• WineLog keeps a record of wines that you have tried
  When you venture to try a new type or variety of wine, you are taking the risk that you will either love it or hate it. WineLog provides you with a free way to track your preferences on new wines, including the specific information about the wine, as well as personal and public comments and one to five-star rating. After trying a new wine, simply login and select “Add wine to log.” You will fill out a simple form about the wine and then it will be added to your log. With this feature, you can remember which wines you enjoyed and purchase them again, and you can also remember which wines to avoid in the future.
• WineLog proposes custom wine recommendations
  Most people base their wine decisions on magazine reviews and ratings. The problem with this approach is that general reviews and ratings do not take your wine preferences into account. Using our wine recommendation system, we are able to compare your recorded comments and ratings to those of other WineLog users. If you and another WineLog user both highly rate one brand of chardonnay, then it is likely that you and that user both enjoy similar qualities of chardonnay. Your WineLog displays the other chardonnays highly rated by that user and proposes them as wines you may also enjoy. The more wines you enter into your log, the more specific you wine recommendations will be.

Key Features of WineLog

• Free, Personal Wine Log
  Use your log to keep a record wines you have tried, wine bottles currently in your wine cellar, and those wines that are on your wish list. You can record tasting notes and a one-to-five-star rating. A new feature is the ability for other users to comment on your Wine Log. This is a great way to recommend a wine to a friend or to dispute tasting notes or other related comments. Plus, your free Wine Log has a unique and permanent website address that you can link to in your email signature or on your personal blog.
• Comprehensive Wine Database
  We have over 10,000 unique wines in our database. Search for wines you have tried or discover a new wine altogether. Our wine database is searchable by the name, winery, region, type, variety, or user-submitted tag, such as a food pairing, special event name, or key tasting note. If you are unable to locate a wine in our database, you can easily add it through our Add Wine form.
• Personalized Wine Recommendations
  WineLog suggests wines you may enjoy by analyzing the wines and their respective ratings in your Wine Log. The more wines that you rate in your Wine Log, the more accurate these recommendations will become. We also make predictions on the keywords to look for in new wines you select. If you highly rate wines that are tagged as “Strawberry,” then we will propose other wines that include this characteristic and advise you to look for the word “Strawberry” in new wines that you select from your local wine merchant.
• My WineLog Friends
  Connect with other WineLog users and keep track of what they are logging with our new friends feature. Our recommendation system is constantly working to find others users with similar tastes to you, and now you can easily add these users to your friends list and see what they have tasted and how they have rated new wines. You can also see what wines are on your friends’ wish lists and, if you’re feeling generous, pick up a bottle of that wine for your friend as an out-of-the-blue gift.
• Cool Wine Tools
  We have several useful tools, such as “send to phone” where you can have the wine’ information sent to your cell phone as a text message. WineLog does not currently charge to have a wine’s information sent to your phone, although you will want to check with your wireless carrier for other usage charges that may apply.
• WineLog Blog
  Stay current on all the latest developments with WineLog and also read interesting articles by our network of WineLog Blog authors. We feature all types of stories, from individual wine reviews, commentary on specific wine producing regions or years, and wine pairings with recipes for everyday occasions.

Our Team

• Bill Loftus, CEO
  Bill Loftus is a serial entrepreneur and president of Gestalt. In his role as CEO of WineLog, Bill uses his technology expertise, business savvy and passion for wine to enhance our social networking community's increasingly popular position in the wine space. Loftus is recognized regionally and nationally as a successful technology entrepreneur.
• Jason Coleman, Founder & Developer
  A true entrepreneur is invigorated by uncertainty, risk and the thrill of new opportunities. Jason exemplifies this definition to a T. In 2004, Jason graduated with a degree in computer science from Haverford College, Haverford, PA. After graduation, Jason began work as an analyst at a leading international consulting firm. In 2006, Jason retired from corporate life to fully devote himself to WineLog and Stranger Studios.
• Kim Coleman, Founder & Designer
  Kim Coleman graduated from Villanova University, Villanova, PA, in 2006, with a B.S. in Business Administration. While still in college, Kim maintained a lead role in the Stranger Studios team, greatly expanding the company’s service line to include other graphic design services, including logo development, e-newsletters, and various printed media. Kim keeps her eyes on the world, always looking for interesting business opportunities in every situation that life presents.

Our Blog Authors

WineLog Blog features the following authors. Please show you appreciation by visiting their personal blogs or by posting comments on their articles.

• Andy is our overseas-blogger, hailing from the United Kingdom. This is, as far as we know, his first blogging experience, although I can attest to his love of all-things wine from the correspondence we have shared since WineLog Day 1. His ideas have been crucial in the updates to WineLog up to this point, and his continued input always guide our decisions on which features to roll-out next. View Andy’s Wine Log.
  
  
• ChiefWino works as a Sommelier and Wine Consultant, which allows him to travel the globe in search of excellent wines (but at the end of the work day, calls Washington, DC home). You can find all of ChiefWino’s excellent blogging at www.chiefwino.com. View ChiefWino’s Wine Log.
  
  
  
• Dezel’s passion for visiting and reviewing wineries has earned him a valued position in the WineLog Blog. His personal blog, www.myvinespot.com, chronicles his many winery visits, and we’re glad to see that he’s using a very cool WineLog widget on his site. Dezel lives in Virginia and works as an Engineer (mainly to feed his growing wine habit!). View Dezel’s Wine Log.
  
  
• El Jefe is the owner of Twisted Oak Winery located in a place you have never heard of called Calaveras County in California. El Jefe also writes in Twisted Oak's blog, El Bloggo Torcido. He promises to provide WineLog readers with an insider’s view of Calaveras County, and convince us why it’s the best wine region in California.
  
  
  
• Grapescott is a fellow Pennsylvanian with a huge passion for wine. This passion drove him to create a personal wine blog, www.grapescott.com, which chronicles his many wine tasting adventures and provides wine reviews and tasting notes for affordable (read: Under $25) wines. With his help, maybe we can put some pressure on the PA Liquor Control Board to loosen up a bit. View Grapescott's Wine Log.
  
  
• Matt, aka CardCat, is a self-proclaimed wine lover, but admits to being a novice. Therefore, he focuses his efforts on wines that are under $10. He has a blog 10 Dollar Wines where he reviews his finds. When not scouting good deals, he works outside DC for a trade association. He also has a small events business known as CardCat Events. View Matt's Wine Log.
  
  
• Ward will try any and all wines and tends to write about the parts of his life that include wine...like virtually all of it! He and his wife grew up in Napa and Sonoma and they still live nearby in Northern California. View Ward's personal blog. View Drxeno's Wine Log.
  
  
  
  
• WineForNewbies manages a wine blog and podcast located at www.winefornewbies.net. He describes his podcast as a “free online wine course” and includes information on tasting and collecting wines, to information on grape varieties and wine making. View WineForNewbies’ Wine Log.
  
  
  
• Winesmith blogs about all things wine related on his personal blog, www.winesmithblog.com. He lives in the Washington, DC area and, by day, works in Public Relations for a Non-Profit organization. An early adopter of WineLog, Winesmith has also provided useful feedback and criticism in the early days of WineLog’s launch. Sadly, ladies and gents, he’s recently married. View Winesmith’s Wine Log.