carafe

This morning, 5:55 AM

Know what to pour.

Tell Carafe what's for dinner. It finds the bottle, explains why it works, and remembers what you loved.

Dish

Coq au vin

Sunday dinner for four

Wine

Chinon, Cabernet Franc

Loire Valley · $19

Acidity
Body
Tannin

Bright acidity cuts through the braise, and its soft tannins never crowd the dish.

Ask like you would ask a sommelier.

No tasting exams and no jargon. Describe the meal in plain words and get a shortlist you can actually buy.

  • 01

    Describe dinner

    Type the dish, the cuisine, or just what is in the pan.

  • 02

    Pick your bottle

    Ranked matches with the reasoning, the price, and how each fits your taste.

  • 03

    Log the pour

    One tap saves the bottle to your journal and sharpens your recommendations.

One place for every bottle.

For you

Your taste, learned bottle by bottle.

Every rating tunes what Carafe pours next, from weeknight values to cellar splurges.

95 match
Cellar

Know when to drink what you own.

Your 2019 Barolo is entering its window.

Community

Tasting notes from people, not databases.

Journal

Every pour, remembered.

Labels, ratings, and notes in one searchable timeline.

4.2 · 318 ratings

It told me why the pairing worked. I stopped second-guessing the wine aisle.

Mara Lindqvist, home cook in Gothenburg

Tonight could be anywhere.

Rooftop in Rome or the bar downstairs — know what to order before the glasses arrive.

Find your pairing