You know your shoe size.
You know your clothing size.
Why not your Wine Size?

What's Your Wine Size?

Wine SizeA simple code for the style you enjoy.

Stop guessing. Answer two simple questions and discover the wines that fit your taste. No wine knowledge required.

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Wine size = body letter (A–E) + fruit-ripeness number (1–5). D4 means full-bodied and fruity.

C3 Medium-bodied · FruitWhere most people start — but are you?
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What a Wine Size is

Say hello to D4.

D4 Full-bodied and fruityOne particular style of wine

D4 is a Wine Size — a simple code for one particular style of wine.

Once you know the style you enjoy, your Wine Size gives you something simple to remember and use again.

A position, not a score. D4 isn’t better than C3. It’s simply different. The grid is a map, not a mark out of ten.
The B.A.R. Grid®D4
A1
B1
C1
D1
E1
A2
B2
C2
D2
E2
A3
B3
C3
D3
E3
A4
B4
C4
D4
E4
A5
B5
C5
D5
E5
25 positions. 25 different styles.Every Wine Size is one of them.
How you use it

Discover. Remember. Find.

1Discover

Find the style of wine you enjoy. Two questions, about a minute.

2Remember

Keep it. A Wine Size is two characters — D4, C3, B2. Easier than a grape name.

3Find

Use it at the shelf to find other wines that fit your taste.

Find the style you enjoy.
Remember your Wine Size. Use it again.
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Use either label, or add both when they show useful grape, region or alcohol information.

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How it works

Two questions.
Your size. Done.

  1. 1How full do you like it? Light and easy, or big and mouth-filling.
  2. 2How much fruit? Clean at one end, fruity at the other.

Two taps and you've got your square. Your patch of the map to start from.

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The B.A.R. Grid®Body × Fruit
Which wine would you like to explore? Tap Red, White or Rosé. The grid and example wines will change to help you compare.
lightmediumfull
ABCDE
cleanFruitfruity
A1 · lightest & cleanestE5 · fullest & fruitiest
The number is how much fruit you taste, not sweetness. A 5 is not a sweet wine — it is a wine full of fruit.
Tap a familiar wine to see where it sits.
Join in

Size a wine. Help build the map.

Stars tell you whether someone liked a wine. Wine Size tells you what the wine is like—and whether it might suit you.

Tasted a bottle? Add its Wine Size and help other people choose with confidence.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is Find My Wine Size?

A wine size is a two-part code: a letter from A to E for body, from lightest to fullest, and a number from 1 to 5 for fruit ripeness, from most restrained to fruitiest. D4 means full-bodied and fruity.

What is the B.A.R. Grid®?

It is the system behind Find My Wine Size, placing wines on a simple grid so different wine styles can be understood and compared more easily.

How do I find my Wine Size?

Answer two simple questions about the kind of wine you enjoy and Find My Wine Size will show your likely position on the B.A.R. Grid®.

What does a wine size mean?

A wine size is a two-part code: a letter from A to E for body, from lightest to fullest, and a number from 1 to 5 for fruit ripeness, from most restrained to fruitiest. D4 means full-bodied and fruity.

It is not the bottle size. 750ml, magnum and jeroboam are volumes — they tell you how much wine you are buying, not whether you will enjoy it.

Both parts are needed. A classic Bordeaux and a Barossa Shiraz can both be full-bodied, but their fruit character can be very different. The letter shows body and the number shows fruit ripeness, so the two-part code distinguishes wines that a one-dimensional light-to-full scale cannot.

Read the letter first, then the number. Every wine sits somewhere on the B.A.R. Grid®.