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Skriven 2008-04-01 15:46:12 av BURTON FORD (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM WELLER
Ärende: Cellar Tracker
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Hi Jim             4/1/08 2:33 PM

jw-> I wasn't familiar with the Petit Verdot grape so I 
jw-> googled a bit...
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jw-> "Tasted by winerookie on 3/8/2008 & rated 87 points: "
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jw-> "with anise, black
jw-> licorice and vanilla. on the palate ... this is a big one. juicy
jw-> dark cherries, black chocolate, melted black licorice, spice cake
jw-> and lots of vanilla cream. supple tannins. this is well-structured
jw-> for such a cheap wine. $13. "


Geeee, I sure wish I could taste 8 or 9 flavors while sipping one wine!
My hats off to this Wine Rookie! 
[disbelieving look apparent on my face]

I did note his quote is from www.cellartracker.com  

LONG DESCRIPTION OF MY CELLAR TRACKER DATABASE, AND USAGE:

I keep my cellar records on that site.  It costs me a $10-$15 
donation a year.  I enter a few words from the label, and 
instantly create a full database record.  I can enter purchase 
date, price and number of bottles; edit with a few clicks when I 
drink a bottle; add personal taste notes, professional notes, and 
add in notes from other amateurs, like "winerookie" above.  

I can print out great Cellar Reports by my Bin;  or a Report 
by Color, Type, Country, and Winery, with quantity purchase price, 
and Bin number.  

I use the latter Report to find the bottle I want quickly, [no more
rearranging the whole cellar to keep types together] deciding the 
specific wine to bring upstairs, and to pencil off consumed bottles.  
I update the database every few weeks or when I purchase new wine.   

I use the Bin report to easily check that the number of bottles in
a bin corresponds with the database.

I can also look up or print records of consumed bottles.  That 
data is dropped from current records but kept in archive.  I don't 
use this much, as I seldom enter tasting notes.  I sometimes check 
to see if I have had a particular wine before.

It takes me me just a few minutes to enter a bottle purchase or a 
case purchase; the system instantly creates a record with all kinds 
of location info, community price ranges, drink by time suggestions, 
etc., etc.  All this with minimal data entry.  Once you pull up the 
specific wine, using label info, all those kinds of data are 
automatically added to my base record.

It is a joy to have the data. I can quickly pick out an inexpensive
wine, or a special wine, and notice wines I should drink soon.  I 
can easily tell what kind of wine I'm running low on.   Well worth 
the minor time invested.  And to boot, I enjoy the data entry as I 
learn while I'm doing it.

My "Bins." by the way. are just 26 cardboard wine cases laid on their 
sides, with a big red Bin number on the one flap I leave on the case.   
I only change them when I get a case with sturdier cardboard 
dividers.  

[chuckle]  I do not have 312 bottles of wine.  The quantity runs 
around 180 bottles.  Mostly very inexpensive wines.  [chuckle] I 
could tell Michael was easily underwhelmed by my cellar at the 
Newark FlyFest.


Disclaimer: I'm just a user, and have no connection with Cellar 
Tracker.


Burt




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