eSommelier User Guide v4.0 eSommelier 730 Grand Avenue (Unit 1A) Ridgefield, NJ 07657 Tel: (201) 934-6600 Fax: (801) 697-4658 info@esommelier.net www.esommelier.
Table Of Contents Greetings/Introduction...................................................... 1 Before You Begin ............................................................... 1 What's In The Box.............................................................. 1 Installation And Setup ...................................................... 2 Ports And Connections ................................................. 3 Using eSommelier For The First Time ...............................
1 eSommelier User Guide Greetings Congratulations on your purchase of eSommelier! You are now in possession of the most comprehensive wine management system that we know of, one that will help you get the most value and enjoyment out of your collection now and in the future. The eSommelier system is designed to give you precise overviews of wines and bottles in your collection, with complete descriptive data.
2 Note: There is, unfortunately, no such thing as a "universal database" catalog for wines. The UPC symbol that appears on most bottles when purchased is typically generated from the winery and contains proprietary information that is often irrelevant to the oenophile. The barcode system used by eSommelier is designed as an inventory tool where you create new barcode labels with information that's specifically tailored to your collection.
3 AC Power Adapter On the bottom left side of the touch panel, connect the AC adapter's round coaxial plug. Then connect the supplied AC cable to the adapter and also to a grounded wall outlet. USB Ports These connectors accept the barcode scanner and temperature/humidity sensor. Plug both of these components into any of eSommelier's USB ports. Ethernet Jack Your eSommelier system is able to connect to the Internet or a home network through this standard RJ-45 jack.
4 As you enter new wines, this area will show label graphics from the various wines in your Collection. See “Viewing Your Wines” on page 14 for further details. The Collection view is blank until wines have been entered into your collection. In this Collection view, the bottom left of your screen features touch buttons for “New Wine,” “Status” and “Administration”.
5 In addition to showing you the labels of the wines in your collection, the Collection view also provides several other key functions that let you find, sort and locate particular wines and bottles. These keys are located at the top of the screen, and from left to right are: • Keyboard: This icon invokes an on-screen keyboard to facilitate quick entry of bottle quantities, locations, tasting notes and other data.
6 Viewing Status Accessed at the bottom left of your screen, this section gives you an overview of your eSommelier’s system, including temperature and humidity conditions for your cellar, as well as a global “snapshot” overview of your Collection’s makeup and value. The Status screen gives you a snapshot of your cellar and its conditions.
7 The Label Format screen lets you select the information that you'd like to appear on your printed labels. Touch any or all of the criteria to create a label format that works best for your collection. The Network screen shows various address, server and connection method displays. eSommelier recommends that your network administrator configure your system for DHCP (dynamic) addressing. The Wireless screen offers Wi-Fi support for connecting your eSommelier unit to a wireless network.
8 The Support Connection screen is where you’ll connect to the eSommelier support service. Through this feature, our service technicians can remotely perform diagnostics and troubleshooting on your system if you have any operational problems with your unit. The Multi Panel Setup lets you configure your eSommelier system so that more than one eSommelier touch panel can access a single collection database.
9 Add A New Wine Let's begin the tutorial by entering a new wine into your collection. eSommelier provides you with a step-by-step process that makes it simple. Touch the "New Wine" button in the lower left corner of the screen. You'll be brought to a series of four screens that will let you describe, quantify and value the new wine that you’ll be adding to your collection.
10 Estimated Values On this screen you’ll enter the monetary value for bottles of the new wine. COMING SOON -- In upcoming software updates, eSommelier will pre-populate these fields for you, with up to date wine valuations from our master database. Tasting Notes Touch the top navigation tab for tasting notes and you’ll be able to enter your own impressions of the new wine that you’re entering into your collection. NOTE: If you already have a subscription to eRobertParker.
11 : • Size: Touch this heading and a drop-down list of bottle sizes will appear. Select the appropriate size for the bottles of the new wine. • Location: Enter the specific location in your cellar where you’ll place the wine. • Paid (optional): Enter the amount paid for the bottles you’re entering. • Date (optional): Enter the date; you’ll see slash marks appear for day/month/year entry.
