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VinPass is touted as the first cross-platform social game created for wine, allowing wine lovers to win badges and earn rewards by sharing wine reviews. To put it in other words – it’s a check-in service for wine drinkers and one I’ll be using pretty regularly. 
The service leverages existing online and mobile wine communities and in that sense expects to reach more than 900,000 users. It’s not a single mobile app – but a platform which thus far is used with three mobile applications: Drync, Hello Vino and iRhone. Moreover, two wine social networks WineLog.net and Addega.com are also allowing their users to check-in via VinPass.
It’s really easy to play – you just taste wine, write a review on any of the five existing wine sites or apps and unlock badges. It’s an ongoing game which lasts as long as your liver can handle it. Love it! 
VinPass’ lead sponsor is Wines of France (French Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries), which has sponsored 10 badges representing different regions and wines of France. In addition, other sponsors include wine personalities Gary Vaynerchuk, Leslie Sbrocco, Evan Dawson and Joe Roberts (1WineDude) as well as a number of regional wine associations.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
