Excalibur 415-SE Operating Manual

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OPERATING MANUAL

www.ExcaliburElectronics.com Model No. 415-SE

Excalibur

Electronics

The Wine Enthusiast Wine Master

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Layout of Wine Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 5

Functions of Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 5

An Overview: What Wine Master Can Do for You . . . . . . .page 6

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7

Searching Rated Wines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 7

Selecting a Unique Wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 8

Choosing from Multiple Varietals . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9

Selecting a Vintage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10

Selecting a Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10

Screen Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10

Using the 3X buton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 11

Using the ABC button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 11

Reviews of Wines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 11

More Search Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12

Searching by Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 13

Saving Wines to Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14

Pairing Food and Wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15

Help with Wine Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 16

Your Guide to the Art of Wine Tasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 16

Using the Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 17

Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 17

Automatic Power Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 18

Special Care & Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

Wine Master Overview Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 19

Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20

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Wine Rating

Suggested
Retail Price

Winery

Select for an official

Wine Enthusiast®review!

Bottle
Size

Vintage

Wine Enthusiast Wine Master gives you the

information you need to make the best choices!

You can scroll down to see three lines at a

time to reveal complete information on more

than 10,800 wines!

Do not drink unless you are of legal age.

If you have been drinking, please use a designated driver.

Be safe.

NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!

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ongratulations on your purchase of The Wine Enthusiast Wine
Master SE! You’ve acquired the finest electronic guide to wine

available—thanks to the team effort of Wine Enthusiast
Magazine and Excalibur Electronics. Wine Master SE contains all the
essential information you’ll need to fully enjoy the experience of drinking
wine. Wine Master SE offers an impressive volume of knowledge normal­ly reserved for the true wine connoisseur, yet this information is available
to you with just the press of a button. And thanks to its compact design,
Wine Master SE slips conveniently into your pocket or purse, always ready
to be your personal wine sommelier, a wine expert to guide you in a restau­rant or wine shop.

Installing Batteries

Your Wine Master SE requires 2
AAA batteries. Be sure to review
“Battery Information” on page 18.
To install batteries, carefully turn
Wine Master SE over so that the top
side is face-down on a soft surface,
such as a towel or magazine. You’ll
find the battery compartment on the
unit’s back.

Using your finger or thumb to push
in the locking tab on the compart-

ment lid, lift the lid off.

Install 2 AAA batteries, making
sure to match the polarity (+ and -)
with the diagram inside the battery
compartment. Place the battery
compartment lid’s two smaller tabs
in their slots and snap the compart­ment door shut again. If, after you
install batteries, the LCD display is
blank, press the

RESET button.

Layout of Wine Master

The legendary King Arthur brandished a
magic sword, Excalibur, from which we take
ou r c omp an y n ame . With this unique weapon in his
hands, he could not be vanquished.

Although Excalibur Electronics can’t claim
the magical secrets of Merlin, King Arthur’s
court wizard, sometimes our patented technol­ogy may make it seem as if we could. Wine
Master SE is another unmatched innovation of
Excalibur Electronics.

We make you think

.

Functions of Buttons

Wine Master SE’s buttons are easy
to use.

ON/OFF Use this button to turn Wine

Master SE on or off. (When you
turn Wine Master SE back on, it
will return you to the point where
you last left off.) If you wish to start
a new search, simply press the

HOME (starting) button.

HOME Push this key at any time

when Wine Master is turned on to
return to the starting menu for Wine

Master. An icon of a house appears
in the upper left corner when
you’ve returned to the home
screen..

ENTER Push down on the neck of

the bottle for

ENTER. Use ENTER to

choose an item in a list after you
have scrolled to it. Also, if the "line
scroll mode" is turned on, push

ENTER to view the next line of a

review. If the line scroll mode is
turned off, press

ENTER to scroll a

review from right to left.

