On February 13rd, the online wineguide and social networking website Vinogusto.com will officialize a third round of investment with a new raise of 355.000 euros.
The 2008 results confirmed the enormous potential of this wineguide and wine tourism website based on consumers’opinions.
Some key figures:
- 450.000 unique visitors/month (+ 350% increase year to date),
- 100.000 wines and consumers’opinions, 65.000 addresses, 375.000 pictures,
- 100.000 wine offers (online retailers, cellars, wineries direct sales),
- publication in 5 languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch).
The raised funds will be dedicated to 3 main focus areas for 2009:
- permanent improvement of users’ navigation and participation experiences,
- content enrichment, among others through partnerships with recognized critics and experts (Winedecider.com, Toprural.com, and soon Quarin.com and Idealwine.com)
- service offer for professionals of the sector (presentation of wine professional’s businesses along with their wine offer and services),
Vinogusto.com is ahead of Snooth.com
According to Google Trends, the audience of Vinogusto.com is higher than its Snooth.com American counterpart.
2009 starts up as thrilling and exciting for the entire very motivated team at Vinogusto 
Related post on Loogic.com : ” The competition is clearly between Vinogusto and Snooth which has just received an investment of one million dollars as mentioned by François Derbaix, and who practically double the investment received by Vinogusto but the traffic is about the same.”
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