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WineBanq® Wine Cellar Management Software
WineBanq® wine cellar management software is the total solution
for management of your wine cellar. It provides you with all the tools that are necessary
to keep your cellar completely up to date and you in charge
of what wines to drink and when.
Download Free Trial Version.
WineBanq® also has the ability to support Tasting Notes from a variety
of sources. This can be from wine publications, wineries or even individual
reviewers. You can use the Tasting
Notes to view reviews of wines in your cellar or add those reviews to your wines.
WineBanq® is available for trial.
The trial version limits
you to 30 wines in your cellar only and you may not install Tasting Notes that require
a subscription. Tasting Notes that are free can be downloaded and installed.
WineBanq® can also import existing HomeWinemaster 7.x and 8.x databases and is compatible
with the Winestate Magazine Tasting Notes. The product is also available in
white label versions. For example, Home Winemaster 2008 is the same product,
but is rebranded for Winestate Magazine.
This software is designed for and only runs on Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. There are currently no plans for a Mac compatible version.
Important: It is a requirment that the Microsoft.NET 2.0 framework is installed before installing
and running WineBanq or Home Winemaster. If it is not currently
on your computer, please install it from Windows Update (accessible via Internet
Explorer), or you can directly download and install from Microsoft.
Purchase WineBanq securely from
the WineBanq Giftshop.
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Features
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Cellar Management |
- Easily view and organise your wines.
- Quickly add new wines to your cellar.
- Restock your cellar using the wine details previously entered.
- Rate the wines that you drink.
- Single click remove wines from your cellar.
- Colour code your wines for viewing optimal drinking years.
- Set default values to be used when adding new wines.
- Export wines to a variety of popular formats.
- Very powerful data grid for flexible searching and viewing.
- Save common or favourite searches for use in later sessions.
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Tasting Notes |
- Easily search for wine reviews.
- Add reviews of wines directly to your cellar.
- Search for reviews of wines already in your cellar.
- View/print reports on Tasting Notes.
- Easily download and install Tasting Notes.
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Events |
- Easily keep track of upcoming wine events.
- Add your own events. For example: Regular Wine Tastings.
- View upcoming events for Wineries you are subscribed to.
- Easily download and install Events.
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Adding New Wines |
- Easily add multiple wines.
- Each bottle can have its own individual details or you may use the same details
for all bottles.
- Unlimited number of wines and bottles can be entered (up to physical database limits)
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Updating Wines |
- Easily update wines already stored in your cellar.
- Wines can be easily restocked using existing details to save on re-keying.
- Apply rating when taking wines out of the cellar.
- Optional single click removal of wines.
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Reporting and Charting |
- Reports can be printed or exported to a file.
- Charts can be edited before printing.
- Cellar can be exported to a variety of popular formats including Excel and PDF.
- Create custom charts and reports.
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Shopping Carts |
- Create multiple shopping carts to assist with ordering of your favourite wines.
- Record the details of multiple vendors that you may wish to purchase from.
- Setup and maintain multiple delivery addresses.
- Setup and maintain multiple delivery instructions.
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What's New
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May 4, 2008 |
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WineBanq /Home Winemaster v9.1.0.0
Errors Fixed
- The Winestate Magazine Tasting Note database was generating an error when the size is larger than 128mb. Note: The program will attempt to update the databases if they are of any earlier version. This activity may take a few minutes. Please do not shutdown or close off the application as this may cause data corruption.
- A small bug was fixed in the Cellar Import (from version 8). Errors are now skipped and the process will continue.
Functionality Changes
- Selectable checkbox lists (used in the Tasting Notes and other screens) now display the selected values when closed up.
- The Grid Card View has been replaced by a new Layout view. This is an alternate way of viewing wines.
- A Backup/Restore feature has been added. This allows you to take a snapshot of your cellar that can be restored at a later time. For disaster recovery purposes, we still recommend taking a backup of your data directory to some form of storage medium (CD, DVD, external hard drive etc).
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March 16, 2008 |
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WineBanq /Home Winemaster v9.0.7.1
Errors Fixed
- The Winestate Magazine Tasting Note database was generating an error when the size is larger than 128mb. Note: This is a very minor update and is only relevant for customers who use the Winestate Magazine Tasting Notes.
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February 17, 2008 |
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WineBanq /Home Winemaster v9.0.7.0
Errors Fixed
- Cellar Listing By Wine report did not display Quantity.
- Wine Cellar Value did not display Quantity.
