An AI sommelier that starts with your own cellar

Cella helps you decide what to open, what to hold, and what to pair by using the wines in your SmartCellar account.

Most wine advice is generic. It can recommend a region, a grape, or a famous producer, but it does not know what is already available to you. Cella is designed to answer from your own collection.

Free plan. No card required. Web and iPhone app.

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Ask practical cellar questions

Cella is built for moments when a collector has a real decision to make. Ask what to open with dinner, which bottles are ready, what should be held, or how to think about a group of wines entering the same drinking window.

  • Get suggestions based on bottle count, readiness, style, and cellar context.
  • Ask pairing and serving questions without leaving the bottle page.
  • Use tasting history to make advice more personal over time.

Use AI as guidance, not a black box

SmartCellar keeps AI features close to your cellar details, so recommendations can be checked against the bottle information you entered or enriched. It is designed to help with decisions, not replace your judgement.

Included from the free tier

Free accounts include Cella chat and wine enrichment limits, with higher allowances available on paid plans for collectors who use the assistant regularly.

Turn cellar data into a conversation

Filters are excellent when you know exactly what you are looking for. Conversation helps when the question is softer: something mature but not too expensive, a white wine for seafood, or a bottle to open before it declines.

Keep expectations realistic

AI wine advice should be treated as guidance. Vintage variation, storage condition, personal taste, and occasion all matter. Cella is a useful assistant for narrowing choices and surfacing context, while leaving the final decision with the collector.

Useful for learning as well as choosing

Collectors often want to understand a choice, not only receive one. Cella can explain why a style may suit a dish, why a bottle might need more time, or what differentiates two wines in the same cellar.

What the SmartCellar workflow looks like

The product is built around real cellar moments: adding a bottle, checking where it lives, deciding what to open, and saving what happened afterwards.

  1. 1. Add or scan a bottle

    Create a bottle record manually or scan the label, then review profile details before saving.

  2. 2. Keep location and quantity accurate

    Track the cellar, rack, shelf, case, fridge, bottle count, purchase price, and merchant context.

  3. 3. Choose what to open

    Filter by readiness, colour, region, quantity, value, or tasting history, then ask Cella when the choice is not obvious.

  4. 4. Save the tasting memory

    Record ratings, notes, occasion, photos, and whether the wine deserves a place in the cellar again.

Common questions

How is Cella different from a generic AI wine chat?

Cella is designed to start from the wines in your SmartCellar account, so the answer can consider your bottles, quantities, readiness, and tasting history rather than only generic wine advice.

Can Cella choose from my own cellar?

Yes. Cella can help narrow what to open, hold, or pair using cellar records you have added to SmartCellar.

Should AI replace a sommelier or my own judgement?

No. SmartCellar treats AI as guidance. Vintage variation, storage, personal preference, and the occasion still matter, and the collector keeps the final decision.