Getting your cellar ready to import

A quick tidy-up before upload saves time on the other side — fewer skipped rows, fewer manual fixes.

Before you start

  • CSV upload is only available for empty collections.
  • Max 1,500 rows, max 5 MB file size.
  • If your data is in a spreadsheet, save it as .csv first — see the Google Sheets or Excel export guides.

Headers and rows

  • Row 1 holds your column headers, nothing else. Delete any title rows, merged banners, or blank padding above your data.
  • Row 2 onwards is your data — one wine per row. If you have 6 bottles of the same wine, set Quantity to 6 rather than creating 6 rows.
  • Header names don't need to be exact. Common variations are auto-detected — "Wine", "Wine Name", and "Bottle" all map to Name; "Year" maps to Vintage.
  • Extra columns are fine. Anything the importer doesn't recognise can be appended to Notes on import, or archived untouched.

Required columns

Only two columns are mandatory. Rows with an invalid Name or Vintage are skipped.

ColumnFormatNotes
NameText, up to 255 charse.g. "Château Margaux"
Vintage4-digit year, or "NV"Use NV for non-vintage wines

Optional columns

Include what you have, skip what you don't. If an optional field fails validation (e.g. a rating of 15/10), we import the wine and drop just that field.

Wine details

ColumnFormatNotes
RegionText, up to 100 charsAppellation, sub-region — whatever you use
TypeRed, White, Rosé, Sparkling, Fortified, DessertCapitalisation doesn't matter
CountryText, up to 100 charsCountry of origin
ProducerText, up to 255 charsEstate or winemaker

Cellar

ColumnFormatNotes
QuantityWhole number ≥ 0Bottles currently held
Bottles OpenedWhole number ≥ 0Must be ≤ Quantity. Imported as historic opened bottles

Drinking window

ColumnFormatNotes
Drink From4-digit yearEarliest year you'd open it
Drink To4-digit yearLatest year before it's past its best

If you don't provide one, we'll estimate it after import.

Purchase

ColumnFormatNotes
Purchase PriceNumber, decimals allowedIn your profile currency
Purchase DateText, up to 10 charsTypically YYYY-MM-DD
RetailerText, up to 255 charsWhere you bought it

Your take

ColumnFormatNotes
Rating0–10, decimals allowedApplied to imported opened bottles
NotesText, up to 2,000 charsFree-form

Common issues

Rows being skipped

Usually caused by an invalid Vintage ("next year", "2020s") or a missing Name. After import you'll see the skipped rows listed with reasons so you can fix and re-add them manually.

Cells prefixed with an apostrophe

Cells starting with =, +, -, @, tab, or carriage return are prefixed with ' during import — this is a safety feature.

Exporting from another wine app

Vivino, CellarTracker, and Wine-Searcher exports work directly

Next: import your file

With your spreadsheet tidy and saved as a .csv, read Importing your cellar to see what happens when you upload. Or sign up and upload.

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