Buying wine online is another pandemic-era shift that’s poised to stick around

Pix, based mostly in Napa, Calif., with 18 workers, is funded by wineries and retailers, in addition to some skilled buyers, Mabray informed me. It will likely be going up in opposition to established wine commerce websites equivalent to Wine.com, Wine-Searcher.com, Winestyr and Bare Wines, all of which recorded sturdy gross sales progress final yr. Sippd, a brand new app with apparently extra modest ambitions, goals to level customers to wines they may like on a restaurant listing and assist them purchase it at retail.