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TLDR: La Garde is similar to reddit – just sort by Hot, Latest or Top on the homepage.
Welcome to La Garde.
We started this as a place for wine lovers in Singapore to gather, share what we are drinking, ask questions, discover bottles, and learn from one another.
Some of us are just getting into wine.
Some of us have been collecting, tasting, and nerding out for years.
Either way, we are here because we enjoy wine, and because wine is always better when there are good conversations around it.
Where should I post?
La Garde is organised into three main spaces.
Wine Talk
For general wine conversations, tasting notes, questions, recommendations, purchases, and casual wine chat. When in doubt, just post here.
SG Wine Scene
For wine events, tastings, dinners, wine bars, local finds, and anything happening in Singapore’s wine scene.
Garde App
For updates, feedback, bug reports and discussions related to the Garde app.
Post titles and house prefixes
There is no strict format for titles. Title your post however you like, as long as it’s respectful, civil, and helps others understand what the conversation is about.
As part of our community culture, we use a few simple prefixes to make the feed easier to scan and to help conversations get going. Use them as you see fit!
[TN]
For tasting notes, impressions or opinions on wines that you have tasted.
e.g. [TN] 2000 Barolo from Giacomo Conterno ...
[Help]
For help finding, choosing, understanding, pairing, or deciding on anything wine related.
e.g. [Help] How to tell the difference between Shiraz and Syrah ...
[Loot]
For bottles you just bought, received, collected, or added to your cellar.
e.g. [Loot] A few bottles I brought back from my recent trip to Napa
CC:
Short for Cellar Confessions. Use this for wine stories, guilty pleasures, funny mistakes, impulse buys, unpopular opinions, and the more human side of wine.
e.g. CC: I bought this bottle because the label looked expensive
Ask the Maker:
From time to time, we will host winemakers, owners or sommeliers and everyone can ask them questions - something like a reddit AMA.
e.g. Ask the Maker: Domaine Jacques Selosse
Write easy
You do not need to write like a critic. A simple and honest post is more valuable than a polished but empty one.
Lastly, keep it friendly
Wine is full of opinions, and that is part of the fun.
You can disagree. You can challenge a view. You can say a wine is overrated, too young, overpriced, brilliant, boring, or misunderstood.
Just keep the conversation respectful. Strong opinions are welcome but personal attacks, snobbery, and bad faith behaviour are not.
Welcome to La Garde 
