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Wine Master
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OPERATING MANUAL
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The Wine Enthusiast
Wine Master Deluxe
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4
Layout of Wine MasterDeluxe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 5
Functions of Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
Overview: What Wine Master Deluxe Can Do for You . . .page 6
Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .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 button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Searching Rated Spirits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15
Pairing Food and Wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16
Help with Wine Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17
Your Guide to the Art of Wine Tasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18
Using the Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18
Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18
Set Up Cont’d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19
Automatic Power Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Special Care & Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21
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Wine Rating
Suggested
Retail Price
Winery
Select for an official
Wine Enthusiast®review!
Bottle
Size
Vintage
The Wine Enthusiast
Wine Master Deluxe 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 10,500 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 Deluxe! You’ve acquired the f inest electronic guide to
wine and spirits available—thanks to the team effort of Wine
Enthusiast Magazine and Excalibur Electronics. Wine Master Deluxe contains all the essential information you’ll need to fully enjoy the experience
of drinking wine and spirits. Wine Master Deluxe 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 Deluxe 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 Deluxe requires
2 AAA batteries. Be sure to review
“Battery Information” on page 18.
To install batteries, carefully turn
Wine Master Deluxe 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.
Use a small Phillips screwdriver to
remove the screw. Lift off the batt e r y compartment lid. Install 2
AAA batteries, making sure to
match the polarity (+ and -) with the
diagram inside the battery compartment. Place the battery compartment lid’s tabs in their slots and
snap the compartment door back
on. Replace the screw and gently
tighten it.
If, after you install batteries, the
LCD display is blank, press the
RESET button.
Layout of Wine Master Deluxe
T he l e genda ry King A r t hu r b r a n d ished a
mag i c s wo r d , E x c a l i b u r, f r om wh ich we t a ke
our comp any n ame . With this unique weapon in his
hands, he could not be vanquished.
Alt ho ug h Exc alib u r E l e ct ron ic s c a n’t cla im
the ma gic a l sec ret s o f Mer l i n , King A r t h u r ’ s
c o u r t wi z ard , s ome time s ou r pa ten te d te chn ology may m a ke it see m as if we co u ld. W i n e
Mas t er De l ux e i s ano t her u n mat c hed i nnovatio n of Ex cal i bu r El ectr o n i c s .
We m ake you t hi nk .
Functions of Buttons
Wine Master Deluxe buttons are
easy to use.
ON Use this button to turn Wine
Master Deluxe on. (When you turn
Wine Master Deluxe 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 Deluxe is turned
on to return to the starting menu for
Wine Master Deluxe.
E N T E R This button is used to
choose an item in a list after you
have scrolled to it. Also press this
key to see the next three lines of a
review.
PREV Use PREV to return to a
previous screen. The P
REV BUTTON
is also used to cancel a wine search
when using a search screen.
DOWN ARROW
Use this button
to scroll down one line at a time.
UP ARROW
This button is used
Display
PREV
RESET
UP
ABC
DOWN
ON
Home
Save/backlight function
4
3X
ENTER
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ticularly helpful when determining
which wines to buy or enjoy.
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GETTING STARTED
—
After you have inserted new batteries, Wine Master Deluxe then displays:
WINE MASTER
CONTENT BY
WINE ENTHUSIAST
MAGAZINE
C 2004
Push any key and the HOME (starting) menu will appear on the
screen:
The house icon at the top of the
s c r een 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 dis cussion of screen symbols. (The
“[03]” shown here after “SAVED”
indicates that you have saved infor mation on three favorite wines.)
The home screen offers eight lines
of information. Scrolling down, you
can see them all, any three lines at a
time.
RATED WINES
SAVED WINES
RATED SPIRITS
FOOD + WINE
WINE BASICS
WINE TASTING
GLOSSARY
SETUP
Scroll through this list by pressing
the UP or DOWN arrow keys. (A right
arrow marks your position in this
list.) Press the UP or DOWN ARROWS
repeatedly if you want to proceed
one line at a time, or hold them
down if you want to move through
the entire list more quickly. After
scrolling to a desired item, simply
press
SELECT
to make your choice.
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SEARCHING RATED WINES
—
Press S E L E C T /R I G H T A R ROW t o
choose RATED WINES from Wine
Master Deluxe’s home menu. A new
screen will appear:
WINERY-BRAND
TYPE
GRAPE-VARIETAL
COUNTRY
RATING
PRICE
ONLY REVIEWS
Note: If a word or term is longer
than 12 characters, such as
GRAPE-
VA R I E TA L ,
it is too long to fi t
e n t i r e ly on the screen. Use the
direction buttons to scroll to that
to move up in a list one line at a
time.
