Sorry all. I know this has been asked before but...

I *finally* moved up to WinXP. I've been using WineVentory for years.
It was written for Win 3.1 and won't run in WinXP. I liked the program
because it was pretty basic and didn't contain a lot of useless bells
and whistles. I'm hoping someone can recommend a similar software
program. I know many people here create their own custom inventory
program using a spreadsheet (Excel, I believe), but I've never used
one (a word processor is about my speed!). TIA.

Cheers, Jack

I made my own Access program, but you might consider
http://www.cellartracker.com/intro.asp

Good rep, and shareware for now.

In article >, readingnewsgroups@yahoo
..com says...
>
>Sorry all. I know this has been asked before but...
>
>I *finally* moved up to WinXP. I've been using WineVentory for years.
>It was written for Win 3.1 and won't run in WinXP. I liked the program
>because it was pretty basic and didn't contain a lot of useless bells
>and whistles. I'm hoping someone can recommend a similar software
>program. I know many people here create their own custom inventory
>program using a spreadsheet (Excel, I believe), but I've never used
>one (a word processor is about my speed!). TIA.
>
>Cheers, Jack

Jack,

I've used Multimedia Wine Companion for years, back from the M$95 days. I do
not know if it is still produced, but is listed as : www.lifeware.com. They
list a phone # 904.794.7070, but I do not know if it is still active. I just
migrated it to XP-Media Edition, and it works fine. It will output the dBase
to Excell, or, in my case, to WordPerfect, should I need it.

One caveat, adjust the "drink-by" dates a bit, as I feel they are on the short
side. The program comes with quite a bit of data in respects to your wine, but
you can adjust all of this, as well.

Let us know which program you land on, as that would be of interest to the
group.

Some have espoused a preference for "Cellar," in the past, but I have not
tried it.

Hunt

I'm using AvosVins and happy with it.

I like the visual rack display and the pocket pc version.

Hunt wrote:
> In article >, readingnewsgroups@yahoo
> .com says...
>
>>Sorry all. I know this has been asked before but...
>>
>>I *finally* moved up to WinXP. I've been using WineVentory for years.
>>It was written for Win 3.1 and won't run in WinXP. I liked the program
>>because it was pretty basic and didn't contain a lot of useless bells
>>and whistles. I'm hoping someone can recommend a similar software
>>program. I know many people here create their own custom inventory
>>program using a spreadsheet (Excel, I believe), but I've never used
>>one (a word processor is about my speed!). TIA.
>>
>>Cheers, Jack
>
>
> Jack,
>
> I've used Multimedia Wine Companion for years, back from the M$95 days. I do
> not know if it is still produced, but is listed as : www.lifeware.com. They
> list a phone # 904.794.7070, but I do not know if it is still active. I just
> migrated it to XP-Media Edition, and it works fine. It will output the dBase
> to Excell, or, in my case, to WordPerfect, should I need it.
>
> One caveat, adjust the "drink-by" dates a bit, as I feel they are on the short
> side. The program comes with quite a bit of data in respects to your wine, but
> you can adjust all of this, as well.
>
> Let us know which program you land on, as that would be of interest to the
> group.
>
> Some have espoused a preference for "Cellar," in the past, but I have not
> tried it.
>
> Hunt
>

I use and like Cellar! - http://www.cellarwinesoftware.com/
But I would also recommend CellarTracker as well.

Cellar! is more traditional database-based software that installs on
your pc, whereas CellarTracker is web-based.

The feature they share that I find most useful is a shared database of
producers and tasting notes that comes from all the users of each
product. So you rarely have to enter all the info for a particular
producer yourself, and you can search for tasting notes to see how
others think a wine coming along.

Both are available as free trials.

DaleM

Ditto from me on the recommendation for Cellar!. That's what I use.

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"Zo" > wrote in message
...
>I use and like Cellar! - http://www.cellarwinesoftware.com/
> But I would also recommend CellarTracker as well.
>
> Cellar! is more traditional database-based software that installs on
> your pc, whereas CellarTracker is web-based.
>
> The feature they share that I find most useful is a shared database of
> producers and tasting notes that comes from all the users of each
> product. So you rarely have to enter all the info for a particular
> producer yourself, and you can search for tasting notes to see how
> others think a wine coming along.
>
> Both are available as free trials.
>
> DaleM

Thanks to everyone for your input. I will look into all the
suggestions and then let the group know what I decide.

Cheers, Jack

Also liked Cellar! But it appears to be out of business.

A recent computer crash caused the loss of my Cellar! Software. All my data is on a flash drive but cannot open it without the program. Dumping to Excel does not work. Any suggestions on where I can get a full copy of the program? Even if the trial is still available, it only allows 25 entries so I dont think my data will come up.

Thanks,
Brian