Let us introduce you to wines you’ll love, selected with your DNA in mind.
Rate and review your bottles. The more you tell us, the better we can match you to future selections.
Your Vinome results reveal the flavors you find appealing. We use those preferences to select wines just for you.
This includes a Helix DNA kit.
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Have you registered your Helix DNA kit? Once your DNA has been sequenced by Helix, your don't need another DNA kit to use this product, which means you get a lower price.
Great Gift For: Someone who’s ready for an exciting, ultra-personalized way to find great wines
What to Expect: Interactive quiz, wine recommendations, taste insights
Value: Discover new taste preferences or validate your expert intuition with wines that are uniquely suited for you.
Great Gift For: Someone who’s ready for an exciting, ultra-personalized way to find great wines
What to Expect: Interactive quiz, wine recommendations, taste insights
Value: Discover new taste preferences or validate your expert intuition with wines that are uniquely suited for you.
An interactive experience
Complete our interactive taste quiz to help us really hone in on the wines you’ll love.
Your customized taste profile
Your Vinome results reveal the flavors you find appealing. We use those preferences to select wines just for you.
Wines as unique as you
Order Vinome to gain exclusive access to our Wine Store. Join our Wine Club to receive boutique, hard-to-find wines paired to your unique palate.
Selections that improve over time
Rate and review your bottles. The more you tell us, the better we can match you to future selections.
The scientists at Vinome curated dozens of scientific studies to isolate genetic variations shown to be associated with taste and smell. We then invited hundreds of people to taste and rate an array of wines distinct in varietal and flavor profile. We tested their DNA for key genetic variations and compiled information from a 100-question survey about their overall taste preferences for a variety of foods and drinks.
Based on the results of this study, we developed an algorithm that combines genetic data with taste preference information to deliver very personalized wine recommendations and knowledge.
Your personal taste is determined by chemical receptors on your tongue and in your nose that detect individual elements of flavor. Genetic variants in genes for some receptors are very noticeable (like being sensitive to certain bitter tastes1), but many are subtle or complex and depend on multiple individual receptors. Changes in your DNA can impact the way that things taste, but other factors can influence whether or not you like that taste.
Vinome performed a small research study to identify predictive factors in DNA and self-reported food preferences. Wine Explorer looks at the DNA that codes for different taste and smell receptors and other parts of your DNA known to influence flavor preference. Vinome uses this information from your DNA to identify a taste preference profile and match you with wines that fit into that profile.
Vinome incorporates both genetics and your food preferences to create your wine preference profile.
Get access to the best and latest in DNA discovery. It takes just 3 simple steps.
Order Wine Explorer and Helix sends you a DNA collection kit, which includes everything you need to get sequenced.
Register your DNA kit, provide a small saliva sample, and drop it in the mail using the provided pre-paid shipping box you get in your kit.
After Helix sequences your DNA from your saliva, you’ll get an email from Vinome to view your results when they’re ready.
To capture the information stored in your DNA so it can be used for this product, we need to collect a small, one-time saliva sample from you. This kit has everything you need to provide that sample from the comfort of your own home, and you’ll never have to provide another.
A unique Kit ID you’ll use to register your kit
Saliva collection tube, cap, and printed instructions
A small bag and prepaid box to send your saliva sample to our lab
Founded by genetic scientists and wine experts in 2015, Vinome is the only wine service in the world that utilizes your DNA and the science of taste to deliver wines that are personalized to you. We partner with esteemed wineries throughout the U.S. to bring you boutique, high-quality wines, scientifically tailored to your palate.
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Helix empowers everyone to explore what makes them unique—their DNA.
From health and wellness insights to family planning and ancestry information, Helix’s growing list of partners can tap into your genetic profile to provide relevant insights for today, tomorrow and years to come.
Have a question about ordering or sequencing?support@helix.com
Products on Helix use the DNA information found in your saliva to give you insights into what makes you, you. The Helix DNA kit has everything you need to provide a saliva sample and send it to our lab to we can sequence your DNA.
Once you are sequenced, you can gain insights from any from any product on Helix for years to com – all without having to provide another saliva sample ever again.
Vinome is the only wine service in the world that utilizes your DNA and the science of taste to deliver wines that are uniquely, innately personalized to you. We partner with esteemed wineries throughout the U.S. to bring you boutique, high-quality wines, scientifically tailored to your palate.
Taste preferences are determined by both genetic and environmental factors. Vinome’s proprietary algorithm combines your genetic results (we analyze 10 different DNA variants at nine genes involved in taste and smell) and your taste preference results (from a brief online taste quiz) to generate your flavor profile.
Vinome selects some of the finest and rarest wines from small family wineries. Vinome’s expert tasting panel (composed of sommeliers and winemakers) tastes and meticulously scores the flavor components of each wine. A proprietary algorithm matches each wine to a Vinome flavor profile.
Vinome analyzes 10 genetic markers related to smell and taste. We are not looking at DNA changes that have any known effect on your health or provide information about your ancestry.
Your DNA does not change over time, but what we understand about DNA and the science of taste will evolve. In fact, at Vinome, we hope to further our understanding of taste genetics and wine science. That’s why we rely on you to provide us feedback about the wines you receive. The more you tell us, the better we match you to future selections.
Yes. In order to use Wine Explorer, you must be sequenced by Helix. To ensure the quality and accuracy of the genetic information used for this service, products in the Helix marketplace do not accept genetic data from outside sources. And, once you’ve been sequenced by Helix, you can purchase more DNA-powered products from a variety of categories like fitness, nutrition, entertainment, and more—all without having to get sequenced again.
Your DNA information is stored securely by Helix. When sequencing is complete, Helix only sends the relevant DNA information needed by Vinome to generate your results. We do not share your DNA information with anyone without your permission. We always maintain high standards when it comes to the security and privacy of your DNA information.
You can learn more in the Vinome Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Product Consent.
Vinome will send you an email when your results are ready to be viewed online.
Results in this product are based on scientific studies that looked at individuals of just one or only a few genetic ancestries. The same observations and associations have not been tested in people with other genetic ancestries, and may not be true for them.