Functionality Changes
- Data grouping has been removed from Custom Reports. This should be handled directly within the report.
- Cellar Listing By vintage report has been added.
- Reports can now be sorted on most of the data fields.
- Reports can be sorted in Ascending or Descending order.
- When adding new wine, it is now possible to specify the quantity of bottles purchased.
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January 12, 2008 |
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WineBanq /Home Winemaster v9.0.6.0
Errors Fixed
- On rating wines, in some circumestances the default reason was not being saved.
- Several small minor changes and fixes.
Functionality Changes
- The error reporting mechanism has been improved.
- New version of third party libraries.
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December 11, 2007 |
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WineBanq /Home Winemaster v9.0.5.1
Errors Fixed
- An error was occuring when adding wine without having a wine selected in the grid
first.
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December 09, 2007 |
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WineBanq /Home Winemaster v9.0.5.0
Errors Fixed
- If the application icon was clicked quickly several times in succession, an error
was thrown on startup.
- Adding wines to a shopping cart from the tasting notes also add an extra entry into
the cellar.
- When adding wines to the cellar from Tasting Notes, images were not being copied
over.
- A number of other minor issues have been fixed.
Functionality Changes
- When an edit list is invoked from a screen, the data that is currently in the drop
down control is selected by default in the popup edit screen.
- A new option has been added to Default Settings. You can now select one of three
screens to dislay first when the application starts. They are 1/ Standard Main Screen,
2/ Your Cellar Listing, 3/ Tasting Note Listing.
- Snapshot print is now available on the main cellar view. This will give you a 'What
you see is what you get' print out of your cellar.
- When navingating through the cellar, any images are now displayed in an image control
to the right of the main grid.
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November 08, 2007 |
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WineBanq /Home Winemaster v9.0.4.0
Errors Fixed
- Some customers experienced issues with the program reporting that it could not find
an internet connection.
- Editing a bottle did not funtion correctly.
Functionality Changes
- A new system report has been added. This allows you to display a cellar listing
by the Wine as well as showing the total number of bottles for each wine and their
value. Additionally, the wines may be grouped by a particular value eg Vintage.
- A dedicated Bulk Update feature has been added. From here you can select a range
of wines and then adjust a selected column to a new value for all of the wines.
Please view the help guide for more detailed instructions on this feature.
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October 28, 2007 |
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WineBanq /Home Winemaster v9.0.3.0
Functionality Changes
- A download progress display is now shown for all downloads.
- New display fields added for Tasting Notes. Rating, Tasting Notes and Images are
now prominently displayed when navigating through the notes.
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October 25, 2007 |
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WineBanq /Home Winemaster v9.0.2.0
Errors Fixed
- There was an occasional error (benign) on startup caused by a background worker
thread being invoked more than once.
- An error was generated if a grouped row was doubled clicked in the main cellar.
- There was an occasional error in viewing the tasting notes.
- Importing database from v7.5 was not functioning correctly
- Help manual updated and missing text fixed.
Functionality Changes
- Added Group By column to the following reports: Cellar Listing, Wine Spend, Wine
Consumption
- Removed ability to customise system reports. Customisation can only be done now
by creating a custom report first and modifying the new custom report.
- Removed ability to customise system charts. Customisation can only be done now by
creating a custom chart first and modifying the new custom chart.
- Added default titles to system charts.
- System charts chanded to 2d types for better performance. For instructions on how
to create 3d charts, please see the section on custom charts in the user guide.
- Wine spend chart now correctly groups wines by month they were purchased.
- Wine Comsumption chart now correctly groups wines by month removed from cellar.
- Changing the Cellar Data selection was not working correctly on charts and reports.
- Check for Updates now reports on new version availability.
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October 9, 2007 |
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WineBanq 2008 /Home Winemaster 2008 v9.0.1.0
Errors Fixed
- Wines were not able to be saved that did not have a Wine Region entered.
Functionality Changes
- On running the program for the first time, you are now promted to:
- Select to use a blank database.
- Select to use a database pre-populated with Winery, Region and Variety data.
- Select to use a database pre-populated with Winery, Region and Variety data and
several sample wine entries.
- The program now better detects and reports on Internet Connectivity.
Known Errors:
- There are known issues with the Help guide. This is being addressed and an update
will be available soon.
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October 1, 2007 |
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WineBanq 2008 /Home Winemaster 2008 released
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October 18, 2006 |
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WineBanq and /Home Winemaster v8.5.1.542
Errors Fixed
- Fixed - If the Grid column sizes were customised, they were not being restored correctly
at the next session.