Display

UP

RESET

ON/OFF

SAVE

ABC

HOME

3X

ENTER

DOWN

BACK

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BACK ARROW Use the BACK ARROW

to return to a previous screen. If the
line scroll mode is turned off, the

BACK ARROW scrolls a line of a

review backward from left to right.
The

BACK ARROW is also used to

cancel a wine search when using a
search screen.

DOWN ARROW Turn the neck of the

bottle downward to scroll down one
line at a time. Also turn the bottle
neck in the direction of the

DOWN

ARROW

after pressing the 3X button

(when that feature is available) in
order to jump down three lines at a
time. Turn the neck in the direction
of the

DOWN ARROW after pressing

the key

ABC (if available) to move

down to the next alphabetical first
letter in a list. And turn the neck in
the direction of the

DOWN ARROW to

view the next lines of a review if
the line scroll mode is turned on.

UP ARROW Turn the bottle neck in

the direction of the

UP ARROW to

move up in a list one line at a time.
Also turn the neck upward after
pressing

3X (when that feature is

available) in order to move up three
lines at a time. Turn the neck
upward after pressing the

ABC key

(if available) to move up to the pre­vious alphabetical first letter in a
list.

3X When available and selected, a

3X icon appears on the screen.

Press this button to scroll up or
down three lines at a time by turn­ing the neck in the direction of the

UP or dOWN arrows. Press 3X a sec-

ond time to turn this mode off.

ABC When available and selected,

an

ABC icon appears on the screen.

Press this button if you wish to
scroll through a list quickly by turn­ing the bottle’s neck toward the

UP

or DOWN ARROWS, jumping from
one alphabetical first letter to the
next. Press

ABC a second time to

turn this feature off.

SAVE Press this button to store

information on up to 25 rated wines
in Wine Master SE’s memory. The
memory icon

MEM will appear at the

top of the screen. Press the

SAVE

button a second time to erase a wine
from your saved list.

—AN OVERVIEW: WHAT WINE-

MASTER CAN DO FOR YOU—

No one will suspect you aren’t a
knowledgeable connoisseur of wine
as long as you have Wine Master
SE within your reach! This indis­pensible tool provides you instant
access to information on 10,800
rated wines, arranged alphabetical­ly by the wineries that produce the
wines. 2,600 wineries (or brands)

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are included in this listing.
Wine Master SE also lets you save

in its memory up to 25 wines of
special interest to you for quick ref­erence. WineMaster SE can also
help you select the best type of
wine to enjoy with the food you’ll
have for dinner tonight or that
you’ll serve at your next dinner
party.

The specialty vocabulary used to
describe wine is easily consulted
simply by selecting Wine Master
SE’s

WINE TASTING menu, and

Wine Master SE’s

GLOSSARY con-

veniently defines common wine
terms for you. Select

WINE BASICS

for information on storing, drink­ing, serving and researching wine.
Finally, the helpful wine reviews by
Wine Enthusiast Magazine are par­ticularly helpful when determining
which wines to buy or enjoy.

—GETTING STARTED—

After you have inserted new bat­teries, Wine Master SE then dis­plays:

WINE MASTER
CONTENT BY
WINE ENTHUSIAST
MAGAZINE
C 2003

Push any key and the HOME (start­ing) menu will appear on the

screen. (Please see the illustration
at the top of the next column.)

The house icon at the top of the
screen indicates you are at the
home screen. The “+” at the end of
each item indicates that another
screen will follow if you select that
item. (See page 10 for further dis­cussion of screen symbols. (The
“[03]” shown here after “SAVED”
indicates that you have saved infor­mation on three favorite wines.)

The home screen offers seven lines
of information. Scrolling down, you
can see them all, any three lines at a
time.

RATED WINES
SAVED WINES
FOOD + WINE
WINE BASICS
WINE TASTING
GLOSSARY
SETUP

Scroll through this list by turning
the neck toward the

UP or DOWN

arrow keys. (A right arrow marks
your position in this list.) Turn the
neck of the bottle

UP or DOWN

repeatedly if you want to proceed

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one line at a time. After scrolling to
a desired item, simply press ENTER
to make your choice.