3X When this function is available,
you can scroll up or down three
lines at a time. (When not available,
you will hear a warning sound.) The
direction you will go will be based
on the last UP
or DOWN ARROW
that
you pressed.
ABCWhen this function is available, you can scroll through a list
quickly, jumping from one alphabetical first letter to the nex t .
(When not available, you will hear a
warning sound.) The direction you
will go will be based on the last
UP
or
DOWN ARROW
that you pressed.
SAVE Press this button to store
information on up to 25 rated wines
in Wine Master Deluxe’s memory
This will work only when you are
on a unique wine screen. 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.
BACKLIGHT To read your wine
master deluxe even in the darkest
restaurant there is a backlight. The
Save button turns the backlight on
or off when you are not on a unique
wine screen.
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OV E R V I E W
:
W H A T W I N E
&
S P I R I T S M A S T E R C A N
DO FOR YOU
—
No one will suspect you aren’t a
knowledgeable connoisseur of wine
as long as you have Wine Master
D e l u x e within your reach! T h i s
i n d i s p e n s i ble tool provides yo u
instant access to information on
more than 10,500 rated wines,
a r ranged alphabetically by the
wineries that produce the wines.
Over 2,800 wineries (or brands) are
included in this listing.
Wine Master Deluxe also lets you
save in its memory up to 25 wines
of special interest to you for quick
reference. Wine Master Deluxe can
also help you select the best type of
wine to enjoy with the food you’ll
h a ve 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
Deluxe
WINE TASTING
menu, and
Wine Master Deluxe’s
GLOSSARY
conveniently 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 par-
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sign at the top left of the display. To
the right of the rating, Wine Master
Deluxe 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,
y e a r, distinction, bottle size and alcohol
content, review, type, varietal, appellation
and country.
In the
ABRAZO
example above,
only one wine was in Wine Master
Deluxe’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
yo u ’ll need to make additional
choices. Wine Master Deluxe 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 deluxe
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.)
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CHOOSING FROM MULTIPLE
VARIETALS
—
Many wineries will offer more than
one varietal of wine. If you select
W O O D B R I D G E , for example, a
screen will appear with a list of different varietals to choose from:
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
CHARDONNAY
MERLOT
MUSCAT
PINOT GRIGIO
SAUVIGNON BLANC
SYRAH
ZINFANDEL
After you scroll through this list
and select a varietal of wine by
pressing S E L E C T /R I G H T A R ROW, a
n ew screen will appear. If, for
example, you select
SYRAH
, the
f o l l o wing information will then
appear:
If no button is pushed for four minutes, Wine Master Deluxe
will switch off to save your batteries. Just push
the ON
button to continue where you left off.
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line. Wine Master Deluxe will scroll
to the left to let you read the re m a i n ing ch a ra c t e r s.
Next press SELECT/RIGHT ARROW to
choose WINERY-BRAND
from this
new menu. A list of over 2,800
wineries (brands) will appear alphab e t i c a l l y on your screen. (Wi n e
Master Deluxe provides you with
information on over 10,500 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 Deluxe’s database. At
the top of the screen you’ll see the
number 001, which is the number
of wines for this brand stored in
Wine Master Deluxe’s information
system. (See page 10 for an explanation of additional screen symbols.)
—
S E L E C T I N G A U N I Q U E W I N E
—
As you have read above, after you
have selected
RATED WINES
on the
home screen, and
WINERY-BRAND
on the next screen, a list of wineries appears. Use the arrow keys to
scroll down the list of wineries.
(See page 11 for information on
scrolling a list more quickly by
using the
ABC
or 3Xbuttons.) Stop
when the arrow is positioned at the
winery ABRAZO. In this example,
you’ll see the number “00
1”
at the
top of the screen indicating only
one wine is in Wine Master
Deluxe’s database for this winery.
Next press SELECT
/RIGHT ARROW TO
select ABRAZO. The follow i n g
information appears on your screen:
#84 $5 ALL
ABRAZO
2001 BEST BUY 750cc
REVIEW
RED
GARNACHA
CARINENA, SPAIN
In this example, Wine Master
Deluxe shows you Wine Enthusiast
Magazine’s rating for the wine (84,)
the selling price (about $5,) 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.) T h e
review of the wine is then listed.
The color of the wine and grape
varietal is listed next, followed by
the w i n e ’s appellation and country of
o r i gin.
The Wine Enthusiast Magazine rating is provided for any rated wine
you select and appears with a #
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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.
A Sand time icon appears at the top
of your screen during searches.
