Private Cellar Management
VWC consulting is, at its core, a curatorial service. we have been assisting new and established collectors understand wine and organize their collections since 2002. Clients value answers to seemingly simple questions: “What should I be buying, selling and drinking?” we research, sources and provides pricing analysis.
Peter and his team have many years of experience in the retail, restaurant and auction sectors of the wine business. The years spent on the sales side have given the team substantial contacts throughout the country.
The first service we offer is still the most requested among our clients. We are here to help you inventory and organize your cellar at home or your offsite wine storage.
WINE CELLAR MANAGEMENT: INVENTORY
You should know the value of your wine collection. Verifying its exact contents is step one. Peter will work through the cellar to inventory and Cuvée, quantity and size. Once catalogued, searching the collection by any of the aforementioned categories will give you a greater sense of next steps: drink, sell, hold, buy, move, gift or donate? You will never lose track of a bottle again, and your cellar will be much easier to navigate.catalogue using a dozen categories. Among them: location, bin, vintage, Domaine, grape,cuvee, quantity and size. Once catalogued, searching the collection by any of the aforementioned categories will give you a greater sense of next steps: drink, sell, hold, buy, move, gift or donate? You will never lose track of a bottle again, and your cellar will be much easier to navigate.
VWC ORGANIZES WITH CELLARTRACKER
Access your wine inventory from anywhere in the world. The wine cellar technology we recommended is CellarTracker.  CellarTracker is web-based, mobile-accessible, flexible, scalable and feature-rich and boasts the largest repository of tasting notes in the world.
Wine Cellar management service includes
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Unpack, inspection, inventory, and organization of all wines in cellar Database creation including bottle size, location, drinking ranges, purchase history and auction values.
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Cellar bin grid creation, with labels for each section of racks.
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CellarTracker database configuration and setup CellarTracker hardware setup (scanner, printer, laptop, netbook, iPad, etc.) Application of unique barcode label to every bottle in cellar.
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Manual entry of wine critic scores and tasting notes.
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Media Optional registration and link-up to Wine Advocate, Robert Parker, Wine Spectator, James Lube, Burghound, Jancis Robinson scores and tasting notes.