—SEARCHING RATED WINES—

Press ENTER to choose RATED

WINES

from Wine Master SE’s

home menu. A new screen appears:

WINERY-BRAND
TYPE
GRAPE-VARIETAL
COUNTRY
RATING
PRICE
ONLY REVIEWS

Note: If a word or term is longer
than 12 characters, such as

GRAPE-

VARIETAL,

it is too long to fit
entirely on the screen. Use the
direction buttons to scroll to that
line. If the line scroll mode is turned
on, Wine Master SE will scroll to
the left to let you read the remaining
characters. (See SETUP, belo w.)

Next press ENTER to choose WIN-

ERY-BRAND

from this new menu.
A list of 2,600 wineries (brands)
will appear alphabetically on your
screen. (Wine Master SE provides
you with information on 10,800
wines in all…right in your pocket!)

Note the

ALL icon on the upper

screen. It reminds you that the
entire data base is being searched

You’ll see that the arrow at the first

line now points to

2820 WINE CO.

This is the first brand of wine in
Wine Master SE’s database. At the
top of the screen you’ll see the
number

2, which is the number of

wines for this brand stored in Wine
Master SE’s information system.
(See page 10 for an explanation of

additional screen symbols.)

—SELECTING A UNIQUE WINE—

As you have read above, after you
have selected

RATED WINES on

the home screen, and

WINERY­BRAND on the next screen, a list
of wineries appears.

Turn the bot­tle’s neck toward the arrow keys to
scroll through the list of wineries.
(See page 11 for information on
scrolling a list more quickly by
using the

ABC or 3X buttons.) Stop

when the arrow is positioned at the
winery

ABBEY ROCK. In this exam-

ple, you’ll see the number “

1” at the

top of the screen indicating only
one wine is in Wine Master SE’s
database for this winery.

Next press

ENTER TO select ABBEY

ROCK. T

he following information

appears on your screen:

#86 $10 ALL
ABBEY ROCK
2000 BEST BUY
RED
CABERNET-MERLOT
SOUTH EASTERN/

AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA

In this example, Wine Master SE
shows you

Wine Enthusiast

Magazine’s

rating for the wine, the
selling price, and that it has
searched

ALL of its database for this

information. It next tells you the
vintage and that this wine is consid­ered a value, a

BEST BUY. (See

Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Rating
System,

page 14.) The color of the
wine and grape varietal is listed
next, followed by the wine’s appella­tion and country of origin.

The

Wine Enthusiast Magazine rat­ing is provided for any rated wine
you select and appears with a

#

sign at the top left of the display. To
the right of the rating, Wine Master
SE provides you with the price you
can expect to pay per bottle. The
type of information that then fol­lows for a wine varies, depending
on what information applies to the
particular wine. In general your
screen allows you to scroll through
the following types of information
in this order:

brand name (winery), special designation,

year, distinction, bottle size and alcohol con­tent, review, type, varietal, appellation and

country.

In the ABBEY ROCK example
above, only one wine was in Wine
Master SE’s data base for that par­ticular winery. The information for
that wine appeared without your
needing to make additional choices.

In other cases, there may be infor­mation on more than one wine
given for a winery. In that case
you’ll need to make additional
choices. Wine Master SE needs to
know four types of information to
find a unique wine for you—the
brand, varietal, vintage and desig­nation of the wine. The three
remaining choices appear on
screens only if Wine Master SE has
information on more than one vari­etal, vintage or designation of wine
from the brand you have chosen.
(See below for choosing varietals,
vintage and designations of wines.)

—CHOOSING FROM MULTIPLE

VARIETALS

—

Many wineries will offer more than
one varietal of wine. If you select

If no button is pushed for four minutes, Wine Master

will switch off to save your batteries.

Just push the

ON/OFF button to

continue where you left off.