An UP TRIANGLE ICON appears
at the top of your screen when the
up key can be used. When it is off,
that means that the first line of the
menu is active.
ALL indicates that Wine Master
Deluxe 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
—
You may use the UPor
DOWN ARROW
keys 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 3Xkey. This Will jump
you ahead three listings at a time.
The direction you will go will be
based on the last UPor
DOWN ARROW
that you pressed.
—
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
. Continue pressing
ABC 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.) The direction you will go will be based on the
last UP
or DOWN ARROW
that you
pressed.
When you reach the desired initial
letter, press the UPor
DOWN ARROW
to scroll line by line until you have
found the winery you are searching
for. Press
SELECT
to select that win-
ery.
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REVIEWS OF WINES
—
Often Wine Master Deluxe 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 W O O D -
BRIDGE, the following screen will
appear.
#83 $8 ALL
WOODBRIDGE
2002 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
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#88 $9 ALL
WOODBRIDGE
2000 BEST BUY 750CL
13.5%
REVIEW
RED
SYRAH
CALIFORNIA, USA
You see that this wine has a rating
of 88 and sells for about $9. 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
R E S E R V E , 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
M aga z i n e. (See Wine Enthusiast
Magazine Rating System, page 14.
)
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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 yo u
choose
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
from the
W O O D B R I D G E
w i n e r y
list, a screen appears with the following choices:
1999
2000
Scroll to the vintage of your choice
and use the SELECT/RIGHT ARROW
button 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 2000
Pinot Noir, you would be asked to
choose between N O D E S I G N AT I O N ,
BECKSTOFFER, DESOTO VINEYARD and
S T. C L A I R V I N E YA R D
. After yo u
select a vineyard (a designation) the
information on the wine you are
looking for will appear on the
screen.
—
SCREEN SYMBOLS
—
Wine Master Deluxe 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 inform a t i o n
screen will be displayed if yo u
select that item with the
SELECT/RIGHT ARROW
.
+ at the bottom right of a screen
s h o wing a rev i ew, definition or
other paragraph indicates that more
text will appear on the screen if you
use the
D OW N A R ROW
button to
scroll down. If no +appears at the
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you have just selected. Or if you
select G R A P E - V A R I E TA L S , yo u ’l l
get an alphabetical list of wine varietals to further choose from, such
as BARBARESCO, BARBERA,
BAROLO, etc.
Selecting C O U N T R Y g ive s an
alphabetical list of countries or continents to choose from. If yo u
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
P I N O T B L A N C
as the
G R A P E -
VARIETAL
, when yo u choose VIEW
R E S U LTS, Wine Master Deluxe
will search its entire database and
eve n t u a l l y display
S O R R Y N O
W I N E F O U N D , because Pinot
Blanc is not a red wine. During a
lengthy search such as this, you
may abort the search by simply
pressing the
LEFT
key.
—
SEARCHING BY RATING
—
If you select RATING after choosing
R A TED WINES on the start i n g
menu, yo u ’ll see the follow i n g
screen:
If you scroll down, you’ll find additional options on this screen:
BEST BUYS
EDITORS PICK
CELLAR BUYS
98-99 CLASSIC
94-97 SUPERB
90-93 EXCELLENT
87-89 VERY GOOD
83-86 GOOD
80-82 ACCEPTABLE
BEST BUYS
provides you with an
alphabetical list of the wines which
Wine Enthusiast Magazine considers the best values.
EDITORS PICK
is the maga z i n e ’s favorite wines
s p e c i a l ly selected for delive r i n g
high quality. And CELLAR BUYS
are wines you might want to put
away for awhile. And there’s no
need to wo r ry, because Wi n e
Master Deluxe lets you know how
long to store the wine as well. By
selecting
98-99, 94-97, 90-93,
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selecting REVIEW, you will see the
following information. (There will
be a pause, and the screen will display
PLEASE WAIT, LOADING...
)
OPENS WITH A
BLAST OF
SULFUR,
WHICH BLOWS
OFF TO
REVEAL EARTH
AND PEACH
AROMAS. IN
THE MOUTH,
FRUITY AND
DRY, WITH
CORRECT
ACIDITY.
GETS THE JOB
DONE.
The review is offered to give you a
good idea of the wine’s taste and
special qualities. Use the
SELECT
or
D OW N A R R OW S
to view the nex t
three lines of a review.
There are over 9,900 reviews in
Wine Master Deluxe ’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.
C o n t i n u a l ly pressing the
D OW N
ARROW
lets you read down the entire
review. To return to the previous
menu, press the
LEFT
button.
