Our mission is to help wine professionals, enthusiasts and newbies alike, by making the world of wine accessible and fun through a deeper understanding and appreciation of wine in its many forms.
The site was was created and designed by New York-based Front End Developer Glenn McClanan using Next.js and D3.
The primary data source for the site is from Wine Economics Research Centre at the University of Adelaide, a wine research and teaching university. The data spans many elements of the wine industry, from production, consumption, and trade. The data represented on this site is only a portion of what is available in their data set.
The dataset is available in both pdf and Excel formats on the Centre's website:
Wine Economics Research Centre
Their grape varietal data was, in part, drawn from Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC).