The Vineyard

From our Winter 2006 Newsletter

Winemaking Record Keeping

I just moved 4 - 5 gallon carboys of wine from my barn to the basement and got to thinking about the 25 year old winerecords worksheet that I have been using.

In this new digital age there must be something more recent or usefull, mine was printed on an old mimeograph machine by a neighbor many years ago.

I checked for more recent ones on google & found lots of interesting things, from programs to printable worksheets. I think the best one would be made by a program such as Microsoft Excell, that can easily be revised and updated for every wine that you make.

What record sheet do you use? Please share samples of what is usefull to you and we will put them in our next newsletter. I will try to make one up also.

From Conrado Cellars
18820 Bella Vina, Saratoga, CA 95070
408-867-2095 (Phone) • 408-867-2097 (Fax)

Download the Conrado Wine Record:
concradowinerecord.pdf

(usefull looking - I may use parts of this- editor)

Amphora Wine Log - Amphora Wine Log is a powerful application that is used to track and manage the winemaking process. It is a winemaking log with advanced data storage, management, and presentation capabilities.

http://www.fermsoft.com/amphora/

Wine Cellar Software - The largest collection of links and reviews to Wine Cellar Software on the Internet
There is also some software for wine makers

http://www.baycountryliquors.com/softlink.htm

Winemaker 5.0

This WineMaker program helps amateur winemakers with all the necessary arithmetics that need to be done when making wine. It saves the user a lot of guesswork and helps to tune the process to its ultimate goal: a nice bottle of Wine. All the user has to do is to tell WineMaker how much of an ingredient he has and what type of wine he wants to make. In addition to the Standard ingredients the user can also input his own measurement data as a starting point (even half way of the process) for the calculations.