WOODBRIDGE, for example, a

screen will appear with a list of dif­ferent varietals to choose from:

BARBERA
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
CHARDONNAY
MERLOT
PINOT GRIGIO
PORT
SAUVIGNON BLANC
SYRAH
ZINFANDEL

After you scroll through this list
and select a varietal of wine by
pressing

ENTER, a new screen will

appear. If, for example, you select

PORT, the following information

will then appear:

#90 $20 ALL
WOODBRIDGE
PORTACINCO
1994 750CL 18.4%

You see that this wine has a rating
of 90 and sells for about $20. In
addition to the name and vintage,
the size of the bottle and the alcohol
content are included.

Note that

N/V will be displayed if

a wine has no vintage. If a wine has
a special designation, such as

RESERVE, that information will

also appear. The screen will also let
you know if this wine is considered
a

BEST BUY, EDITOR’S PICK or

CELLAR BUY

by Wine Enthusiast

Magazine

. (See Wine Enthusiast

Magazine Rating System

, page 14.)

—SELECTING A VINTAGE—

Sometimes after you select a
varietal of wine, a new screen
will appear offering you a
selection of vintages. For
example, if you choose

CABERNET SAUVIGNON

from the WOODBRIDGE win­ery list, a screen appears with
the following choices:

1997
1998
1999
2000

Scroll to the vintage of your
choice and press

ENTER to

select the year for the wine
you are interested in reading
about.

—SELECTING A DESIGNATION—

In some cases, you might be
given a screen for choosing a
wine’s designation. For
example, if you are searching
for Acacia Winery’s 1997
Pinot Noir, you would be
asked to choose between

LEE

VINEYARD

and

ST. CLAIR VINEYARD. After you

select a vineyard (a designation) the
information on the wine you are

looking for will appear on the
screen.

—SCREEN SYMBOLS —

Wine Master SE uses the following
screen icons or symbols.

A icon indicates you are
looking at the home screen.

+ at the end of an item in a list

means that a new information
screen will be displayed if
you select that item by press­ing ENTER.
+ at the bottom right of a screen
showing a review, definition or
other paragraph indicates that more
text will appear on the screen if you
turn the neck of the bottle in the
direction of the

DOWN ARROW to

scroll down. If no

+ appears at the

bottom of the screen, that indicates
you have reached the end of the
review, definition or paragraph.

MEM indicates you have saved a

wine to memory.
3X indicates you have selected to
scroll three lines at a time.

ABC indicates you have selected to

scroll through a list alphabetically
by first letter.

ALL indicates that Wine Master SE

has searched its entire database for
a wine.

# indicates a Wine Enthusiast
Magazine

rating.

$ indicates the price you can expect

to pay for a wine at a store.

—USING THE 3x BUTTON—

Turn the neck of the bottle in the
direction of the

UP or DOWN ARROW

to scroll through a list line by line-­to find a winery you are looking for
perhaps. If you want to scroll
through a list more quickly, press
the

3X key. (The 3X icon will

appear at the top of the screen.)
Then turn the neck

UP or DOWN to

scroll three lines at a time. Press

3X

again to turn this mode off and
return to scrolling line by line.

—USING THE ABC BUTTON—

If you’d like to jump through the
list of wineries (or another list)
even more quickly by alphabetical
first letter, press

ABC. The ABC icon

will appear at the top of the screen.
Then turn the neck either

UP or

DOWN to proceed through the list

by alphabetical first letter. (Note
that the list begins again with the
initial letter “A” after you have
scrolled through the "Z" listings.)

When you reach the desired initial
letter, press

ABC again to turn this

mode off. Then turn the neck of the
bottle

UP or DOWN to scroll line by

line until you have found the win­ery you are searching for. Press

ENTER to select that winery.

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—REVIEWS OF WINES—

Often Wine Master SE even pro­vides you with a helpful review of
the wine you are searching. For
example, if you select

PINOT GRI-

GIO

from the screen which shows

the grape varietals for WOOD-

BRIDGE

, the following screen will

appear.

