What's new

What changed on the site, in the app and in the command line, the latest first.

October 2026

  • A page for what's new

    Site

    This page: what changed on the site, in the app and in the command line, the latest first, with a filter for each. Changes to the app and the command line are marked beta while they are in a closed beta.

  • Every member writes tasting notes

    SiteApp, betaAPI, beta

    Writing notes used to come with the Contributor or Patron tier. Now every registered member writes them: on a wine's page, as drafts, at a live event (where your score starts a draft), in the app and through the API. The cellar and adding to the catalogue stay a contributor's.

  • Keep your books in your own currency

    SiteAPI, beta

    Your account page has a Currency section: the currency your books are kept in, hryvnias until you pick another. The envelope adds up in it, and a new event is priced in its host's currency from the start. Events made before keep theirs, and what anyone owes you stays in the currency it was agreed in.

  • A blind pour stays hidden everywhere until it is revealed

    Site

    Profiles, feeds, a wine's page, the catalogue and the home page no longer name the wine of a blind pour before the host reveals it or the event's scores are final.

  • Make your notes public

    SiteApp, betaAPI, beta

    Any member can make a note public now, and new notes and published drafts follow the default you set. A public note shows on your own pages; the site's lists and a wine's score still come from the editorial notes.

  • A note names only a bottle from your own cellar

    SiteAPI, betaCommand line, beta

    A tasting note now names only a bottle from its author's own cellar: at an event, the host's bottle stays with the event instead of going on the guests' notes. If you brought a bottle to someone else's event, blind or not, you can link it to your note afterwards: edit the note on the wine's page once the pour is revealed, and the bottle is marked drunk on the event's day.

  • A balance in two currencies shows as two

    Site

    Your ledger keeps currencies apart: owing a host 50 euros and 300 hryvnias shows as two balances, each with its own rows. A top-up clears the hryvnia balance, and its receipt says so.

  • What you owe for a wine run is on your ledger

    Site

    When someone buys wine for you on a wine run, what you owe them now shows on your ledger page, one block per person, with the runs it comes from. It stays apart from your Barberry Garden balance: you settle it with them directly.

  • Every patron hears about a patrons-only event

    Site

    The message about a newly opened patrons-only event now reaches everyone who may sign up, including members who pay by subscription, not only holders of the old supporter flag.

  • "You were there" marks your events again

    Site

    The "You were there" mark on the home page and the posts list shows again on the reports of every event you went to, including the ones run on the site.

  • See who you drank with on your own notes

    Site

    A note you wrote outside an event now shows the people you tasted with on the wine's page, without opening the edit form.

  • "Did you drink it with ...?" when you write a note

    Site

    When another member's note of the same wine on the same day lists you, the note form offers their table: one tap copies the place and the company into your note. Their score and words never come along.

September 2026

  • Grapes in a blend keep their order

    Site

    A wine's grapes show in the order of the blend, the leading grape first. When you add or edit a wine you can reorder them.

July 2026 (1 change)
  • Snap a whole haul, review it later

    Site

    Bulk intake lets you snap every bottle of a big purchase and its receipt, submit, and walk away. The bottles are identified in the background, Telegram tells you when the batch is ready, and one review screen adds them all to your cellar.

What's new - Barberry Garden