Entering your wines into VinCellar is a completely rewarding experience, giving you instant access to reams of useful information from auction/retail prices to community/professional tasting notes and reviews, to label images, drink dates and more.
If you’re having trouble with step one: finding your wines in our database, then the process can be a little frustrating. Follow these simple tips to improve your searches and make adding your wines a breeze:
SEARCH TIPS
1. At first, enter only primary information. Start with just the producer name and variety and see what comes up. Get more specific to narrow the results.
2. Don’t enter characters with accents. Our search doesn’t recognize them.
3. Check your spelling. There's no "did you mean...?" function to correct you.
4. Don’t include regions in your searches.Many database entries don’t contain the region in the wine name. This is especially true for Bordeaux; adding “St Julien” to your search will cause you to miss many of the chateaux from that appellation.
MANUAL ENTRIES
If, after following these suggestions, you’re still unable to find your wine, proceed to enter it manually. When doing so, remember that each entry is individually verified by a member of Vinfolio’s Content Team (usually me). Give me as much information as possible in your entry and your wine will be added to the database faster. Some tips for submitting complete manual entries:
1. Include the full producer and wine name.
2. Choose the correct variety from the pulldown. If it isn’t listed, choose “Other,” but make note of it in the “Notes” box in the manual entry.
3. Choose the correct appellation. If you can’t find it, again include the information in the “Notes” section.
4. Speaking of the “Notes” section, this is a great place to let me know if the wine is a new release, a club only wine, or any other special designation. Many of you have added urls for websites where I can find the wine – very helpful. This section is not, though, for your tasting notes. (Of course I will still read and enjoy them thoroughly!)
Always feel free to ask questions, either here in a reply, on the forums, or by contacting Customer Service. Look for more tips on making the most of your VinCellar experience, including label image uploads, coming soon!
