How to add your first bottles

You do not have to set anything up first. A cellar called My Cellar comes with your account, so you can add a bottle the minute you sign in and move it somewhere better later.

Caution

If your collection already exists somewhere else, import it before you type anything. An import always adds and never merges, so uploading a file on top of bottles you entered by hand leaves you with two of each.

What is already waiting for you

Already there	What it means
My Cellar	A cellar, created with your account. Every bottle needs a storage, and this one satisfies that from the start.
Wishlist	A saved list for wines you want but do not own, so a bottle you are only thinking about does not have to go into your collection.

Choose your way in

All four routes end in the same collection, so pick whichever matches what you have in your hands right now.

• A file, or another wine app — import it. One upload beats hundreds of taps.
• Bottles on a rack — photograph the labels. This is the quickest way in with nothing but wine. On a paid plan, Multiple in the scanner takes them one after another and adds them all at once.
• A wine you know by name — search for it. Include the producer, and type the year to skip the vintage step.
• A case still in the box — add one wine and set the quantity to 12; you get twelve separate bottles you can drink one at a time.

iPhone: Home → Add → search the wine → vintage → Confirm

The only three things we need

Field	What happens if you leave it
Quantity	Starts at 1. The shortcuts 1, 3, 6, 12 and 24 replace the count rather than adding to it.
Vintage	The one thing you have to choose. N.V. sits at the top of the list for non-vintage wines.
Storage	Already set to the last storage you used, and it remembers that between app launches — so from your second bottle onwards this is one less tap.

Everything else on that form is optional and can be filled in later by opening the bottle and tapping Edit. The button reads Confirm when you are adding and Save when you are editing.

If you cannot add anything

Adding needs editor access. If you joined someone else’s collection as a viewer you can read it but not change it — ask the owner to raise your access.

Next steps

• How to add bottles to your collection — every step of the search route, and how to add several wines at once
• How to add wines by scanning a label — the camera route
• How to scan several bottles at once — a case or a delivery in one pass
• How to import your collection — a spreadsheet, CellarTracker or Vivino