Terms of Service

Effective July 6, 2026

These Terms govern your use of Cork Compass, a personal wine journal operated by Matt Bruer. By creating an account or using the service, you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use Cork Compass.

Who can use Cork Compass

You must be of legal drinking age in your jurisdiction (for example, 21 in the United States) and able to enter into a binding agreement. Please enjoy wine responsibly.

Your account

Keep your login credentials secure and don’t share your account. You’re responsible for activity that happens under your account. Let us know at hello@wineapp.cc if you suspect unauthorized use.

The service

Cork Compass lets you log wine tastings and provides AI-generated insights and recommendations based on what you log. Features may change over time as we improve the product.

Your content

You keep ownership of the tastings, notes, and photos you add (“your content”). You grant us a limited license to store, process, and display your content solely to operate the service for you — including sending photos and text to our AI provider to generate results. Don’t upload content that is unlawful or that you don’t have the right to share.

Acceptable use

  • Don’t misuse, overload, probe, or attempt to disrupt the service or its AI features.
  • Don’t attempt to access other users’ data, reverse engineer the app, or scrape it.
  • Don’t use the service for anything unlawful.

AI-generated content

Insights, wine profiles, and recommendations are generated by AI and offered for educational and entertainment purposes. They can be incomplete or inaccurate and are not professional, medical, financial, or purchasing advice. Use your own judgment, and always drink responsibly.

Intellectual property

Cork Compass — including its name, brand, design, and software (excluding your content) — belongs to us and is protected by applicable law. We grant you a personal, non-transferable right to use the app under these Terms.

Disclaimers

The service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We don’t guarantee that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that AI output will be accurate.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Cork Compass and Matt Bruer will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for loss of data or profits, arising from your use of the service.

Termination

You can stop using Cork Compass at any time and request account deletion. We may suspend or terminate access if you violate these Terms or to protect the service.

Changes

We may update these Terms or the service. When we make material changes, we’ll revise the effective date above. Continued use after changes means you accept the updated Terms.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the state in which the operator resides, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email hello@wineapp.cc.