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MORE SEARCH OPTIONS
—
Choosing RATED WINES on the
s t a r ting menu allows you many
additional options. Rather than
searching for wines by winery, you
can also search by type of wine,
grape va r i e t y , 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
SPARKLING
DESSERT
PORT-SHERRY
After selecting one of the above
types, you then can choose from the
following items:
VIEW RESULTS GRAPEVARIETAL
COUNTRY
RATING
PRICE
ONLY REVIEWS
Selecting
VIEW RESULT S
g i ve s
you a listing of wines of the color
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Master Deluxe’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
i n f o r mation, yo u ’ ll need to fi r s t
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
SELECT/RIGHT ARROW 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 Deluxe’s memory and push
SELECT
. Press the
SAVE
button to add
the new information to your list.
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SEARCHING RATED SPIRITS
—
Press
S E L E C T/R I G H T A R ROW
t o
choose
RATED SPIRITS
from Wine
Master Deluxe’s home menu. A new
screen will appear:
ALL SPIRITS
TYPE OF SPIRIT
Note: If a word or term is longer
than 12 characters, such as
TYPE
O F S P I R I T
,
it is too long to fi t
e n t i r e ly on the screen. Use the
direction buttons to scroll to that
line. Wine Master Deluxe will scroll
to the left to let you read the re m a i n ing ch a ra c t e r s.
Next press
SELECT/RIGHT ARROW
to
choose ALL SPIRITS from this new
menu. A list of over 100 brands
encompassing over 130 spirits will
appear alphabetically on yo u r
screen. 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 A. HARDY. This
is the first brand in Wine master
Deluxe’s database. At the top of the
screen you’ll see the number 001,
which is the number of spirits for
this brand stored in WineMaster
Deluxe’s information system. (See
page 10 for an explanation of additional screen symbols.) All of the
spirits here are on Wine Enthusiast’s
2004 BEST BUY list.
—
S E L E C T I N G A U N I Q U E SPIRIT
—
As you have read above, after you
have selected
RATED SPIRITS
on
the home screen, and ALL SPIRITS
on the next screen, a list of
brands appears.
Use the arrow
keys to scroll down the list of
wineries. (See page 11 for information on scrolling a list more quickly
by using the
ABC
or 3Xbuttons.)
Stop when the arrow is positioned
at
A B S O L U T
. In this ex a m p l e ,
you’ll see the number “00
1”
at the
top of the screen indicating only
one spirit is in Wine Master
Deluxe’s database for this brand.
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87-89, 83-86 or 80-82, 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 V I E W
R E S U LT S 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
Deluxe memory for easy access and
review. If you have nothing saved in
Wine master Deluxe memory, [00]
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
Deluxe’s memory, if you return to
the starting screen, you will see that
[01] now appears next to SAVE on
the menu.
To retrieve the information for a
wine which you have saved in Wine
Master Deluxe’s memory, simply
select S AV E D from the start i n g
menu and then choose from the list
of wines saved to memory by
scrolling and then pressing
SELECT
.
If you try to save a wine to Wine
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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.
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with your selected cheese.
If you select
FOOD BY WINE
from the
FOOD + WINE
menu,
Wine Master Deluxe tells yo u
which foods are recommended for a
varietal of wine. Make your selection from an alphabetical list of
varietals of wines—C A B E R N E T
S A U V I G N O N , C H A R D O N N A Y
,
M E R L O T , etc. If you select
CHARDONNAY, for example, Wine
Master Deluxe suggests ASPARA-
GUS, AVOCADO, LOBSTER a n d
POULTRY
as appropriate food pair-
ings.
—
HELP WITH WINE BASICS
—
WineMaster Deluxe makes sure
you’re informed about the basics of
e n j o ying wine as well. Simply
select
WINE BASICS
from the starting menu, then choose from the following menu by first scrolling to an
item with the UP and DOWN ARROWS
and then pressing SELECT:
BUYING
DRINKING
STORING
SERVING
By selecting
BUYING
you can get
i n f o r mation 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, yo u ’ l l
find information on S W I R L I N G ,
SMELLING
and
TASTING
wine. You
can also choose tips on REMEM-
BERING 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 E N V I R O N -
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
Deluxe provides you with information on the serving
T E M P E R A -
T U R E S
of wines. Wine Master
Deluxe also contains information
on
OPENING, POURING, BREATH-
ING and DECANTING a wine, as
well as on choosing appropriate
GLASSWARE
and
ACCESSORIES
.
—
YOUR GUIDE TO THE ART
OF WINE TASTING
—
Wine Master Deluxe also helps you
learn the art of wine tasting. Return
to the starting menu and select
WINE TA S T I N G .
