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Your First Cellar

OENARI uses a physical cellar model — every bottle has an exact location in a module and slot. This guide walks you through creating your cellar and your first storage module so you're ready to start placing bottles.

Step 1: Create Your Cellar

Open the My Cellar tab in the bottom navigation. If you don't have a cellar yet, you'll see a welcome screen with a Create My Cellar button. You can also find it under the Manage tab.

Tap Create My Cellar and fill in:

  • Cellar Name — Give it a name, e.g. "Home Cellar" or "Country House" (required)
  • Location — Where the cellar is, e.g. "Basement", "Kitchen", "Storage Room" (optional)
  • Cellar Type — Choose one: Underground Cellar, Closet / Cabinet, Dedicated Room, or Other

Storage Conditions

Below the cellar info, you can optionally rate your storage conditions. OENARI uses these to calculate a storage quality score for your cellar. You can rate:

  • Vibration — None, Minimal, Moderate, or Frequent
  • Temperature Stability — Stable (<2°C/day) through Large (>10°C)
  • Ventilation & Odors — Odor-Free through Strong Odors Nearby
  • Bottle Position — Horizontal, Slightly Tilted, or Standing Upright

This is entirely optional — you can skip it now and fill it in later from your Profile Settings.

Tap Create Cellar and you're done. Your cellar now exists and is ready for storage modules.

Step 2: Add a Storage Module

A cellar without modules is like a room without shelves. Go to the Manage tab and choose which type of module to create:

  • Rack — A traditional wine rack with rows and columns. Best for most home setups.
  • Wine Cooler — A temperature-controlled unit. Configured the same way as a rack.
  • Wall Rack — A single-row horizontal display rack.

Give your module a name (e.g. "Main Rack", "Kitchen Cooler"), set the number of rows and columns, and save. Each cell in the grid becomes one slot — and each slot holds exactly one bottle.

Match your real layout

If your wine cooler has 6 shelves of 8 bottles, create a module with 6 rows and 8 columns. The closer your digital cellar matches your physical one, the more useful it becomes.

Step 3: Place Your First Bottle

Your module now appears in the Overview tab. Tap it to open the rack grid — you'll see all your slots laid out, empty and waiting.

To place a bottle, tap an empty slot and select a wine from your collection. If you haven't added any wines yet, you'll need to do that first — see Adding Your First Wine for how to add wines via scanning, search, or manual entry.

Slot labels

Slots follow a letter + number format: the letter is the row (A, B, C…) and the number is the column (1, 2, 3…). So B-3 means row B, column 3.

The My Cellar screen has four tabs:

  • Overview — Your cellar at a glance: storage modules, bottle count, and quick access to each rack grid.
  • Manage — Create, edit, or remove modules and sections.
  • Relocate — Move bottles between slots or modules.
  • Finder — Search for a specific bottle across all your racks.

What's Next?

Your cellar is set up — here are some good next steps:

  • Adding Your First Wine — Add wines via EAN scan, label scan, or search
  • FAB Button — The fastest way to add wines, record tastings, and relocate bottles
  • Cellar Management — Sections, editing modules, relocating bottles, and everything else your cellar can do

Video Walkthrough

A video walkthrough of cellar setup will be available here soon.