Wine choice angst?

If you've ever been handed a wine list the size of an encyclopaedia in a posh restaurant and succumbed to mild panic, you're not alone. Many of us feel sweaty palmed when having to choose from a bewildering array of wines we've never tasted or even heard of, especially when we're trying to impress a hot date or a potential client. And traditionally snooty sommeliers - wine advisers to the uninitiated - trying to embarrass us into spending more than we can afford, only make matters worse. Luckily there are a growing number of wine apps offering to help us navigate the worrying - but wonderful - world of wine. "I used to hate having to choose wine in restaurants... it was horrible," says Matt Gertner, the Prague-based founder of wine app start-up Corkscrew.