wine Glass in the Other" (8/17/11)
  Posted 10/29/11 at 11:16am via nytimes.com
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  Hello Vino — Featured on WSVN Channel 7 Miami in "Appsolute Must" with Epicurious (6/8/11)
  Posted 10/29/11 at 11:12am via wsvn.com
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  Hello Vino — Jim McNamee added as Co-founder (1/23/09)
  Posted 10/29/11 at 11:09am

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Hello Vino - My Wines
Uploaded: 11/9/11

Sources

Hello Vino Launch (blog.hellovino.com) [edit]
What wine goes with iPhone? There's an app for that. (prlog.org) [edit]
The Six Companies Pitching At Open Angel Forum Boston (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Wine Lovers (mashable.com) [edit]
Hello Vino Launches Free Android App for Wine Shopping Season Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/10/25/prwebprweb4693084.DTL#ixzz13UFu7clC (sfgate.com) [edit]
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wsvn.com [edit]
nytimes.com [edit]
reuters.com [edit]
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twitter.com [edit]
twitter.com [edit]
Hello Vino 2.0 lets you snap photos of wine bottles for smart recommendations (thenextweb.com) [edit]
Hello Vino Turns to Big Data with Image Recognition iPhone App (siliconangle.com) [edit]
blog.hellovino.com [edit]
Raley's Launches Groundbreaking Mobile App Program to Assist Wine Shoppers (sfgate.com) [edit]
New Mobile App for Wine Shoppers Combines Image Recognition with Social Recommendations (sfgate.com) [edit]
Raley’s leverages Hello Vino app to boost wine sales (mobilecommercedaily.com) [edit]