Top Queries February-April

I thought it would be fun to share a list of the top queries we’ve been seeing come in.

Some of these are in the examples or other blog postings, so that clearly biases the results. Rather than remove these, I’ve simply indicated which they are — it’s interesting to see which ones attract the most attention. This data is sorted by the number of unique users trying each query since launch. Take these with a grain of salt — my method for determining unique users is fairly primitive, and many of these were doubtless influenced by articles written elsewhere mentioning particular queries, like Jancis Robinson’s kind plug in her recent note about dry farming.

Note also that many of the examples used filters, but I have lumped all versions of a query, filtered or not, into one. The links below are to unfiltered queries (yes, yes, and unfined, too — I just know you were thinking it!) Add your own filters, if you like, when you try the queries (for example, queries for regions or appellations tend to return official sites first, but if you want to hear what journalists think, filter by Press).

1. champagne (*)
2. pinot noir

Read on for the rest of the list…


3. spain (*)
4. aloxe corton maps (*)
5. zinfandel (*)
6. dolcetto (*)
7. nebbiolo (*)
8. barolo
9. cascina delle rose (*)
10. chardonnay
11. dry farming
12. barbera
13. tempranillo (*)
14. bordeaux
15. italy
16. merlot
17. syrah
18. malbec
19. argyle (*)
20. ribera del duero (*)
21. 1995 pichon lalande (*)
22. shiraz
23. amarone
24. wine
25. denmark (*) — and note there are two Denmarks in the wine world; click on the link at the top of the page to select the one you mean.
26. climate change (*)
27. australia
28. montalcino (*) — and note that Able Grape considers Montalcino a town, and Brunello di Montalcino a wine. Click on the see also link to get results for the wine.
29. cabernet
30. pinot
31. st peray (*)
32. voyager cabernet merlot 2004
33. felsina (*)
34. chianti
35. brunello (*)
36. resveratrol (*)
37. rauzan segla (*)
38. south africa
39. paella pairings (*)
40. riesling (*)
41. malolactic (*)
42. layer cake — the top site here is the distributor for this wine, but in the next database Able Grape will know that a “chocolate layer cake” is not a wine 😉
43. petrus
44. rioja
45. sauvignon blanc
46. pinot gris
47. latour
48. brillette 2005 — interestingly, Brillette has a website, but they don’t have the 2005 on it.
49. 4-ep (*)
50. alsace

(*) indicates a query mentioned in the help or a blog posting.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions about how to make these results better? Post away!