A5 wine journal inserts for tasting notes, aromas, cellar and wishlist

A5 wine journal inserts you can print at home: 24 undated pages arranged in facing pairs, sized for A5 rings, Half Letter rings and discbound systems, covering tasting notes, an aroma wheel, a cellar list and a wishlist. You get an A5 PDF and a Half Letter PDF, and print-and-cut A4 and Letter versions are included with two pages per sheet. Instant download, nothing is shipped.

Taste with more confidence and keep a lovely record of the wines, places and evenings worth remembering.

How the A5 wine journal helps you taste and remember

A short lesson walks through tasting in six moves, and a wheel of ten aroma groups holding forty notes helps you name each scent. The full tasting spread takes you from color and clarity to the nose, a five point structure scale (sweet, acidic, tannic, full, warm), then the taste, the length and your stars. At a bar or a flight, the quick notes squeeze four wines onto one spread.

A numbered list for 41 wines, a page of favorites, a cellar record with drink by dates and a wishlist noting who suggested each bottle keep everything in one small binder. Spreads for winery visits, food pairing and a tasting party scorecard make it just as handy on holiday as at home with friends.

Who these wine tasting inserts are for

• Owners of an A5 six-ring binder, a Half Letter binder or a junior discbound planner who want room for wine notes as well
• Curious beginners learning to taste wine and describe it in their own words
• Anyone with a modest rack or cellar who wants a clear list of bottles and the right moment to uncork each
• Travelers who tour wineries and want to remember the wines, the setting and the bottles they carried home
• Friends hosting tasting nights who want an easy scorecard for blind tasting

Design and printing

• Elegant, minimal pages: white with soft blush pink details that use very little ink
• Wide margins, so a home printer will not trim anything
• Two portrait insert sizes, A5 at 148 by 210 mm and Half Letter at 5.5 by 8.5 inches, plus sheets for A4 or US Letter paper that you print and cut
• No dates, so begin whenever you like and print more tasting pages whenever you want
• Mirrored margins: 14 mm on the binding side (left on odd pages, right on even pages) and 8 mm on the outer edge
• Lines and table rows spaced at least 6.5 mm apart, comfortable to write in on a small page
• A dashed guide runs down the middle of each print-and-cut sheet, with edge ticks, so one cut makes two pages
• Print at full size (100%) in portrait. Print the guides once, then print the tasting log, quick notes and cellar spreads again as they fill. With only A4 or Letter paper, print the print-and-cut version in landscape at full size and cut once on the dashed guide
• Use it in a binder or on a clipboard, or have it spiral bound at a print shop

Inside the A5 wine journal: 24 pages

1. 1Cover listing every spread, with your name and a start date
2. 2How to taste wine (left side): look, swirl, smell, sip, savor and reflect, each briefly explained, plus 4 lines for notes
3. 3How to taste wine (right side): 6 tips, the structure you find in a sip (sweetness, acidity, tannin, body and alcohol explained), what you want to practice and a reminder to enjoy responsibly
4. 4Aroma and flavor guide (left side): a wheel of 10 aroma families, a method for finding notes in 3 sniffs and the notes you pick up most
5. 5Aroma and flavor guide (right side): the 10 families with 4 notes each to tick, 40 notes in all, and a line for your own
6. 6Wine tasting log (left side): the date and the bottle itself (name, maker, where it comes from, grapes, year), what it cost and where you got it, who drank it with you, a style to circle (red, white, rosé, sparkling, dessert, orange), how it looks, how it smells, and five point scales for sweetness, acidity, tannin, body and alcohol
7. 7Wine tasting log (right side): 18 notes to tick, the palate, the finish (short, medium, long), a 5 star score with buy again, gift-worthy or once was enough, a food pairing, the occasion and the company
8. 8 and 9Quick tasting notes: four short cards, two per page, each asking for the bottle, year, maker, cost, grape, date and style, with 5 lines covering nose, taste and finish, stars and a buy again box
9. 10 and 11A running list numbered up to 41 for every bottle tried, with the maker, grape, year and stars
10. 12Favorite wines 1 to 3, each with stars, the wine, vintage, producer, grape and why you love it
11. 13Favorite wines 4 and 5, plus 4 favorite grapes and 4 favorite regions
12. 14Wine cellar inventory (left side): 21 rows for wine and producer, year, how many, price, drink by date and where it is stored
13. 15Wine cellar inventory (right side): 13 further rows, bottles ready to open soon, ones saved for a special day, and running low or restock
14. 16Wine wishlist (left side): 19 rows for the wine, producer or region, who tipped you off and a tried box
15. 17Wine wishlist (right side): grapes and styles to explore, special bottles to save for, wine regions you dream of seeing and gift ideas for wine lovers
16. 18Winery visit (left side): the estate, region, date and companions, ticks for what you did (tour, tasting, lunch, cellar door, vineyard walk, bought wine), the cost and 9 rows of wines tried with notes and stars
17. 19Winery visit (right side): the setting, the best moment, the bottles you took home and whether you would go back
18. 20Wine and food pairing (left side): classic pairing ideas for 7 wine styles, one simple rule for pairing and perfect matches
19. 21Wine and food pairing (right side): 12 rows for dish, wine, how well it worked and a star rating for the match, plus pairings to try next
20. 22Tasting party scorecard (left side): the theme, host, date and guest list, then scores for up to 10 bottles on look, nose, taste and finish (5 points each, 20 in total), with a hint for tasting blind
21. 23Tasting party scorecard (right side): your top three, guess the grape or price, the crowd favorite, the best pairing of the evening, fun moments and what to try next time
22. 24Wine words, a glossary of 12 terms from acidity to decant, plus new words you have learned

What you download

• The journal as an A5 PDF, 148 by 210 mm, 24 pages
• The journal as a Half Letter PDF, 5.5 by 8.5 inches, 24 pages
• Print-and-cut A4 PDF: 12 landscape A4 sheets, two A5 pages on each
• Print-and-cut US Letter PDF: 12 landscape Letter sheets, two Half Letter pages on each
• Read Me First (PDF) covering printing, cutting and hole punching, with a page finder

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• These are PDFs for printing, not a hyperlinked digital planner. You can still import them into most note taking apps and write on them.
• This is a digital download. Nothing physical is shipped.
• Colors on paper can look a little different from your screen.
• For your own use only. Please keep the files private and do not resell or pass them on.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file does not open or print correctly, email us and we will help right away.
• Every brand spaces its rings differently, so no holes are marked. Punch the roomy inside edge with an A5 six-hole, junior or disc punch you own.
• Written for adults who are of legal drinking age. Drink wine with care and in moderation, and do not get behind the wheel after drinking. This is a personal notebook, not health or medical guidance.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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