TUAW First Look: Cellar puts your wine collection in your pocket

Beverage choice should be simple: coffee or tea to rev up, wine or beer to spin down (App Store links). Of course, when it comes to drink choices, there's definitely an app for that: from the makers of espresso-instructions app Barista, we now have the $0.99 Cellar (under App Store review and appearing momentarily). Cellar's slick UI and quick data entry make keeping track of your wine library almost as fun as actually drinking the wine you collect.
When you start up Cellar, you face an empty winerack; you can add bottles one by one, entering both vintage details and customizing the look/label of the bottles with photos of the bottle labels. You can adjust the number of bottles of each kind of vino you have stored away, and then as you polish them off the 'empties' are stored in the Garage area of the app for reference or repurchase.
Cellars isn't an industrial-strength wine database or collection manager (My Wine or Velvet Vine Wine Pro might be better choices there, or a general-purpose database like Bento), but it is a handy way to remember what you've bought and liked. I'd like to see future versions support importing label images from the photo library (for iPod touch users) or download them from online wine libraries. Update: Apparently the library-select feature is already in place for iPod touch users. Readers also suggest checking out Drync for higher-end wine cellar management.
Cellar's $0.99 introductory price won't last for long. Check out the gallery for more Cellar shots.
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Beverage choice should be simple: coffee or tea to rev up, wine or beer to spin down (App Store links). Of course, when it comes to drink...
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The waiting is over, Cellar is out: http://cellar-app.com
July 14 2009 at 3:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAnother option is the Corkscore App for keeping tasting notes and checking prices quickly and easily.
Our database of over 17,000 wines coupled with our wine-identifying type-ahead suggestions makes it simple to get started writing reviews.
It is integrated with http://corkscore.com website - which has powerful filtering and sorting tools to keep tasting notes organized.
We're focusing on Australian and New Zealand wines at the moment, but will be expanding to other countries in the near future.
Check it out, cheers!
Can Bevmo just come out with an app, so I can catalog my entire bar?
June 29 2009 at 4:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCheck out iWine for a full-featured wine journal application sporting a user-friendly design and slick UI. http://www.ageasoft.com/iwine
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Cor.kz has cellartracker integration. Frankly that is just key for anyone who is serious about collecting wine.
June 29 2009 at 2:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI would love a wine app that Tells me about my wine. I have a bunch of wine I thought looked good, but I don't know anything about it. I could learn something in the process.
June 29 2009 at 1:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI prefer Drync.. It supports reviews, cost comparisons, twitter feeds, pics of labels, and a bunch more features I find useful when trolling through wine shops...
June 29 2009 at 12:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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