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How Consumers Will Buy This Holiday Season
Grocery Stores Offer Wine Tastes This Holiday Season This holiday season, wine buyers will have a little something to look forward to while shopping in their local grocery store. Often considered endless aisles of unknown options, grocery stores today are adopting new technology that allows shoppers to taste wine before they buy it. Grocery stores from coast to coast are putting a greater emphasis on their wine programs including a focus on marketing, both customer and employee education,...
Scary Facts About Wine Waste
Scary Facts About Wine Waste and Deathly Pitfalls to Avoid Napa Technology Shares Sinfully Smart Tips for Restaurant and Retail Operators Campbell, CA - October 17, 2012 - Wine is a fragile commodity and any number of things can go wrong during the shipping, storage, and consumption process. Napa Technology has put together nine of the scariest wine facts and quick pointers to help you keep your customers happy and your wines by the glass business profitable. The Ghost of Sticky Fingers...
2012 Wines By The Glass Survey Results
Napa Technology, developer of the WineStation Intelligent Wine Preservation and Dispensing System, commissioned a survey of 104 top sommeliers, wine directors, hotel and restaurant operators to find that wine by the glass consumption is on the rise and consumers are willing to pay more for the experience of wines by the glass that would otherwise be cost prohibitive by the bottle. Wines by the Glass Survey Are customers able to identify a corked, oxidized, or otherwise spoiled wine? Yes -...
Eight Cool Things About the New Dierbergs Store in Des Peres
The new Dierbergs in Des Peres has a bowling alley, a shoe-repair service, a shooting range, a juggling academy, a 24-hour burlesque show near the meat department, a puppy farm, and complimentary blood-pressure screenings. Just kidding -- mostly. But the new flagship Dierbergs is huge, huge, huge, with so many amenities it's worth the trip just to gawk at how tomorrow's grocery store is looking more and more like Disneyland. Check out what this freshly opened mega-grocery has to offer: 1....
Commander’s Palace Opens Drinks-Focused SoBou
The new restaurant from Commander's Palace is called SoBou, which stands for "South of Bourbon Street." That's a curious name in a city that doesn't use cardinal directions. But New Orleanians will appreciate the idea behind SoBou, where booze matters as much as food. SoBou, the new restaurant from Commander's Palace, emphasizes drinking as much as dining. Located inside the W New Orleans–French Quarter in the space that previously housed Bacco, every inch of SoBou celebrates the cocktail. The...
New Technology Comes to Broad Street Wines
Broad Street Wines, located at 30 South Broad Street in downtown Brevard, recently installed their own revolutionary “Wine Station.” Designed by Napa wine stationTechnology, the “Wine Station” is an automated, temperature-controlled wine dispensing and preservation system that allows you to sample tastes of up to an 8oz glass of wine. The new “Wine Station” technology will revolutionize the way people shop for wine by taking the guess work out of selecting the perfect bottle. To use the “Wine...
Swanky Tiburon Tavern
I went to a preview of the totally renovated and swish Tiburon Tavern which opened this week with a new menu featuring locally sourced ingredients. I haven’t been to Tiburon in years, so I decided to take off early from work and head out through the (Caldecutt) tunnel and over the (Richmond-San Rafael) bridge to enjoy the beautiful weather and spectacular views. It was the kind of sunny warm day that really showcases the splendors of Tiburon, I was compelled to sit on a bench facing the water...
Wine Vending Machines Offer Savings
Wine sommelier Andy Schneider had a glass of wine recently from a bottle of wine that had been open for 10 days. It was delicious, thanks to a state-of-the-art wine vending machine that preserved Schneider's expensive glass of wine in its original, just-opened condition. Two of those machines are available to wine lovers in Rapid City, now that the Vertex Sky Bar at the top of Hotel Alex Johnson and Manchego's restaurant have them. "I had one as old as 10 days and it was still just fine," said...
Coffee Bars and Beverage Stations and Wine in the Kitchen Oh My!
Our kitchen designers are installing more and more beverage stations in the kitchen. From coffee bars to wine refrigerators to children’s snacks and drinks hubs, clients are requesting a dedicated area for beverages and their preparation. Some are even adding them to their master suites. Let’s have a look at some design ideas and what I did in my own kitchen: The Built-In Coffee Machine. What a luxurious “quick cup” treat for you and your visitors. Could anything be more inviting? The Miele...
Generational Wine warfare Boomers vs. Millennials
When it comes to wine, the generations just can’t agree. Napa Technology, makers of the WineStation, uncovered a vast ideological wine drinking divide between Baby Boomers, aged 47-66; and Millennials, those aged 21-34. Preliminary data captured from more than 3 million ounces of wine poured from Napa Technology’s WineStation across the United States, coupled with input from leading wine experts, points to a challenging proposition for restaurateurs and wine program directors trying to...
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