"Sammy" wrote in message ...
"JC Farber" wrote in message
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Hi all - I know that this has been discussed many times on this forum,
but I can't find any really recent threads. Would love to know what
people are using these days.

I have a dedicated cellar with just over 1,000 bottles of wine. I'm
currently using cellar! and generally speaking I find it pretty good,
albeit a bit cumbersome at times. I find the ageing profile feature
to be too complex, I don't have the patience to enter five or six data
points for each wine. I do like the shared tasting notes feature.
Also I can rarely get the auction values stuff working correctly. Most
importantly, I don't feel like the software provides a good way to
summarize my cellar by wine type, vintage, etc.

Would appreciate any input.

'Any input'? Are you sure?
My own cellar is modest compared to your 1000 bottles. I don't need software
because I keep notes in a book and on the bottles with a fine tipped chalk/
Posca type pen. I also have the brain of Mysterio X Einstein and the memory
of a god.
Also, while my judgement is informed by other peoples experience, my own
*taste it and work out when it'll be best* has proved best method for
realising optimum cellaring.
I suggest that if you can't do this then you might be cellaring more than
you can properly cope with. I also suggest that I might be just a bit
jealous.
In good humour and with a little seriousness.
Sammy

Sammy -

I am definitely cellaring more that I can properly cope with...there
is no question about that! But I'm having a lot of fun doing it.

I spent some time yesterday fooling around with cellar! and got it to
do most of what I needed. I will try plugging in some standardized
drinking profiles as suggested above. I'm sure that will save time.

I still do find the auction data feature a bit cumbersome but I guess
it's serviceable.

Thanks -

JF