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The Importance of Wine Bottle Inspection: This Simple Step Could Save You From Wine Fraud

Fraud, Organization, Storing WineBy Vinfolio Staff January 11, 2018

Receiving a spoiled or fraudulent wine from an online retailer is immensely frustrating for wine collectors. Unfortunately, this is exactly what one Wine Berserkers forum member experienced when he bought bottles from an auction website a few years ago. After winning an online auction, the bottles arrived on his doorstep seemingly unscathed. But when he inspected them more closely, he saw that a couple of the bottles had signs of seepage around the cork, and appeared to be completely cooked. Based on the old, dried-on appearance of the damage and the fact that the other bottles in his order were perfectly fine, he assumed that the online auction house hadn’t performed a proper wine bottle inspection before selling the lot off.

How to Use a Wine Cellar Tracking App to Inventory and Barcode Your Wine Collection

Organization, Storing WineBy Vinfolio Staff June 28, 2017

MENTIONED IN THIS POST: -Lafite -Le Pin -2013 Aubert -2012 Shafer -2002 Moet & Chandon One of my friends works as a chef at a California winery, and over the years, she’s gathered a modest stash of about 50 bottles from her employers. But rather than keeping these bottles neatly on a wine rack in…

Give Your Home Cellar a Break: These Bottles Belong in Off-Site Wine Storage

Collecting, Organization, Storing WineBy Derek Cienfuegos September 19, 2016

Having a home cellar can be a form of torture for those of us who love drinking wine. It takes a lot of willpower to leave that bottle of Bouchard Pere & Fils where it is, knowing that it’s sitting on the shelf just waiting for someone to uncork it. That’s one reason I only…

Should You Visit Your Wine Storage Space in Person? Not If You’re Using Full-Service Storage

Organization, Storing WineBy Derek Cienfuegos August 3, 2016

There’s a common saying among barbecue experts, “If you’re looking, you’re not cooking.” The idea is that the more you peek under the barbecue lid, the longer it takes for your food to cook. Yet this cliche applies to your wine collection too; the more you fidget with your bottles, the less opportunity they have…

Wine Bottle Sizes from Magnum to Melchizedek: When Should Collectors Give Large Format Bottles a Try?

Buying Wine, Collecting, Organization, Storing WineBy Derek Cienfuegos July 25, 2016

Portland-based collector Dave Smith used to be the proud owner of an almost mythical Melchizedek Champagne bottle, which held a whopping 30 liters of wine. Only 20 of these large-format bottles are made every year, so you can imagine Smith’s shock and disappointment when, one day, his Melchizedek exploded. No one knows for sure why…

Wine Fridge or Wine Cellar? Don’t Get Stuck with Storage That Doesn’t Suit Your Needs

Organization, Storing WineBy Derek Cienfuegos June 20, 2016

Famous wine writer Lettie Teague has seen some incredible wine cellars in her lifetime, some of which featured ornate chandeliers, expensive paintings, and detailed marble statues. She says, “Wine in these cellars isn’t so much consumed as it is revered. I don’t have one of those cellars. In fact, I don’t really have a cellar…

Why You Should Consider Barcoding Your Wine Collection with a Cellar Management App

Collecting, maintenance, Organization, Storing WineBy Derek Cienfuegos May 25, 2016

Forbes’ Tyler Colman set out to find the best wine app that could identify wine bottles in his cellar using only his phone’s camera. After trying a few cellar management apps, he landed on one that looked promising — until he put it to the test. The app claimed it could scan any wine bottle’s…

Properly Relocating Your Wine Collection: Inventory, Appraise, and Transport Your Wines in Safety

maintenance, Organization, Storing Wine, TravelBy Vinfolio Staff May 18, 2016

The first time I moved my wine collection, I thought it would be a simple process. After all, I was only moving my collection from my apartment to my new home 20 minutes away in another state. What I didn’t realize until a week before my scheduled move was that, because I was moving to…

The Cellar Management App You Can’t Live Without: Serious Wine Collectors Use the Wine App VinCellar

Collecting, Organization, Storing WineBy Vinfolio Editor March 18, 2016 1 Comment

About 25 years after becoming a serious wine collector, Scot Six had accumulated a collection of about 14,000 bottles. With a collection this big, Six was in desperate need of an easy-to-use app that would make organizing and keeping track of his collection more simple. “I was looking for something to make it easier…