#84 $8
WOODBRIDGE
2000 750CL
REVIEW

You see that in addition to rating,
price, vintage and bottle size, a
review has also been provided here.
By scrolling down and then select­ing

REVIEW, you will see the fol-

lowing information. (There will be
a pause, and the screen will display

PLEASE WAIT, LOADING...)

APPLEY, WITH
CITRUS AND
PEACH
FLAVORS, AND
VERY DRY.
THE CLEAN
FRUIT
FLAVORS ARE
HIGHLIGHTED
BY REFRESHING
ACIDITY. IT
FINISHES ON
A SWEET­SPICY GREEN­APPLE NOTE.

The review is offered to give you a
good idea of the wine’s taste and
special qualities. Press

ENTER or

turn the neck in the

DOWN direction

to view the next three lines of a
review if the line scroll mode is
turned on. (See

SETUP, below.) Or if

line scroll mode is turned off, hold
down

ENTER to scroll from right to

left and read the review like a tick­ertape. If the scroll mode is turned
off, holding down the

BACK arrow

moves the text backward, from left
to right. (See SETUP, page 17.)

There are 9,385 reviews in Wine
Master SE’s database. The first
three lines of a review appear first
on your screen, along with a small
"

+" after the third line if there are

more lines in the review.
Remember, if the “line scroll
mode” is turned on, continually
turning the neck toward

DOWN or

pressing

ENTER lets you read down

the entire review. To return to the
previous menu, press the

BACK but-

ton.

—MORE SEARCH OPTIONS—

Choosing RATED WINES on the
starting menu allows you many
additional options. Rather than
searching for wines by winery, you
can also search by type of wine,
grape variety, country, rating or
price This narrows your search of

the database. You can choose also
to see only wines with reviews.

For example, if you know what type
of wine (red, white or rose) you are
looking for, select

RATED WINES

on the starting menu, and then
select TYPE. Selecting

TYPE on the

RATED WINES menu produces the

following screen:

RED
WHITE
ROSE

After selecting either red, white, or
rose, you then can choose from the
following items:

VIEW RESULTS
GRAPE-VARIETALS
COUNTRY
RATING
PRICE
ONLY REVIEWS

Selecting VIEW RESULTS gives
you a listing of wines of the color
you have just selected. Or if you
select

GRAPE-VARIETALS, you’ll

get an alphabetical list of wine vari­etals to further choose from, such
as

BARBARESCO, BARBERA,
BAROLO

, etc.

Selecting

COUNTRY gives an

alphabetical list of countries to
choose from. If you search by

PRICE you narrow your search by

choosing among price categories,
such as wines costing $9 or under,

or those costing $100 or over.
Selecting

ONLY REVIEWS lets you

choose from an alphabetical listing
of all wines of that color for which
reviews are provided.

Note: If you select, for example,

RED as the TYPE of wine with
PINOT BLANC as the GRAPE­VARIETAL

, when you choose VIEW
RESULTS, Wine Master SE will
search its entire database and even­tually display

SORRY NO WINE

FOUND

, because Pinot Blanc is not
a red wine. During a lengthy search
such as this, you may abort the
search by simply pressing the BACK
key.

—SEARCHING BY RATING—

If you select RATING after choosing

RATED WINES on the starting

menu, you’ll see the following
screen:
If you scroll down, you’ll find addi­tional options on this screen:

BEST BUYS
EDITORS PICK
CELLAR BUYS
95-99

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90-94
85-89
80-84

BEST BUYS

provides you with an
alphabetical list of the wines which
Wine Enthusiast Magazine consid­ers 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

3X to

scroll three lines at a time. (Press

3X 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.

Wine Master SE may lock up due to static discharge

or other electrical disturbances.

If this should happen, use a slim, pointed object to press

the button marked “

RESET” on the front of the unit.

