
The software can accurately display most cellar layouts
which consist of square, rectangular, diamond shaped or "loose" storage
areas (bins). An example of each is shown below.
You can define multiple windows - each representing an area of your cellar. There
is no limit to the number of cellar windows you can create. Each window
is limited to around 3,000 bottles. The number of bins in each row and
the number of rows in the cellar are also fully adjustable. One
of the major technical highlights of the software is the ability to
resize the Visual Cellar windows. The bigger the window the larger each
of the bottles within it. Moreover, two different windows can be
displayed simultaneously. This flexibility allows large amounts of
cellar storage to be visualized at once.
As
shown to the left, you can also use the "Live ID windows" to see the
bin location (green window with "85" - you can assign the label) and the
contents (turquoise window) of any bin in your visual cellar just by
moving the mouse over it! As you move the mouse cursor about, these
two windows will dynamically track with it. In two of the
examples above you may have noticed the coloration of the individual
bottles. This illustrates the power brought to the cellar manager by
its integration with the wine database derived from The Wine Advocate.
The computer might be asked to sort the wine cellar based upon the
Parker rating. Each color would represent a particular rating (red might be 95, orange 94, yellow 93, and so on).
We have prepared both a Java-based and an animated "virtual demo" of this capability. Any of the structured elements of the wine database can be used to perform these queries.
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