EXCALIBUR 415-SE04 Wine Master Special Edition - Manual (Page 8)

90-94
85-89
80-84
BEST BUYS
provides you with an
alphabetical list of the wines which
Wine Enthusiast Magazine consid-
ers the best values.
EDITORS PICK
is the magazine’s favorite wines
specially selected for delivering
high quality. And
CELLAR BUYS
are wines you might want to put
away for awhile. And there’s no
need to worry, because Wine
Master lets you know how long to
store the wine as well. By selecting
95-99, 90-94, 85-89 or 80-84
,
you are choosing to see information
only about wines of one of those
Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s rating
categories.
After selecting a rating from the
list, you can then select
VIEW
RESULTS
to see an alphabetical list of
those wines.
You can also select to have those
wines grouped according to
PRICE
,
or you can choose to see only the
wines of that category for which
reviews have been provided.
— WINES SAVED TO MEMORY —
The home menu also allows you to
save up to 25 wines in Wine
Master’s memory for easy access
and review. If you have nothing
saved in Wine Master’s memory,
[NONE]
will appear next to
SAVE
on
the menu.
To save a wine to memory, simply
go to the wine of your choice and
then press
SAVE
.
MEM
will appear
at the top of the screen which lists
the information for that wine. (If
you change your mind about saving
the information on this wine at this
point, simply push SAVE a second
time. The wine’s information will
be removed from your saved list,
and
MEM
will disappear from the
top of the screen.)
After saving a wine to Wine
Master’s memory, if you return to
the starting screen, you will see that
[1]
now appears next to
SAVE
on
the menu.
To retrieve the information for a
wine which you have saved in Wine
Master’s memory, simply select
SAVED
from the starting menu and
then choose from the list of wines
saved to memory by scrolling and
then pressing ENTER .
If you try to save a wine to Wine
Master’s memory after having
saved 25 wines, you will hear a
sound indicating that the memory is
full. If you wish to save the new
information, you’ll need to first
return to the home menu and select
SAVED
. Scroll through your list to
decide which wine you can delete
from your saved list, and then press
ENTER
to select the wine.
Next simply press the SAVE button
to erase the information from your
saved list. You can now return to
the new wine you want to save to
Wine Master’s memory and push
ENTER . Press the SAVE button
to add the new information to
your list.
— PAIRING FOOD AND WINE —
Wine Master also helps you with
pairing appropriate food and wines.
Return to the starting menu and
select
FOOD AND WINE
. You will
see the following screen:
BY FOOD
BY WINE
If you select
BY FOOD
, you get an
alphabetical list of foods, beginning
with
ASIAN FOODS , ASPARAGUS ,
AVOCADO ,
etc. Use the UP and
DOWN ARROWS
to scroll through this
list one line at a time, or press 3
X to
scroll three lines at a time. (Press
3
X a second time to turn off this
mode.)
Then press
ENTER to choose the
food for which you desire a wine
pairing. For example, if you select
ASIAN FOOD
, WineMaster will rec-
ommend you drink a Sauvignon
Blanc. With
AGED CHEESE
? Try a
Merlot. And with
CAVIAR
? A nice,
sparkling wine or Champagne.
If you select
BY WINE
from the
FOOD AND WINE
menu, Wine
Master tells you which foods are
recommended for a varietal of
wine. Make your selection from an
alphabetical list of varietals of
wines—
CABERNET SAUVIGNON,
CHARDONNAY , MERLOT
, etc. If
you select
CHARDONNAY
, for
example, Wine Master suggests
ASPARAGUS, AVOCADO, LOB-
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Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s
WINE RATINGS
98-100
: Classic—the pinnacle of quality.
94-97
: Superb—a great achievement.
90-93
: Excellent—highly recommended.
87-89
: Very Good—often a good value; well recommended.
83-86
: Good—suitable for everyday consumption; often a
good value.
80-82
: Acceptable—can be employed in casual, less
critical circumstances.