STER and POULTRY as appropriate

food pairings.

—HELP WITH WINE BASICS—

Wine Master makes sure you’re
informed about the basics of enjoy­ing wine as well. Simply select

WINE BASICS from the starting

menu, then choose from the follow­ing menu by first scrolling by turn­ing the neck toward the

UP and
DOWN ARROWS and then pressing
ENTER:

BUYING
DRINKING
STORING
SERVING

By selecting BUYING you can get
information on recent vintages,
where to research or purchase
wines, ordering wine, what to do if
you order a bad bottle of wine, and
more. If you select

DRINKING from

the

WINE BASICS menu, you’ll

find information on

SWIRLING,

SMELLING and TASTING wine.

You can also choose tips on

REMEMBERING wines, and learn

new strategies on

PAIRING wines.

If you select

STORING from the

WINE BASICS menu, you’ll find

tips on selecting a

LOCATION to

store wine based on

ENVIRON-

MENT

and TEMPERATURE. You’ll

also get information on the duration

of time a wine can be stored.
If you select

SERVING from the

WINE BASiCS menu, Wine Master

provides you with information on
the serving

TEMPERATURES of

wines. Wine Master also contains
information on

OPENING, POUR-

ING, BREATHING and DECANTING

a wine, as well as on choosing
appropriate

GLASSWARE and

ACCESSORIES.

—

YOUR GUIDE TO THE ART

OF WINE TASTING

—

Wine Master also helps you learn
the art of wine tasting. Return to the
starting menu and select

WINE

TASTING. You can then select

either

AROMA or TEXTURE. If you

select

AROMA, you’ll see a list of

common words used to describe a
wine’s aroma, such as

FLORAL.

Then by selecting

FLORAL, for

example, you can read more specif­ic descriptive words, such as

ACA-

CIA. GARDENIA, LAVENDER

, etc.

If you choose

TEXTURE from the

WINE TASTING menu, a list of

common words used in describing a
wine’s texture appear on the screen,
such as

ACIDITY or COMPLEXITY.

By selecting

ACIDITY, for example,

you can read more specific descrip­tive words, such as

METALLIC,

PUCKERY, SHARP, SOUR. It won’t

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be long before this vocabulary
becomes second nature to you as
you learn to assess the wines you
are drinking.

—USING THE GLOSSARY—

Still another helpful feature of Wine
Master is the wine

GLOSSARY,

which can be selected from the
starting menu. Here you can select
from an alphabetical list of words
used to discuss wine and quickly
get a definition for a word.
(Remember to press

3X or ABC in

order to scroll more quickly.)
Choose

CHAPTALIZATION, for

example, and the term will be
defined as follows

:

THE PROCESS
OF ADDING
SUGAR TO
FERMENTING

GRAPES IN
ORDER TO
INCREASE
ALCOHOL

—SETUP—

Selecting SETUP from the starting
menu lets you make changes to the
following:

LINE SCROLL
SCROLL SPEED
SOUND

Use the UP or DOWN ARROWS TO

MOVE

through the SETUP list, and

press

ENTER to make your selection.

You can then choose to turn

LINE

SCROLL

or SOUND either ON or

OFF by turning the bottle neck UP

and DOWN. (When turned on, the
sound option lets you know when
you’ve reached the end of a menu
when scrolling.) You can adjust the

• Avoid rough handling such as
bumping or dropping.

• Avoid moisture and extreme
temperatures. For best results, use
between the temperatures of 39ºF

and 100ºF (4º C and 38º C).

• Clean using only a slightly
damp cloth. Do not use cleaners
with chemical agents.

SPECIAL CARE & HANDLING

• CAUTION: Batteries should be
removed and replaced by adults
only.

• Turn unit off when installing
batteries.

• Your Wine Master SE uses 2
AAA batteries, not included.

• Do not mix alkaline, standard
(carbon-zinc) or rechargeable
(nickel-cadmium) batteries.

