WOFW did a feature by Jamie Goode on cellar management software, if
anyone surprised Cellartracker was the clear frontrunner?
http://www.cellartracker.com/WFW20GoodeUnderground.pdf
Congratulations to Eric.
Last month CT added a couple new features:
1) I like the "Favorite Author" feature, which is either new or I just
discovered recently. I've always put MUCH more weight in notes from
people I've tasted with or recognize from posts on various fora, if I
feel I have a sense of their tastes. With wines with dozen+ notes, if
I see a couple are from "favorites", I can concentrate on those more
meaningful (to me) ones.
2) They integrated John Gilman's View from the Cellar. If one is a co-
subscriber, one can view John's notes on wines he's reviewed.
Previously one would have to search the VFTC pdfs ("let's see, was
Mugnier in part 1 or part 2 of the 2004 Burg reviews?"). If you are a
CT user and would like to do a trial subscription, John is offering 2
weeks e-trial. I don't think that gets you the in-depth producer
profile articles, that comes with a full subscription.
Gilman is probably the most "opinonated" critic out there, he really
hates what he regards as spoofed and doesn't hestitate to give well-
known wines scores in the 60s. Personally, I find JG's notes work well
for me in Burgundy, Loire, Germany. I'm less in tune for some younger
Bordeaux and Italians, but I still find value. I'm more receptive to
"modern" styles than Gilman, but it's generally a matter of my liking
wines he doesn't (Angelus). But if he like a wine, I generally also do
(except maybe with older Champagnes, the one area I'm more narrow in
tastes than he is).I've also found that I generally like the older
wines he likes, and his vintage retrospective notes on 62/64/66/70/79
Bordeaux have led me to a couple of bargains, likewise on 60s/70s
CalCabs and "off-vintage" Burgs.
I have no affiliation with CT or VFTC except as a user/client, though
I sometimes taste with John (I once managed to get 4 wines into the
Roadkill section- I still consider him a friend).
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