Vinismo.com was a

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with the goal of having a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable guide of all

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...

regions and producers in the world. It was founded in April, 2007 by

Evan Prodromou Evan S. Prodromou (born 14 October 1968) is a software developer and open source advocate. His major contributions have been Wikitravel (with Michele Ann Jenkins), Identi.ca, and StatusNet. In 2015, he launched Fuzzy.ai, an artificial intell ...

and launched on July 24, 2007. It used the

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software platform for management of its content. As of February 2011, Vinismo was no longer working, even though in May 2010 it had 35,000 articles contributed by over 600 authors. The site was organized by Regions, Wineries and Grapes. Its regions were divided into ''Wines of Europe'' (including France, Italy, Germany, Spain) and ''Wines of the New World'' (such as California, Australia, Chile). The Grapes were categorized by ''Reds'' (such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel) and ''Whites'' (e.g. Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc). Since May 30, 2009, the project had changed to focus more on "offering a knowledge base on wine regions, producers and grapes than a listing of individual wines". Vinismo was also the first site to use the form extension to the

software platform. The extension lets users create new articles with a form interface. In addition to English, French and Italian versions of Vinismo were launched.

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