• Do not mix old and new batter­ies.

• Do not use rechargeable batter­ies.

• Remove exhausted batteries

from the unit.

• Do not short circuit battery ter­minals.

• Remove batteries and store
them in a cool, dry place when not
in use.

• To avoid explosion or leakage,
do not dispose of batteries in a fire
or attempt to recharge alkaline or
other non-rechargeable batteries.

• Install batteries so that the polar­ity (+ and -) matches the diagram
in the battery compartment.

• Use only batteries of the same
type and equivalency.

BATTERY INFORMATION

—AUTOMATIC POWER OFF—

Remember, Wine Master SE turns itself off if no buttons are
pushed for 4 minutes. This feature is intended to help save your
batteries. Simply press the ON/OFF key to wake Wine Master up
and return the LCD to its former display.

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RATED WINES

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FOOD + WINE

WINE BASICS

WINE TASTING

GLOSSARY

SETUP

WINERY BRAND

TYPE

GRAPE VARIETAL

COUNTRY

RATING

PRICE

ONLY REVIEWS

SELECT

BRAND

SELECT

VARIETAL

SELECT

YEAR

SELECT

DESIGNATION

WINE BRAND

DESIGNATION

BY FOOD

BY WINE FOOD PAIRING

WINE PAIRING

BUYING

DRINKING

STORING

SERVING

BUYING MENU

DRINKING MENU

STORING MENU

SERVING MENU

BUYING TEXT

DRINKING TEXT

STORING TEXT

SERVING TEXT

AROMA

TEXTURE

HOME MENU

LIST OF WORDS

LINE SCROLL

SCROLL SPEED

SOUND

ON/OFF

1 TO 8

ON/OFF

DEFINITION

AROMA MENU

TEXTURE MENU

AROMA DESCRIPTIVE WORDS

TEXTURE DESCRIPTIVE WORDS

YEAR, DISTINCTION,

SIZE, ALCOHOL

REVIEW

REVIEW TEXT

WINE TYPE

WINE VARIETAL

APPELLATION,

COUNTRY

UNIQUE WINE MENU

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SEARCH MENU

EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC.,
warrants to the original consumer that its
products are free from any electrical or
mechanical defects for a period of 90
DAYS from the date of purchase. If any
such defect is discovered within the war­ranty period, EXCALIBUR ELEC­TRONICS, INC., will repair or replace
the unit free of charge upon receipt of the
unit, shipped postage prepaid and insured
to the factory address shown at right.

The warranty covers normal consumer
use and does not cover damage that
occurs in shipment or failure that results
from alterations, accident, misuse, abuse,
neglect, wear and tear, inadequate mainte­nance, commercial use, or unreasonable
use of the unit. Removal of the top panel
voids all warranties. This warranty does
not cover cost of repairs made or attempt­ed outside of the factory.

Any applicable implied warranties,
including warranties of merchantability
and fitness, are hereby limited to 90
DAYS from the date of purchase.
Consequential or incidental damages
resulting from a breach of any applica­ble express or implied warranties are
hereby excluded. Some
states do not allow limita­tions on the duration of
implied warranties and do
not allow exclusion of
incidental or consequen­tial damages, so the
above limitations and
exclusions in these

instances may not apply.

The only authorized service center in the
United States is:

Excalibur Electronics, Inc.

13755 SW 119th Ave

Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

www.ExcaliburElectronics.com

Ship the unit carefully packed, preferably
in the original carton, and send it prepaid,
and adequately insured. Include a letter,
detailing the complaint and including
your daytime telephone number, inside
the shipping carton.

If your warranty has expired and you
want an estimated fee for service, write to
the above address, specifying the model
and the problem.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND

YOUR UNIT WITHOUT

RECEIVING AN ESTIMATE FOR

SERVICING. WE CANNOT

STORE YOUR UNIT!

LIMITED 90-DAY WARRANTY

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