VinTank just published its Pulse Report on Vinfolio's free Wine Prices iPhone app. We'd encourage you to read it! If you haven't already downloaded the app, you can find it on iTunes.
Who is VinTank?
VinTank is new company defined as a "digital think tank for the wine industry focused on intermediating the chasm between wine and the digital medium." It's their goal to "solve the complicated problems that have hindered wine from becoming a major online category for both wine companies and large online entities." Paul Mabray and others from Inertia Beverage co-founded VinTank along with Joel Vincent, the founder of the OpenWine Consortium.
Vintank's Pulse Reports are expected to be released regularly to "analyze technology announcements, products, and companies to provide an at-a-glance 'how important is this to the wine industry' assessment." If you like these reports, I understand Paul and his team will soon be enabling a RSS feed for them.
Sneak peek at future Wine Prices iPhone app enhancements
To supplement the reference the report makes to our "road map" for future development, here's a sneak peek at some of the new enhancements we are already working on:
- Optimized buying from the "Buy" button on the wine detail pages
- Ability to save and access favorites
- Ability to see more results from primary search and for individual auction and retail listings.
- "Report problem" function at the line item price level so users can report pricing issues or discrepancies.
- Access to more detailed information per price listing
Let us know if you think there are other new features that would be as or more useful than those above. We love all feedback so suggestions for improvement with existing functionality is appreciated too. The Wine Prices iPhone app will continue to be free, even as enhancements are added.
Write your own review
If you like the application, don't let VinTank's report stop you from writing your own review on iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for the prior link to work) and tell your wine friends.
