Best way to keep track of and update your wine inventory, both visually and via customizable lists

Its such a help to finally have a wine cellar inventory app that does absolutely everything Id want it to. Flexibly and easily. Id give it the 5 stars it truly deserves, but the wine database is still in beta, so entering a whole inventory at once takes more time than it would if the database were more thorough. But its still totally worth the time.

Im using both the iPhone/iPad app and the Mac version, which sync over a wireless network. Because the software has so many capabilities, its helpful to refer to the manual or demo videos when first learning the best way to do certain things. It becomes second nature swiftly. I especially love the graphical representation of all my storage. Now I can run to the cellar with my phone, which tells me exactly where a bottle is (what room, what container or fridge, what shelf, and where on that shelf), and I can move or mark it as drunk right there in the app, with a couple taps. A nice touch is that it keeps track of bottles youve drunk -- not only for your records, but so you neednt re-enter data if you get more. And with a single tap (or keystroke in the Mac version), you can duplicate an entry and change the year if you get new bottles of another vintage. No need to retype anything else.

For years I kept my own spreadsheet database, but that was too much of a pain to keep updated. Became a mess.

I also tried the other leading apps, but discarded them all for being too limited. While I love and rely on CellarTracker for many things, Vinotekas organization/inventory tools are far superior to anything that their mobile site is going for, or anything the 3rd party apps like CellarVU or Cor.kz are offering. Those all lack the flexibility, customizability, ease and visual appeal of Vinoteka. The mere fact that you can easily enter and change data on your phone or iPad, and view your collection arranged by where bottles are stored, is enough to push this one to the top of the list.

As soon as the database service emerges from beta, Vinoteka gets the 5th star and will be perfect.

glennno about Vinoteka, v2.5.1