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Wine Suggestions for Easter
Wines for Ham For ham, the best "tried and true" companion wines are, hands-down - a Riesling or a Gewürztraminer. Both wines tend to offer fresh, flavorful taste profiles with enough sweet fruit to balance the salt in the ham and enough acidity to support the combination without compromising the flavor in either the ham or the wine. Consider an Alsatian or German Riesling for their mineral-laden Old World character or a bright Washington state Riesling from either Hogue Cellars or Chateau...
WineStation & Double Helix – The Perfect DNA
The Double Helix Wine Bar and Whiskey Lounge certainly lives up to is locale. In the city that goes big daily, Double Helix offers a vast selection of whiskey's and over 40 different wines! Yeah. That's what we said -- OVER 40 WINES! So how does an operator manage all that inventory and stay profitable? You place your bet on the WineStation. In the center of this perfectly constructed lounge sits the state of the art WineStation. This 16 bottle system features a wide breadth of wines from...
The Wall of Wine
Sean Wight is slowly gaining a reputation as Augusta’s mad food-scientist, the Alton Brown of the Garden City, if you will. At Frog Hollow Tavern and Farmhaus Burger, Wight is known for relying on mostly locally sourced products, pickling his own fruits and vegetables, creating concoctions like bacon jam and Woo sauce (his own Worcestershire sauce). He puts fried eggs on top of burgers and tequila in milkshakes, so Wight is clearly unafraid to conduct experiments in his kitchens-laboratories....
10 Surprising Places You Can Buy Alcohol
When most people want to toss back a cold one, they head to a nearby bar or liquor store. But increasingly, consumers can buy booze in some unconventional locales — even hospitals. Starbucks announced this week that it will start selling beer and wine in the evenings in thousands of its stores, which the company says should help boost sales. But the coffee giant is hardly alone. Pharmacies You can already get booze with your pills — drugstores like Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid sell alcohol —...
Wine on St. Patrick’s Day? You Bet!
You may recoil in horror at the sound of green beer on St. Patrick’s Day and green wine sounds just as bad, if not worse. Thanks to our friends at The Daily Sip, here are a variety of green foods that, though not Irish, Napa Technology recommends you enjoy on St. Patrick’s Day (or any day) along with a glass of wine! Who doesn't love guacamole? Mash up some ripe avocados, add some lime juice and salt, and enjoy with chips and a zesty sauvignon blanc. If you require something a bit more...
Take A Sip to Italy Using the WineStation
When you pass by Dodici Restaurant, you might be taken by the sweet aroma of pizza made from Dodici’s wood burning oven. Or maybe you stop to notice the vibrant, Italian art hanging on the walls. Or maybe, just maybe - it's the shiny new WineStation at the heart of their welcoming bar. Either way, once you walk through the front door you will be greeted by their ever friendly staff, and be treated to an Italian experience like no other. Maybe you are not in the pizza mood, but the aroma made...
Dispensing Profits
Countertop wine storage and dispensing systems deliver extended wine life and more accurate pours. But those benefits can cost anywhere from $1,000 to $6,000 or more. To recoup that investment, some restaurants are aggressively marketing and expanding wine-by-the-glass options. High lines. At the 23-unit, Dallas-based Fogo de Chao Brazilian steakhouse chain, wine dispensers are being used in novel territory for them: high-end wines. In a four-store test, Fogo is using four-bottle dispensers to...
Belmont Beverage Opening New 7,500 Square-Foot Location On Dupont
Belmont Beverage is growing, by 7,500 square feet this week. The newest Fort Wayne, Indiana location will have a grand opening Wednesday afternoon. It is located just east of the I-69 and Dupont Rd. exit, in front of Carmike Cinema and is the first Belmont Beverage to be built from the ground up. There is a 1,000 square-foot walk-in brew Cave with 18 doors filled with craft and import brews. There is a walk-in temperature controlled wine room and customers can sample 12 different wines at...
Napa Technology Creates 360° Approach to Wine Preservation
Adds ultra high purity argon and 51 bottle wine cooler designed to keep wines as the winemaker intended Napa Technology, the world leader in wine preservation and dispensing, today announced two new products to enhance wine service in restaurants, bars, hotels, retail stores and anywhere wines by the glass are samples or served. The Napa Technology Ultra High Purity Argon and a 51 Bottle Dual Zone Wine Refrigerator will join the innovative award-winning WineStation to provide a 360 degree...
WineStation – Serving Perfection One Glass at A Time
Wine drinking is on the rise. As a matter of fact, the USA is close to surpassing our French and Italian counter parts in both growing -- as well as consuming this illustrious grape juice! American's are drinking SO much wine, that today the standard numbers of wines-by-the-glass offered at restaurants is 25! That's up nearly 25% over just 2 years ago. Furthermore, nearly 10,000 Millennial's turn 21 per day! So how do restaurants keep up with the pressure to serve great wines AND keep them...
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