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Maison Apéro is a multilingual home for wine conversations, group discovery, a personal Wine Library, structured evaluations and wine-study questions. Use it in your browser or install the PWA.

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Maison Apéro

What is Maison Apéro?

Maison Apéro is a wine community and communication app. It combines direct messages, group chats, a personal Wine Library, data-driven tasting evaluations and multiple-choice or written study questions in one account across supported devices.

The name and its beginning

What Maison Apéro is meant to hold

A welcoming home where wine starts a conversation instead of ending as a label in a list.

Maison is the French word for a house or home. Apéro is the relaxed moment before a meal when people gather around a drink and conversation. Together, Maison Apéro names a place that welcomes people in and lets one bottle open a shared moment.

The product was shaped around a simple problem: wine conversations, useful references and learning often become separated across different tools. Maison Apéro brings messages, the Wine Library, data-driven evaluations and study questions under one roof, while keeping people and the time they share at the centre.

Talk

Let a bottle become the beginning of a conversation.

Return

Keep the bottle, conversation and useful references together.

Go deeper

Move naturally from enjoyment to a more precise understanding.

Maison Notes

Data-driven wine evaluation

Use a label, wine-list excerpt or identifying text to request a structured reference evaluation. Results are guidance, and recognition is not guaranteed.

Four parts, one wine community

Share, identify, evaluate and learn.

Maison Apéro keeps conversation, a personal wine reference and structured learning together in one clear product flow.

Wine messaging

Use direct and group chats to share bottles, links, images and the context around a tasting.

Wine Library

Find wine records by producer, region, grape and vintage, then return to them from your personal collection.

Data-driven evaluation

Submit a label, wine-list excerpt or identifying text for a structured reference evaluation. Recognition and evaluation are not guaranteed.

Study questions

Practise with multiple-choice and written questions by topic, region or a randomized selection.

From course list to review

Photograph one wine. See the review take shape.

Taking an online tasting course? Photograph or crop the row for the wine you want to explore. Maison can try to identify it from a course handout, wine list or PDF screenshot as well as a bottle label.

Recognition is not guaranteed. If the image is unclear, Maison asks you to confirm the detected wine or enter its name before the review starts.

01 · Photograph

Frame only the relevant row so the producer, wine and vintage are easy to read.

02 · Confirm

Maison checks the detected identity against the Wine Library before analysis.

03 · Review

The result appears at the depth available for your plan.

The same wine, three review depths

This example shows the presentation difference clearly. Tasting language is illustrative and changes with the wine, vintage and submitted evidence.

Château Calon-SégurSaint-Estèphe · Bordeaux · illustrative example
FreeShown after capture

Complete standard review

Profile
Cassis, cedar and graphite, with fresh acidity and firm tannins.
Conclusion
A structured Left Bank Bordeaux profile with a long, savoury finish.
Memo
A concise result remains available.

No subscription required.

RéserveStructured detail

Complete structured review

Appearance
Deep ruby appearance.
Nose & palate
Black fruit, cedar, graphite and dried herbs; dry, full-bodied and persistent.
Conclusion
Balance, intensity, finish, service and pairing are organised for later reference.

Revisit the complete review and compare languages from Memo.

GrandAdvanced depth

Advanced specialist analysis

Causality
The Cabernet-led structure is considered alongside Saint-Estèphe’s gravel-and-clay context.
Development
Tannin integration, savoury evolution and fruit retention are interpreted together.
Decision
Maturity, drinking window, service and pairing are explained with deeper reasoning.

Currently available to beta and selected early-access users.

Maison Ephemeral

Disappearing messages, shown as they really work

Two live, in-page demonstrations show the production behavior without depending on an external video player.

Live product demonstration00:10

Left · SenderDisappears automatically 20 seconds after read

Right · RecipientTap to erase manually from both devices

Mutual Burn

After the recipient reads, the message disappears from both online devices after 20 seconds—or immediately when the recipient taps the purple grape.

Live product demonstration00:10

Left · SenderSent with one shared expiry

Right · RecipientRemaining time and colour update live

IGF follows the time remaining

The message changes from blue to yellow to red, the wine glass drains through the final ten seconds, and the same expiry removes it from both devices.

Device removal is not instant server deletion. After the original IGF deadline, server cleanup runs daily at 09:00 JST and may take up to 24 hours.

Maison Emphasis

Emphasize one line. Keep the conversation moving.

Inline emphasis makes your key point clear inside the message composer, without turning it into a separate card.

  1. Right beside GIF

    The > button sits immediately to the right of GIF in both direct and group chats.

  2. One tap starts emphasis

    Maison adds a new line when needed, then inserts > so you can type the important passage.

  3. Emerald marks the key point

    The emphasized line and active > button turn emerald while normal text keeps its usual colour.

  4. Return to normal instantly

    Tap > again or press Enter. The completed emphasis stays emerald and the next line returns to normal text.

Maison

What made this vintage feel so precise?

One detail stood out: The cooler season preserved the acidity.
GIF Emphasis · emerald

EnterEnter also returns to normal text

One place for your wine life

Keep the conversation and the bottle context together, whether you are sharing with one friend or learning with a group.

Direct messages

Talk one to one, share wine moments and keep conversation preferences under your control.

Wine groups

Create group conversations, invite members and organize shared wine discoveries.

Wine Library

Find wines by producer, region, grape and vintage, then build a personal collection you can revisit.

Evaluation and study

Request a structured reference evaluation or practise multiple-choice and written questions by topic, region or at random.

