SOMM TV vs Parcelles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SOMM TV
Stream exclusive documentaries, original series, and educational content focused on wine, food, spirits, and travel. Enjoy live programming for recommendations and access content offline on multiple devices.
- Original documentaries and series
- Live educational classes
- Extensive film archives
- Offline downloads
- Live programming for recommendations
- Access on multiple devices
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SOMMTV is the world’s on-demand streaming home for original wine, food, spirits, beer, travel, and lifestyle content. Created by the award-winning team that made SOMM, SOMMTV offers exclusive documentaries, original series, and the best educational content found nowhere else on Earth. SOMMTV is also home to the first live programming that shows you what to drink, where to eat, and how to find it. SOMMTV Member Benefits include: -Unlimited HD and 4K streaming of interactive and original content -Access to live streaming educational classes -Access to the extensive archives of the SOMM documentary films -Ability to download features and episodes to watch offline -The best intel on what to drink, what eat, and where to find it -Be the first to know what wines the professionals are drinking -Watch at home or on the go, on your TV, smartphone, tablet, and computer -Enjoy first access to events and screenings affiliated with SOMMTV content To access all features and content you can subscribe to SOMM TV on a monthly or yearly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.* Pricing can vary by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle. * All payments will be paid through your iTunes Account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: https://watch.sommtv.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://watch.sommtv.com/privacy
Parcelles
Explore the intricate details of Champagne's vineyards and wines. Discover vineyard parcels, producer profiles, and detailed terroir data. Track the growing season and compare vineyards with this data-driven guide.
- Interactive vineyard parcel map
- Detailed terroir analysis
- Champagne catalogue search and filter
- Producer and wine blend information
- 3D vineyard diorama
- Climate and season tracking
- Vineyard comparison and twins
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Champagne, decoded. Parcelles is a detailed, data-driven explorer of Champagne: its 8,000+ vineyard parcels and the champagnes made from them. From the chalk beneath the vines to the bottle in your hand, Parcelles brings it all together in one beautiful app, on iPhone and iPad. EXPLORE THE REGION Browse the entire Champagne wine region on a detailed interactive map. Tap any parcel to see its name, village, and classification instantly. Search across every vineyard, village, producer, and champagne. On iPad, the map and a floating detail panel sit side by side. EVERY CHAMPAGNE Explore the whole champagne catalogue of the region, from the grandes maisons to the smallest growers. Browse, search, and filter by cru, style, dosage, and grape variety to reach exactly the bottle you have in mind. INSIDE EVERY BOTTLE Open each bottle up. See the blend grape by grape, trace any cuvee back to the exact parcels it draws from, and read a portrait of the wine. Producer profiles connect every house to the land behind it. SAVED, PINNED, MEASURED Keep vineyards, producers, and champagnes on your account, each with a note and in lists of your own. Drop a pin with a note anywhere on the map, and measure a row, a parcel, or the elevation along a line. KNOW YOUR TERROIR Every parcel analyzed with altitude, slope, aspect, sun exposure, soil composition, and rankings against all of Champagne. Understand what makes each vineyard unique. WHAT LIES BENEATH Geology overlays, contour lines, and hillshade reveal the land that shapes each vineyard. The vineyard diorama builds any parcel as a lit 3D model with its surroundings, and a sun you can move through the day and the year. Elevation profiles show the surface geology and the rock layers below, reconstructed from real boreholes. DECADES OF CLIMATE Growing degree days, rainfall, frost, and sunshine decade by decade since 1950. See how climate has shaped the vines, the best years and the worst, all-time records, village by village. Plus a Climate Outlook with CMIP6 projections through 2040. SEASON TRACKER Follow the growing season day by day. Growing degree days, a 3-day forecast, frost warnings, vintage archetype forecasts, and harvest predictions, village by village, updated daily. AROUND ME Visiting Champagne? Discover which vineyards surround you, sorted by distance. Stand on the terroir and read it from your phone. COMPARE AND FIND TWINS Compare up to 10 vineyards side by side, and find their terroir twins: vineyards that share similar soil, altitude, and exposure anywhere in Champagne. PRICING Free: the interactive map, every parcel with names, villages, and classifications, search and browse across the whole champagne catalogue, and the Climate Outlook with CMIP6 projections through 2040. No account needed. Membership: everything else, including full terroir data, geology, 3D terrain and the vineyard diorama, elevation profiles, vintage ratings and Vintage Scores since 1950, Season Tracker, Terroir Twins, the blend and parcel tracing for every cuvee, Saved, map pins, and measurements, 10-vineyard comparisons, and PDF and Excel exports. CHF 9.90/month or CHF 79/year, with a 7-day free trial. WHY PARCELLES Champagne has over 8,000 vineyard parcels, each shaped by millions of years of geology, unique microclimates, and centuries of tradition. This knowledge has always been scattered across archives, academic papers, and local memory. Parcelles brings it together, so anyone curious about Champagne can understand what makes each vineyard unique. The map and the champagne catalogue stay free for everyone. A membership unlocks everything else, with a 7-day free trial, monthly or annual, cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://parcelles.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Parcelles at freemium against SOMM TV's subscription. Parcelles also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). SOMM TV's advantage is ratings volume (452 vs 3) and chart position (#81 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SOMM TV sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Parcelles sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SOMM TV against 5.0 for Parcelles. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SOMM TV has 452 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of SOMM TV's written reviews are positive against 100% of Parcelles's.
SOMM TV ships an update every 3 months, Parcelles every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SOMM TV | Parcelles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (452 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 452 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #81 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Forgotten Man Films LLC | Roman Blum |
Customer experience
SOMM TV
Parcelles
In-app purchases
SOMM TV
- SOMM TV Subscription$5.991 Month
- SOMM TV Subscription$49.991 Year
- SOMM TV - 899$8.99
- SOMM TV - 1999$19.99
Parcelles
- Parcelles Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Parcelles Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year







