LEARN HOW TO CREATE FAVORITES ON WINEBID

We all have them. Wines that most pique our interest; the wines we always keep an eye out for when the next auction opens at WineBid. Knowing this, WineBid created Favorites, an efficient and easy way to see and be notified when your favorite wines are up for auction at any given time.

What are Favorites?

Favorites is a dedicated page on WineBid accessible from the top header of every page by clicking the Favorites "heart" symbol. Here you can save shortcuts to your favorite wines categorized by region, producer, price point, rating, vintage, or any combination of these and other filtering options available on WineBid. You can add and remove Favorite shortcuts and visit this page weekly to quickly navigate to your favorite wines in auction. 

How To Create a Favorite

Creating a Favorite shortcut is easy! Simply click the heart symbol when viewing an item, producer, or search on WineBid. 

To create an Favorite using the Advance Search functionality, follow the steps below:

1. Click on the “hamburger” menu to the left of the search bar.
2. Click on the “Advanced Search” box at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
3. Create a search that meets your Favorites specifications. For example, using the advanced search area to identify wines under $200 from the 1990 to 1999 vintage, that originate from Napa Valley and are labeled Cabernet Sauvignon will result in Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons from the 1990s that are $200 or less that are currently at auction. You can also search for a specific producer using the text search bar at the top of the Advanced Search page to identify the producer. Narrow your producer search by identifying a price range, region, vintage(s), bottle size, wine type, wine rating range or ratings from a specific reviewer.
4. Click the orange heart icon at the top of your search results page to add this search to your Favorites.

 If your search didn't return any results, don't fret! You can still click the orange heart icon, and you will be notified when wines meeting your search criteria are in auction.

How to Manage Your Favorites 

Favorites is often the first stop for WineBid users, particularly after a new auction has begun on Sunday night. Useful features offered on the Favorites page include: 

Subscribe to Weekly Email Alerts of Available Favorites

At the top of your Favorites page, you can click the “enable” or “disable” button next to the “Email Options” to subscribe to Favorites email alerts. Once subscribed, you will receive updates on your Favorite wines in auction every Tuesday. 

Update Your Favorite Display Preferences

Your Favorites page is customizable and you can select to preview bottles under each available Favorite shortcut when wines are in auction. If you have many Favorites set, you may wish to hide previews to more easily view all your Favorites in auction. On the contrary, if you have many unique Favorites that aren't often in auction, you can select to hide Favorites that are unavailable. 

Change the Name or Remove A Favorite

Your Favorites shortcuts will automatically be given a name based on your search criteria. To create your own custom name or remove the Favorite from your list, click on the auto-generated name and select the action "Rename" or "Remove." You can rename to the name of your choice, for example you can change the auto generated name “1990-1999, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, $200 or Less” to "90s Napa Cabs Under $200."

Think of your personalized Favorites page as your shortcut to the wines you want, the wines you love, and the wines you seek—always highlighted, always updated and always at your fingertips. Use Advanced Search to create a new Favorite today!