Wine pages are the heart of Vinismo. Tasting wine better and tasting better wines are the two main motivations behind our project. That's why wine pages must be written with as much passion as possible. But they also have to written in a way that's consistent with other Vinismo pages.
edit How to start a new wine page
edit Beginner users: Use our wizard
Vinismo offers a quick and easy wine description wizard to help you add new wines. You can access it at all times by clicking Add a wine in the left menu.
Using this wizard speeds the process of creating new wine pages, since it spares you of any wiki-code editing.
edit Advanced users: Use our pre-filled template
Our pre-filled Wine page template can be chosen with a simple click on the magic word wine every time you start a new page. Unlike our wine-adding-wizard, this method requires some knowledge of wiki code.
edit Expert users: Use the traditional method
The traditional Wiki method to create a new page is to create a link to it from another page.
Typically, individual wine pages are linked from winery pages, which are linked from appellation or region pages. We chose that system to avoid listing thousands of wines for each particular appellation. For more details see Vinismo:Geographical hierarchy.
If the producer of your wine doesn't have an article in Vinismo yet, you can create it so that other Vinismo users will easily find your wine, and add new wines made by the same winery.
Once you've created a link to your new wine, just click on it to access the edit window and start writing. Please read the remaining sections of this article to make sure you don't forget any of the required sections and tags.
edit Wine naming conventions
Simply put, the name of your wine page should reflect what's on the wine label. However, there are certain conventions we try to follow in Vinismo.
NOTE: If you used our wine description wizard, you don't need to worry about your title. It should have been automatically titled accordingly.
The title of your wine page should start with its vintage year and end with its appellation - especially if it's an official government-controlled appellation such as AVAs for the United States or AOCs for France.
Please try to be as specific as possible in your title, to avoid conflicts with other wines. For example, a wine named "2006 Cabernet Sauvignon" from the John Doe Winery should have a page title such as "2006 John Doe Winery Cabernet Sauvignon".
If you're not sure how to correctly name your wine page, just choose what seems the most descriptive. If there's really a problem, other Vinismo users will suggest other names for your page.
edit Typical sections on a wine page
These are the pre-defined sections you'll find in the template when creating a new wine page. If you don't have anything to add to a particular section, leave it empty; other helpful, knowledgeable Vinismo users will surely come and fill it.
edit Introduction
The first lines on the top of the page should be used to give some basic information about that wine. What type it is, where it's from, who made it, etc. Try to make it simple - more details about your wine will be providen in the next sections.
edit Sidebar: Quick Facts
The quickbar section is used to display some basic facts about your wine in the sidebar on the right side of the screen. To insert it, copy the code provided on this page and fill in the details you know about the wine. Lines that aren't filled will not be displayed - until another Vinismo user fills them.
You really don't have to fill all sections of the quickbar - but there's a good chance you know at least what type it is, which country it's from, things like that.
Try to upload an image of that wine's label if you can find or scan it - don't forget to add the necessary licensing information for that image. See Wine labels and fair use for details. Please keep the image rules the way they are in the template; just change the image filename, and Vinismo will do the rest.
To add a Quick Facts section to the sidebar, use the code provided on this page.
edit Tasting
For a wine lover, the "tasting" section of a wine page is the most exciting section to edit - and if done well, to read. This is where you put all your sensory feelings about the wine - aroma, smell, color, etc. If you liked your wine, try to make it exciting to other Vinismo users. If you didn't like it, explain the reasons why. In both cases, try to be fair in your description - Vinismo is not a collection of personal reviews. And most importantly, don't be afraid to use your own words - most Vinismo users are not professional wine experts, and won't be offended if you don't respect the official oenologist's lexicon.
edit Food recommendations
If you're a gourmet in addition to being a wine lover, try to share your ideas on the best matching meals for your wine. Be specific - "meat" or "cheese" is a good start, but giving the name of specific animals is a lot more useful. You can use your writing skills here too - meal descriptions should be mouth-watering!
edit Quotes and reviews
Please add here quotes from famous wine critics and magazines, awards won, etc.
edit Serving
This is where you give all the conservation and serving details: how much time should this wine be kept in the cellar? When is the best time to serve it? At which temperature?
edit Composition
This is where you put all the physical and chemical facts about your wine, such as its varietal blend and its levels of acidity, alcohol, pH, sugar, etc.
edit Production technique
Is this wine fermented in stainless-steel or French oak barrels? Is it matured in French oak? For how long? This is where you give all these details, if you know them.
edit Dietary notes
Is this wine Bio? Kosher? Tell it here.
edit See also
Please put links to other Vinismo pages here. External links are to be avoided - see External links policy for details.
edit Using the {{isIn|...}} tag
Don't forget to fill our Vinismo:geographical hierarchy tag. It will automatically create breadcrumbs on the top of your page indicating which country, region and appellation your wine belongs to.
NOTE: If you used our wine description wizard, this tag should have been automatically created with your entry in the field named Region or appellation of origin.
To use the {{isIn|...}} tag, just fill the name of the first parent region or appellation, after the vertical bar in the {{isIn|...}} code at the bottom of the page.
Make sure you're using the correct spelling for that region or appellation page. If you make a mistake, you'll know it at first, because the breadcrumbs won't correctly display the full geographical hierarchy.