How to scan several bottles at once

Scan a case, a delivery or a row of bottles in one go. The camera stays open while you photograph label after label, and each one is matched while you keep shooting. Then you compare the wines side by side — price, scores, vintage and drink window — and add them all at once.

Tip

Requires a paid plan. Tapping Multiple without one opens the upgrade screen. On a collection shared with you, it follows the owner’s plan.

Where to start

Device	What to tap
iPhone	The camera button in the tab bar — or the camera icon inside Search all wines on Home. Then tap Multiple just above the capture button
Android	The camera button beside the tab bar, then Multiple just above the capture button
iPad and the web app	Not available yet. Scan one bottle at a time on iPad instead

Don’t see Single and Multiple above the capture button? Update the app — on iPhone, Multiple needs version 6.38 or later. The camera you open from the search on the Add screen or from a saved list always scans one bottle at a time.

Scan your bottles

1. Tap Multiple. The line under the frame reads Scan wines one at a time. Compare prices and scores, then add them all at once.
2. Frame a label and tap the large white circle. The camera stays open, so move straight on to the next bottle. To use photos you already took, tap the photo icon at the bottom left and pick several at once.
3. Each photo lands in a row above the capture button and is matched on its own. You can scan up to 24 bottles in one go.
4. Tap Review when you’re done. Its badge shows how many wines matched.

Camera button → Multiple → photograph each label → Review → Add bottles

What the photo row tells you

On the photo	What it means
Moving dots	Still matching. Keep scanning
A green tick	Matched
A gold ?	We weren’t sure, or found nothing close. You pick the right wine when you review — or tap the photo now
A red warning sign	The upload failed. Tap the photo to send it again

To remove a photo, press and hold it, then tap Remove photo.

Pick the right wine for unsure photos

When you tap Review, any photo we weren’t sure about comes first, one at a time — the screen shows Match Wine and which one you’re on, like 1 of 3. For each one:

• Tap the wine that matches your bottle, or
• tap Search Wine to find it by name, or
• tap Skip to leave it out. Skipping removes the photo.

Photos that are still matching keep going. If one of them comes back unsure, a banner at the top of the list says how many photos need a match — tap it to go through them.

Compare the wines

On each wine	What it tells you
The price	The estimated market value of one bottle. The total for the ticked bottles shows under the title as Est. value
A rosette and a number	The critic score
A people icon and a number	The community score, shown when there’s no critic score or when you sort by Community score
A grade such as A+ beside the year	The vintage score, from our vintage guide for that region and year
Hold, Drink, Drink soon or Past prime	Where the wine is in its drinking window, followed by the window’s years
×2 on the photo	You scanned that wine twice. It will be added as 2 bottles
Best overall	The wine that ranks highest on its critic, community and vintage scores together, with critics counting most. A wine past its drinking window ranks lower, and price isn’t part of it. Tap the ? beside it for the same explanation
Best price	The wine with the lowest price. Both labels only show when at least 2 wines can be compared and one clearly leads

• Tap the year to change the vintage. A gold Pick vintage means we couldn’t read a year from the label.
• Untick a wine to leave it out of what you add or save.
• Swipe left on a wine and tap Remove to take it off the list, along with every photo of it.
• Tap a wine to open its full page.

Sort the list

With 2 or more wines, tap the sort menu at the top of the list. You can sort by Best overall (the default), Critic score, Community score, Vintage score, Price: low to high, Price: high to low, Ready to drink soonest or Scan order. Wines missing that figure go to the end, and the app remembers your choice on this phone.

Add them, save them, or just compare

Tap	What happens
Add (for example Add 5 bottles)	The add screen opens with each wine’s quantity set to the number of times you scanned it. Check the vintage, size and storage, then tap Add to collection. If you use VinLocate, you’re offered to place the bottles in 3D next
Save to list	Saves the ticked wines to one of your saved lists — handy when you’re shopping
Scan or Search next to Add another wine	Adds one more wine without leaving the list
Done	Closes the list and clears the photos. The camera stays open for the next batch

Note

Nothing is added until you say so. Bottles only join your collection when you tap Add to collection. If you close the camera with photos still in it, we ask first: Discard clears them, Keep Scanning takes you back.

Good to know

• The price, the price sorts and Best price don’t show if market value is hidden in your collection.
• After you add bottles, any wine you left unticked stays in the photo row, still unticked, so you can come back to it. So do photos you haven’t matched yet.

On each platform

Multiple is on iPhone and Android, and works the same way on both. It is not on iPad or on app.invintory.com yet — on iPad, scan one bottle at a time, and on the web, search for each wine or import a file.

Next steps

• How to add wines by scanning a label — for one bottle at a time, and what each matching screen means
• How to add wines by scanning a receipt — for a whole order you have a receipt for
• How to create a saved list — where Save to list puts your wines
• Understanding VinLocate — placing the new bottles in your 3D cellar
• How to add bottles to your collection — every field on the add screen