Quick answer
- Choose a detail level: Quick Note, or a Level 2, 3 or 4 systematic assessment.
- Notes attach to a specific vintage, and you can record as many as you like over time.
- Notes are public by default. Switch off Share publicly before saving to keep one private.
Where to write a note
Two places, both writing to the same record:
- Mobile app: after scanning or finding a wine, choose Add Tasting Note. This is the fastest route when you have a glass in front of you.
- Web app: open a wine for editing and use the Tasting Notes tab.
The four detail levels
Vinius follows the WSET Systematic Approach to Tasting. The level you pick controls how many fields you see, not how the note is stored.
| Level | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Quick Note | A rating and a few words, in seconds |
| Level 2 | A short structured assessment |
| Level 3 | The standard professional assessment, and the default |
| Level 4 | Level 3 plus finer distinctions such as tannin nature |
Your preferred level is a profile setting, so you are not re-choosing it every time. Level 3 is the default.
What a full assessment covers
Appearance
Clarity (clear or hazy), colour intensity (pale, medium, deep), and colour on the scale for the wine's category:
- White: lemon-green, lemon, gold, amber, brown
- Rosé: pink, pink-orange, salmon, orange
- Red: purple, ruby, garnet, tawny, brown
Nose
Condition (clean or unclean), intensity, and development (youthful, developing, fully developed, tired).
Aromas are picked from grouped descriptors, organised the way WSET teaches them:
- Primary, from the grape
- Secondary, from winemaking
- Tertiary, from ageing
Palate
Sweetness (dry through to luscious), acidity, tannins, alcohol, body, flavour intensity, flavour characteristics and finish. Level 4 adds tannin nature, for example fine-grained, chalky or stalky.
Conclusions
- Quality: faulty, poor, acceptable, good, very good, outstanding
- Readiness: too young, can drink now but can age, drink now, too old
Readiness is the field that earns its keep operationally. It is the one honest answer to "should we be pouring this yet?".
Always available
Personal notes as free text, and an optional rating from 1 to 100. Both are available at every level, including Quick Note.
You can also record a tasting date and location.
Multiple notes per wine
A note belongs to a vintage, not to a bottle, and a vintage can carry many notes. That is deliberate: tasting the same wine a year apart and recording both is how you see a wine develop.
Use the tasting date rather than editing the old note. The history is the point.
Private or public
Every note carries a Share publicly setting.
- Public notes appear in the community feed and on the wine, attributed to you.
- Private notes are yours. They do not appear in the community feed and are not visible to other users.
New notes are public by default, on mobile and on the web. Tasting notes are community content, and the feed only works if people contribute to it. Switch the toggle off before saving when a note is not for sharing.
You can change a note's visibility at any time after saving. If a note is made private after publication, anyone opening its old link is told it may have been deleted or made private.
Endorsements
Other users can endorse a public note. An endorsement is a signal of quality, not a like.
- Each person can endorse a given note once.
- At 5 endorsements a note becomes Community Endorsed and gains visibility in the community feed.
You cannot buy or request this, and endorsements only apply to public notes.
What your plan includes
Tasting notes and personal ratings are available on every plan, including Free, as is the community feed. See Tier entitlements and plan limits.