- Fixed - When using a short date other than dd/mm/yy, you will receive invalid date
messages when performing a number of actions.
- Fixed - Program giftshop page not loading correctly. The program Now uses the WineBanq
website Giftshop.
- Fixed - Program updates page not loading correctly. The program Now uses the WineBanq
website Download page.
Functionality Changes
- Changed - When adding new wineries, regions,varieties and other list data, you can
now choose to select a value to return from those screens. This mainly applies to
adding and updating wines.
- Changed - All "Find Keyword" searches can now activated by press the Enter key.
Additions
- Added - The ability to create an unlimited number of shopping lists of wines.
- Added - Store lists of favourite suppliers. Added - Store lists of wine delivery
addresses.
- Added - Store lists of different delivery instructions.
- Added - Displaying a Wine Industry News feed from FirstPress. FirstPress is a new
companion website to WineBanq.
- Added - Saved searches (in both cellar and tasting notes) now have context sensitive
menus.
- Added - Toolbar positions now saved between sessions.
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July 17, 2006 |
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WineBanq and /Home Winemaster v8.1.5.493
Errors Fixed
- Fixed - Occasional error message. Could not convert variant of type (Null) into
type (String).
- Fixed - Canvas does not allow drawing (this was caused by third party controls).
- Fixed - Default removed from cellar not always displaying the correct value.
- Fixed - Fields that used numeric values would generate an error message if null
value entered.
Additions
- Added - When adding a wine from the Winestate Tasting Notes. Now included the edition
that the wine was reviewed in.
- Added - Database backups can now be stored to user defined directory.
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June 1, 2006 |
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WineBanq and /Home Winemaster v8.1.4.470
Errors Fixed
- Fixed - Backspace key not working when adding a new Vinote sequence.
- Fixed - Primary key violation when attempting to add a vinote sequence that already
exists.
- Fixed - Vinote allocation occasionally duplicating.
- Fixed - Minor adjustment converting from 100 point system to Winestate rating.
- Fixed - Save button was not being enabled on Rate/Remove if only the notes field
was changed.
Functionality Changes
- Changed - Reason Removed and removed date are disabled on search if only looking
at available wines in cellar.
Additions
- Added - Persisting Vinote setting between sessions.
- Added - Rating, State and Country to Quick Search.
- Added - You can now click on Wines Removed from Cellar (on front screen) and the
wine will now be displayed.
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April 24, 2006 |
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WineBanq and Home Winemaster v8.1.3.434
Errors Fixed
- Fixed - Backspace key not working when adding a new Vinote sequence.
- Fixed - Primary key violation when attempting to add a vinote sequence that already
exists.
- Fixed - Vinote allocation occasionally duplicating.
- Added - Persisting Vinote setting.
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April 9, 2006 |
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WineBanq and Home Winemaster v8.1.2.427
Errors Fixed
- Fixed - Erratic behaviour when adding new wines after adding wines to the cellar
from Tasting Notes. Some fields were not editable
- Fixed - Rate/Remove default remove reason was not displaying.
- Fixed - Reports showing incorrect totals when Bottle Size and Purchase Date values
not present.
- Fixed - Backup/Restore was not working.
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March 19, 2006 |
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WineBanq and Home Winemaster v8.1.1.410
Errors Fixed
- Fixed - Cellar grid was not displaying the Country value.
- Fixed - Tasting Note list did not download correctly on expired subscription.
- Fixed - Removed Cellar Date not working correctly in Quick Search.
- Fixed - Removed Cellar Reason not working correctly in Quick Search.
- Fixed - Correct program name now displays in Windows Task Bar.
Functionality Changes
- Cellar Grid - Changed row grouping style for easier viewing.
- Tasting Note Grid - Changed row grouping style for easier viewing.
- Importing Home Winemaster - Now includes the ability to bring over wines removed
from cellar.
Enhancements
- Cellar Listing Reports - Both reports now include Bottle Size in the listing.
DataBase Changes
- We no longer use the server version of Firebird. This was due to problems with installations
when the logged in user did not have administrator privileges. The program now uses
the embedded version but users will experience no change in performance.
Diagnostic
- A new menu item has been added to the tools menu called View Logs. This allows some
logging to be performed for diagnostic purposes during internet interaction.
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January, 2006 |
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Version 8.0 released |
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