12 For example, as you type the letters "B" and "A" into the winery field, a list of wineries in your collection that begin with those letters will appear on the screen. eSommelier's auto complete feature speeds up the process of entering new and similar wines. Clicking on the appropriate winery in the auto-complete feature will bring up a second auto-complete screen that displays the wines from that winery that are already in the database.
13 looking at the “cover art.” When an appropriate label is found for your new wine, the wine’s Details page will show the label graphics. In the event that eSommelier does not automatically find and insert a matching label for the wine you’ve entered, a generic label will be generated and appear on the Details page. These labels correspond to the type of wine that you’ve entered.
14 Viewing Your Wines As you add wines into your collection, they will be each be represented in the Collection area by label graphics from the actual wines. The more wines you add, the more labels will appear in the Collection area. There are 3 ways of looking at your collection, selectable at any time. The “Small” view shows you the labels of 30 wines at a time, using the left Collection icon. The “Medium” view shows you the labels of 8 wines at a time -- touch the middle icon.
15 You can change the view of your collection at any time for a closer or broader inspection by touching the appropriate icon that resides below the labels of your Collection view. To see more wines in any view, simply swipe your hand across the touch screen. Swiping to the right will move “forward” to the next page, while swiping to the left moves you back to the previous page. Sorting Your Results eSommelier lets you sort your wines by a variety of criteria.
16 When you’re finished reviewing the wine’s details, touch Done at the bottom left of the screen and you’ll be returned to the Collection page. Notice that at the bottom of the Details page, there are additional function buttons that allow you to change, delete and copy information about your wines. Let’s take a look at these functions now. The Edit function lets you change information about a wine in your collection. The Delete function lets you remove a wine from your collection.
17 Confirm the deletion and you can remove a wine from your collection. Adding Similar Wines Sometimes you might want to enter wines into your collection that are similar to other wines you've already entered. For example, you may want to add bottles of the same wine but a different vintage, or in a different size. eSommelier makes it easy for you to do this without having to enter the information all over again.
18 Searching Wines eSommelier makes it easy for you to find the wines you want, in a variety of ways that suit your needs and moods. For example, you can quickly zero in on a specific wine that you're looking for, or you can also browse wines by intelligent groupings. Using Filters The horizontal row of buttons at the top of the search screen presents a choice of primary filters you can apply to any entry or search. Touching any of these filters will bring up further options to apply.
19 Region: Browse or filter by the growing region of a particular country. If you’ve already chosen a country as a filter, this tab will only show regions for the country you’ve chosen, such as Napa for California and Bordeaux for France. Variety: Filters the collection by a particular grape, type or blend. Maturity: The ripeness of bottles in your collection.
20 Direct-Entry Searches In addition to being able to browse the contents of your collection with the filtering options, you can also perform a direct search for a particular wine. Simply type your search term into the Search box and eSommelier will return all matches meeting this term. You can directly enter a search term into the Search box without using criteria filters. Direct-entry is useful when searching for a wine with an attribute that's not available via any of the filters.
21 wineries that contain what you have begun to type. When you see the winery you want, simply select it and you will then see the wines for that winery. Enter the vintage to narrow down the wine list even further. To load a populated Excel wine template into eSommelier: 1. Touch the Admin button on the eSommelier home screen, then select System. 2. Select the option to "Load Excel Data". My Wine eSommelier’s My Wine feature lets you manage your wine collection from any computer connected to the Internet.
22 When you’ve filled in all the fields, touch the “Create Account” button. From now on, you’ll be able to access your wine collection from any Internet connected computer by entering your ID and password. Operation of your eSommelier system during a My Wine session is functionally identical to working with eSommelier’s touchscreen. Note: My Wine works best with the Mozilla Firefox browser. Exit MyWine When you’re done with your My Wine session, simply close your browser window.
