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Great article on Cellar Management in the World of Fine... - 6/27/2008 8:55:58 AM

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Well the folks at the World of Fine Wine (www.finewinemag.com) have done it again. This is an AMAZING quarterly publication, so rich and deep that each issue is like a reference book.)

In issue 19, Mike Steinberger wrote a wonderful, thoughtful piece on the evolution of wine criticism and the role of online tools like CellarTracker in that: http://www.finewinemag.com/docs/SteinbergerWineWriting.pdf

In the just released issue 20 there is a great article by Jamie Goode on the evolution of cellar management tools: http://www.cellartracker.com/WFW20GoodeUnderground.pdf

Anyway, enjoy. And I highly recommend subscribing to this fantastic publication: http://www.finewinemag.com/

Enjoy!

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 6/27/2008 3:00:08 PM

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“There are dozens and dozens—none with any real depth of

wine data....

but my primary focus has been firmly on continuing to

show depth and innovation in the cellar-management space.”

Amen. I describe it as "Richness of content". Thanks again, Eric

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 6/27/2008 5:47:30 PM

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Kudos Eric - I saw that article somewhere sometime back, and have been sending it to some friends in a bid to spread the word.

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 6/29/2008 6:17:38 AM

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Yes, CellarTracker is great, and ahead of all others. However, I do like the structured tasting notes from Warpa. Eric, you migth comtemplate implementing something like that, as an option.

Jean.

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 6/29/2008 8:04:24 AM

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Never seen Warpa, but I'm curious, what are "structured tasting notes"?

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 6/30/2008 9:38:50 AM

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I just looked at Warpa and don't think I would care for the "structured tasting notes", if I was interpreting them correctly.. That's one of the wonderful (one of MANY wonderful) things about CellarTracker, is the freeform expression in its user's tasting notes.. You get the character and emotion of the drinker vs a cold calculation and isn't that what wine tasting is all about?

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 6/30/2008 9:41:39 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rjonas

I just looked at Warpa and don't think I would care for the "structured tasting notes", if I was interpreting them correctly.. That's one of the wonderful (one of MANY wonderful) things about CellarTracker, is the freeform expression in its user's tasting notes.. You get the character and emotion of the drinker vs a cold calculation and isn't that what wine tasting is all about?

BTW, got distracted by Warpa and forgot to include what I originally intended in this post.. Well done again, Eric! It will be very interesting to continue to watch the proliferation of CellarTracker as it gains more and more users, more and more wine inventories and more and more tasting notes! Your vision is truly appreciated...

I'm not in Sales but I almost want to ask Eric for a commission as I'm "selling" CellarTracker whenever I'm having a wine conversation with people!

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 7/12/2008 2:42:20 PM

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I've just checked out the Warpa web site - it is a great lesson in counter-intuitive design. No idea what is going on there.

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 7/16/2008 3:00:13 AM

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Structured tasting notes sounds a little fascist to me. No way some of the posts that we have been extracting on the "tasting notes to note" thread will pass muster.

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 7/16/2008 5:39:07 AM

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I am not sure where Serge's condom-taste would fit into their tasting profile.

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RE: Great article on Cellar Management in the World of ... - 9/9/2008 3:40:24 PM

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BTW, today I emailed out a special offer from The World of Fine Wine:

Readers of the CellarTracker Forum already know that I am a huge fan of The World of Fine Wine, an authoritative new publication for people who take their love of wine seriously. Printed on high quality art paper and finely bound, each issue is so rich and deep that it resembles a book more than a magazine. Unlike most other wine publications, it contains almost no advertising, which guarantees its editorial independence. To enable you to judge its quality for yourself, I am including links to a couple of recent features.

In WoFW 19, Mike Steinberger wrote a wonderful, thoughtful piece on the evolution of wine criticism including the role played by online tools like CellarTracker.
WoFW 20 contains a great article by Jamie Goode on the evolution of cellar management tools.

When I find something this good, I want to tell everyone I know about it. In return for spreading the word, The World of Fine Wine has agreed to give CellarTracker members up to 40% off the price of a subscription.
Here’s the link to this exclusive offer: http://www.subscribeonline.co.uk/finewine/ct2008
Please enjoy and tell them I sent you.

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