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Oct 25Liked by Henry Jeffreys

I used to use it religiously, but not so much now. I agree that it is very good for working out if a certain vintage of a particular wine is drinking/past it. I need to get the new version and update my wines I think.

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Also good for finding “slightly obscure” wines that you cannot find notes for anywhere else.

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Always fun to see what other people think of the more obscure ones.

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Agree with your comment. It is an excellent site or app to track my inventory and bottles I have tasted before.

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I don't know what I would do without it.

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Reminds me of WhiskyBase, which functions in much the same way, albeit with a slight more focus on cataloguing whiskies and a slightly more reserved voting metric. 92+ points is generally reserved for outstanding whiskies, and most rating sit in the 70-80 range. There also certain reliable power users who's reviews were also a good bellweather. I used to do purchasing for TWE, and it was our version of wikipedia; everyone started their research there, but for god's sake, don't tell anyone that's where you got your info from!

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That's really good insider information. I'm going to have to explore. I log most of my whiskies on Cellar Tracker but it's not really built for it.

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Adding IWB (international wine bore) to the end of my name… years since I logged on to my account, was v much in the old 90s format then. Nice to hear they’ve finally updated a bit.

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I go through phases with it. But at the moment I'm logging nearly everything.

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My dad used to use Cellar Tracker, I always just assumed it was for folks with huge budgets and fancy cellars like my childhood one, where you just stared at a bottle but had to wait 20 years to taste it. Now I will have to check it out myself. I have countless wine journals and free standing tasting sheets littering my office. It would be nice to have them all in one spot digitally as well.

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I definitely don't have a huge cellar or a fancy budget. It made my life so much simpler.

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Okay- this is great to know thanks for this. I am definitely going to dive in this week!

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Well, you just convinced me to give it a try! Just signed up.

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Come and say hello!

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I agree with - I find the "Drink between" dates really useful

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Yes definitely the most helpful thing.

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