Imagine ordering a bottle from your favorite local winery online and having it delivered in time for dinner. That’s the goal of Mike Lawler and Mike Barefoot, the founders of Haymarket, Va.–based VinoWine, an app and website that connects wine enthusiasts with everything wine-related across the country.

Lawler and Barefoot, both former military veterans, became friends in 2009 while working as defense contractors for Courage Services. It was on a business trip in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics that the pair were drinking at a pub when Lawler decided to cut through the confusion and created a pub-finder app on his iPhone. After the trip, a friend had an idea for a similar app for wine.

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