what are you all using for your wine notes - blogs - etc.?

All,

I have just been scribbling away on notebook paper and postits and scrambling around at this. Typically, I write down dates, amounts, any adjustments to recipe, and SG readings, type of yeast. I find that without a good template, I am susceptible to missing something.

I just haven't gotten around to making a tracking spreadsheet or anything yet, and was wondering what you people are doing and what you had successes with and what you didn't.

Thanks in advance,

Greg

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Hoss
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Do you think there may be a need for some software for this?

I am a developer and thought about putting something together but wasn't really sure what would be useful. I need to learn more about the hobby first I guess but if you have some idea of the requirements it might be an interesting little project.

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R-D-C

I use excel for all my winemaking/brewing/meadmaking. I have never found the need for specialized software.

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Droopy

Try here

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A. J. Rawls

Greg, I have a template posted at

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that may or may not meet your needs. Certainly you can modify it to suit your own needs.

I have tried several software solutions and quickly abandoned each. I would rather carry a sheet of paper into the kitchen that a laptop. Jotting down "1.090" with a pencil is far easier (and faster) than scrolling down to a line, over to an entry field and typing in the number. Plus, my log sheets are easily organized (alphabetically) in three-ring binders and from them can be retrieved faster than I can type a query. But, admittedly, this is just my own preference.

Jack Keller, The Winemaking Home Page

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Jack Keller

Thanks, Jack, and everyone who responded.

I don't know that I want to use a program either, though databasing the results would be the way to go. I like the pen and paper idea, and will later enter the results into the computer, I think in an excel form and there I can easily calculate for different sized batches, without my own blunders added in!

I like the reference you have on your page, and will likely use some adaptation of this for my template.

And if I haven't said it before, thank you very much for having one of the best reference pages on the net for country wines. It is a wealth of information for a beginner like me, and the recipes posted will keep me busy for years to come.

Thanks aga>Greg, I have a template posted at

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Hoss

Thanks for the plug A.J.! I wrote this program for the reason that I needed a good way to keep track of all of my notes. I kept scribbling notes on scraps of paper in my wine room and then would invariably lose them. I use MS Access as a backend, however you do not need Access installed to use Lazy Hill Wine Log. Please feel free to send me any suggestions or enhancement requests.

Chad Harvey Lazy HIll Wine Log

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Lazy Hill Wineries

I'd probably be interested in working on this too if you want some help.

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alien

It's all about requirements for me. What do you develop in?

For me its all C#.NET / SQL Server at the moment. (We are an MS Gold Partner so alternatives to MS can be frowned up>> Do you think there may be a need for some software for this?

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R-D-C

C/C++ mainly, though if pushed I can do php or perl. I'm interested in moving to c# through mono on Linux. It's been a while since I've done any coding and am a bit slow right now.

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alien

Take a look also at Amphora Wine Log at

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no point in reinventing the wheel.

Pp

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pp

I kept notes in a notebook for a couple of years, then made a table in Word based on what I kept recording as important. Still use the back for other notes - tracking fermentation, etc - that might be more particular to a single wine.

I even went so far as to make something similar for our friends who grow their own grapes so that they could track the growth process and sugar/acid development.

Rob

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Rob

...unless it is a fun job to do ;-)

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R-D-C

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