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About git.wine

git.wine is an independent wine site. We write about wine regions, wine bars, and wine education.

Our wine data work now lives at elid.wine. Easily Legible Identifiers (ELID) is an open system we built to standardize wine identifiers for human and AI use.

Rijnard van Tonder, Founder

Founder

Rijnard van Tonder brings together deep technical expertise (Ph.D. Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon) with wine industry credentials (Certified Sommelier, Court of Master Sommeliers). His focus is making wine information more accessible.

Our Mission

To make high-quality wine information accessible to everyone, through independent writing and open data.

Our Vision

A transparent wine ecosystem where reliable, verifiable data is available to everyone, from wineries to wine lovers.