Locapour Badge of Honor

Marguerite Barrett
Contributing Writer

“Quite the discerning wine palate. Let the tannins settle and savor the flavor profile – vanilla, butterscotch, used-chimney. Enjoy your next pinot, you oenophile you.”

Yep, that’s right – yesterday afternoon I unlocked FourSquare’s newest badge, “Wino.”

For those unfamiliar with FourSquare it’s the latest social media thing – part social network, part game where you earn points by checking into venues that you visit.    Similar to other social networks, you can friend other FourSquare users, see where they check in, share tips, compete for points, and earn badges for visiting specific places or types of venues a certain number of times.   Businesses have also gotten into the game – providing special deals and discounts to users who check into their venues.  To date, I’ve scored several freebies or discounts at area restaurants and businesses – not bad!

Which brings us to yesterday’s accomplishment, the unlocking of the Wino badge, earned by checking into five venues tagged as wineries or wine bars, and which I unlocked with my check-in at Connecticut’s newest winery, Paradise Hills in Wallingford  (more to come on that on Tuesday).

So show your Locapour spirit – hit those wine trails, help spread the word about your local wineries by checking in and leaving tips, and proudly display that Wino badge!

 

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