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adding to the completeness of the CellarTracker database. When drinking a wine, the user marks the bottle as drunk and enters a tasting note (optional). The idea is that by having a large number of users generate tasting notes for other users to read, this helps guide the user in choosing the right wine to drink, buy etc. Thus, CellarTracker relies heavily on the users' input and willingness to add to the database.
58:, had made the program for himself, tracking his wine. Some friends suggested he launch the concept online which he did in 2004. The CellarTracker concept proved popular and over the years it out-paced other similar resources, such as Cork'd, while increasing cooperating with other wine-related services. An early contributor was US wine critic
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In 2023 there are 17 channels of Paid
Content from various wine publications that integrate with Cellartracker. One subscribes to the channels of one's choice and that allows each publication's specific reports to be integrated in the Cellartracker website for those subscribers. Additionally, In 2023
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In early 2010, Eric LeVine launched a sister site for CellarTracker, called GrapeStories. GrapeStories relied on the same database as CellarTracker, but was intended to be a more user-friendly approach to tracking wine and sharing wine experiences as well as providing a better interface. LeVine had
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CellarTracker works by keeping track or "tracking" the user's wine. The user is supposed to search for the wines in his cellar on CellarTracker's database and then enter number of bottles and price (optional). If the wine does not already exist in the database, the user can create it himself, thus
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CellarTracker also has a donation option which gives access to a series of services through CellarTracker's cooperation with other online resources, such as
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