Fast, bounded attachments

Send up to five images at once. After optimization, images are limited to 10 MB, videos to 25 MB and general files to 10 MB. Non-animated image and native video sources can be up to 100 MB before optimization; web videos must already be 25 MB or less.

IGF from one minute

Message IGF is always ON. Free supports 1 minute to 4 weeks; Réserve and Trial support 1 minute to 52 weeks. Réserve and Trial admins may separately switch group-level IGF ON or OFF.

A deadline you can read

The tint follows actual time remaining: blue above 1 week, yellow from over 24 hours through 1 week, and red at 24 hours or less. A draining wine glass appears in the final 10 seconds.

Mutual Burn

A purple grape marks eligible one-to-one Vanish-on-Read messages. The recipient can tap it to remove the message immediately from both users’ online devices; otherwise it disappears 20 seconds after the recipient reads it. Offline devices catch up when next online.

One server cleanup schedule

Tap and the 20-second flow do not instantly erase server data. After the selected IGF deadline, every plan uses the same daily cleanup at 9:00 AM JST, with up to 24 hours of delay. Downloads, other-app copies and screenshots cannot be remotely deleted.

Choose the depth that fits your wine life

Three clear levels. Prices are plans, not a current offer: the purchase route is still being decided, and existing memberships keep their promised terms.

Free

No subscription

  • Core Maison conversations
  • A complete review when you scan
  • A concise result in Memo
  • Use on one signed-in device at a time
  • Up to 12 favourite wines

Réserve

Planned · Japan ¥800/month · Outside Japan US$8/month

  • Everything in Free
  • Complete, structured reviews
  • Revisit reviews from Memo
  • Use one app language, or English plus one chosen language side by side or stacked
  • Use on up to three devices
  • Up to 100 favourite wines

Grand

Planned · Japan ¥2,000/month · Outside Japan US$18/month

  • Everything in Réserve
  • Advanced specialist analysis with deeper written reasoning
  • Expanded causal, maturity and ageing analysis
  • Currently limited to beta and selected early-access users
  • General availability is planned for October 2026 or later

Start on the web in three steps

No payment method is required to create an eligible account or begin the signup benefit.

  1. Create your account

    Use Google or Apple in the PWA. Email signup remains available in the mobile app.

  2. Explore Réserve

    A new eligible account receives at least 30 days of Réserve access from its creation date.

  3. Choose what follows

    Continue with Free, or check the latest plan availability on the official Maison website and app after the benefit.

At least 30 days of Réserve after signup

The signup benefit unlocks regular Réserve features without a payment method. Review ticket costs are confirmed before you start. Ticketed study quizzes show their cost before they begin, and resuming uses no additional tickets. In Japan, Réserve is planned at ¥800 per month and Grand at ¥2,000 per month. Outside Japan, Réserve is planned at US$8 per month and Grand at US$18 per month. These are planned prices rather than a current offer; the purchase route is still being decided and existing memberships keep their promised terms.

Web account creation
Google and Apple
Signup benefit
At least 30 days
Payment method
Not required for the benefit
Ticketed study quizzes
Cost shown before start
Réserve
Planned · Japan ¥800/month · Outside Japan US$8/month
Grand
Planned · Japan ¥2,000/month · Outside Japan US$18/month; private beta

Maison Trust

Your data, explained without euphemism

Traffic is protected with TLS, stored data is encrypted with Google-managed keys, and server-side rules plus App Check restrict access. Maison Apéro is not end-to-end encrypted; disappearing content is removed according to the published IGF and cleanup schedule.

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers about the PWA, account creation, Réserve and Grand.

Can I create a Maison Apéro account on the web?

Yes. The PWA supports new account creation with Google or Apple. Email signup remains limited to the official mobile app.

Does the 30-day signup benefit require a card?

No. An eligible new Google or Apple account receives at least 30 days of Réserve without adding a payment method.

What happens when the benefit ends?

You can continue with Free or check the latest plan availability on the official Maison website and app.

What are the planned plan prices and where can I buy?

In Japan, Réserve is planned at ¥800 per month and Grand at ¥2,000 per month. Outside Japan, Réserve is planned at US$8 per month and Grand at US$18 per month. These are not a current sales offer. The purchase route is still being decided, and existing memberships keep their promised terms.

When will Grand be available?

Grand is currently limited to beta and selected early-access users. General availability is planned for October 2026 or later.

Do wine reviews or study quizzes use tickets?

Review ticket costs are confirmed before you start. Ticketed study quizzes show the required amount before they start, and resuming an unfinished quiz uses no additional tickets.

How large can attachments be?

After optimization, each image is limited to 10 MB, each video to 25 MB and each general file to 10 MB. Non-animated image and native video sources can be up to 100 MB before optimization. Web videos are not recompressed and must already be 25 MB or less. RAW photos are treated as general files.

Which languages are supported?

The Maison Apéro experience is available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Italian.

Can I use Maison Apéro Free in a browser or installed PWA?

Yes. Free works in the browser and installed PWA on one signed-in device. Réserve supports up to three signed-in devices. Review ticket costs are confirmed before you start; ticketed study quizzes show the required amount before they start.

How are IGF and Mutual Burn different?

IGF gives every message a selected expiry of at least one minute, followed by the published server cleanup schedule. Mutual Burn applies to eligible one-to-one messages: the recipient can tap to remove the message from both users’ online devices, or it disappears 20 seconds after the recipient reads it. Offline devices catch up when they next connect.

What does the name Maison Apéro mean?

Maison means house or home in French, while apéro is the relaxed time before a meal when people share a drink and conversation. The name expresses the product idea: one welcoming place for wine conversations, references, learning and discovery.