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
FLO-
1716
Next press SELECT/RIGHT ARROW TO
select A B S O L U T. The follow i n g
information appears on your screen:
#92 $18 ALL
ABSOLUT
CITRON VODKA
VODKA, 40.00%
REVIEW
SWEDEN
In this example, Wine Master
Deluxe shows you Wine Enthusiast
Magazine’s rating, the selling price,
and that it has searched ALL of its
database for this information. The
spirit type and the alcohol percentage is listed next, followed by the
r e v i ew and country of origin.
In the
ABSOLUT
example above,
only one spirit was in Wine Master
Deluxe’s database for that particular
brand. The information for that
spirit appeared without your needing to make additional choices.
In other cases, there may be information on more than one spirit
given for a brand. In that case you’ll
need to make an additional choice.
Scroll to ALIZE and press
S E L E C T / R I G H T A R R OW. Yo u
will then see VSOP COGNAC and
W I L D PA S S I O N L I Q U E U R .
Selecting either one of these will
take you to the unique spirit screen
for that spirit.
—
PAIRING FOOD AND WINE
—
WineMaster Deluxe also helps you
with pairing appropriate food and
wines. Return to the starting menu
and select FOOD + WINE. You will
see the following screen:
WINE BY FOOD
WINE BY CHEESE
FOOD BY WINE
If you select
WINE BY FOOD
,
you get an alphabetical list of foods,
b eginning with
ASIAN FOODS,
ASPARAGUS,BEEF
,
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.
Then press
SELECT/RIGHT ARROW
to
choose the food for which yo u
desire a wine pairing. For example,
if you select ASIAN FOODS
,
Wine
Master Deluxe
will recommend
you drink a Sauvignon Blanc. With
CHILI? Try a Zinfandel. And with
CAVIAR? A nice, sparkling wine or
a Pinot Blanc.
If you select
WINE BY CHEESE
from the FOOD + WINE menu,
Wine Master Deluxe gives you an
alphabetical list of cheeses, starting
with A S I A G O , BLUE C H E E S E ,
BRIE, etc. If you select CAMEMBERT, for example, CHAMPAGNE
and CABERNET SAU V I G N O N
are given as wines that would agree
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• CAUTION: Batteries should be
removed and replaced by adults
only.
• Turn unit off when installing
batteries.
• Your
Wine Master Deluxe
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 Deluxe 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 Deluxe up and return
the LCD to its former display.
• 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
RAL, for example, you can read more
specific descriptive words, such as
ACACIA. GARDENIA, LAV E N D E R
,
etc.
If you choose
TEXTURE
from the
WINE TASTING menu, a list of com-
mon 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 M E T A L L I C
,
P U C K-
ERY,
SHARP,
SOUR, STEELY or TIN-
GLE
. It won’t 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 Deluxe is the wine GLOS-
SARY,
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 3Xor ABC in order to scroll
more quickly.) Choose
B R U T
,
f o r
example, and the term will be defined
as follows
:
TERM FOR DRY
CHAMPAGNE OR
SPARKLING WINE.
—
SETUP
—
Selecting SETUP from the starting
menu lets you make changes to the
following:
COMPRESSED TEXT
SCROLL SPEED
CONTRAST
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 C O M -
PRESSED TEXT
or SOUND
either ON
or
OFF
by using the UP and DOWN
keys. (When turned on, the sound
option lets you know when you’ve
reached the end of a menu when
scrolling.)
COMPRESSED TEXT is one of the
Wine Master Deluxe major features.
This feature allows you to view 18
characters of text compared to the
uncompressed 12 characters of text
on a line.
A display using Compressed Text is
shown below:
You can adjust the
SCROLL SPEED
or the CONTRAST by scrolling to
numbers 1( s l o west) through
8
(fastest). (You do not need to press
S E L E C T/R I G H T A R ROW
to change
between on and off.) Press the
LEFT
or
HOME
key once you have made your
choice.
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E X C A L I BUR 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.
A n y applicable implied wa r r a n t i e s ,
including warranties of merchantability
and fitness, are hereby limited to 90
DAYS from the date of purchase.
Conseq uential 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
wa r ranties 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: 305.477.8080
Fax: 305.477.9516
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
We make you think.
Your Wine Master Deluxe is
equipped with a cartridge that can
be updated when new information
becomes available.
Turn the power off before
installing a new cartridge.
Wine Master Deluxe 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.
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Excalibur Electronics, Inc.
13755 SW 119th Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.
Phone: 305.477.8080
Fax: 305.477.9516
Play games live at:
www.ExcaliburElectronics.com
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