A simple (trivial?) comparison of wines and what descriptive words
from a set of wine reviews.
The darker the color means wines are more similar; I used 9 color
scales (adding black for perfect matches) from http://colorbrewer2.org/.
Similarity is calculated by simply counting up the most frequent words
used to describe the wines and seeing how many match in the top 10 for each.
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barbera
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| cabernet fra
| cabernet sau
| carignan
| gamay
| greek red
| grenache
| italian red
| malbec
| merlot
| mourvedre
| nebbiolo
| other red
| petit verdot
| petite sirah
| pinot noir
| pinotage
| port blend
| portuguese r
| red blend
| rhone style
| sangiovese
| shiraz syrah
| spanish red
| tempranillo
| zinfandel
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barbera
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bordeaux sty
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cabernet fra
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cabernet sau
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carignan
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gamay
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greek red
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grenache
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italian red
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malbec
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merlot
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mourvedre
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nebbiolo
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other red
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petit verdot
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petite sirah
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pinot noir
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pinotage
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port blend
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portuguese r
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red blend
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rhone style
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sangiovese
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shiraz syrah
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spanish red
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tempranillo
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zinfandel
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Top matches for each wine, if had a score of 6/10 or higher
barbera
bordeaux style red blend
gamay : 6
portuguese_red : 6
cabernet franc
cabernet sauvignon
merlot : 6
shiraz_syrah : 6
petite_sirah : 6
carignan
spanish_red : 7
tempranillo : 7
other_red : 7
greek_red : 6
italian_red : 6
malbec : 6
pinotage : 6
sangiovese : 6
mourvedre : 6
nebbiolo : 6
gamay
portuguese_red : 6
bordeaux_style_red_blend : 6
greek red
spanish_red : 6
tempranillo : 6
carignan : 6
grenache
italian_red : 6
tempranillo : 6
italian red
sangiovese : 8
nebbiolo : 8
grenache : 6
pinotage : 6
red_blend : 6
tempranillo : 6
other_red : 6
carignan : 6
zinfandel : 6
malbec
tempranillo : 8
other_red : 8
spanish_red : 7
carignan : 6
mourvedre : 6
merlot
cabernet_sauvignon : 6
shiraz_syrah : 6
petite_sirah : 6
mourvedre
spanish_red : 7
tempranillo : 7
malbec : 6
pinotage : 6
other_red : 6
carignan : 6
nebbiolo
italian_red : 8
sangiovese : 8
pinotage : 6
red_blend : 6
tempranillo : 6
other_red : 6
carignan : 6
other red
malbec : 8
tempranillo : 8
spanish_red : 7
carignan : 7
italian_red : 6
pinotage : 6
sangiovese : 6
mourvedre : 6
nebbiolo : 6
petit verdot
petite_sirah : 6
petite sirah
petit_verdot : 6
merlot : 6
cabernet_sauvignon : 6
shiraz_syrah : 6
pinot noir
pinotage
italian_red : 6
spanish_red : 6
tempranillo : 6
other_red : 6
carignan : 6
sangiovese : 6
mourvedre : 6
nebbiolo : 6
port blend
portuguese red
gamay : 6
bordeaux_style_red_blend : 6
red blend
italian_red : 6
sangiovese : 6
nebbiolo : 6
rhone style red blend
sangiovese
italian_red : 8
nebbiolo : 8
pinotage : 6
red_blend : 6
tempranillo : 6
other_red : 6
carignan : 6
shiraz syrah
merlot : 6
cabernet_sauvignon : 6
petite_sirah : 6
spanish red
tempranillo : 8
malbec : 7
other_red : 7
carignan : 7
mourvedre : 7
greek_red : 6
pinotage : 6
tempranillo
malbec : 8
spanish_red : 8
other_red : 8
carignan : 7
mourvedre : 7
greek_red : 6
grenache : 6
italian_red : 6
pinotage : 6
sangiovese : 6
nebbiolo : 6
zinfandel
italian_red : 6