Improve Your Wine Program with Three Awesome Steps

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When it comes to any kind of alcoholic assortment tasting, the first thing that comes to mind is a beer flight. But, the fun shouldn’t stop there. There are countless ways to showcase a variety of your best wines to your guests. Options ranging in grandeur from offering a wine flight, a “prix fixe” (pairing small pours with small dishes), or even making an event out of hosting a wine tasting at your venue will thrill your guests and boost your revenue. Read more

Uncorkd Weekly Wine and Beverage News For the Week of April 9th

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Every Friday Uncorkd compiles the most recent restaurant and beverage industry stories that had us talking. Here is the can’t miss news from April 9th – April 15th. Read more

The Ways to Win Over Millennial Drinkers and Diners

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Millennials have been increasingly under the microscope. Marketers from every industry want to know how to appeal to this increasingly influential and baffling demographic of people born between roughly 1982 and 2002. These young people represent more than 80 million people (larger than a quarter of the U.S. population); the largest generation in the entire world. They’re also the first generation (ever!) to spend more money dining out than on groceries. Each year brings even more of these customers to your tap or table. Here is how to lure them in and keep their interest. Read more

Uncorkd Weekly Wine and Beverage News Week of March 26th

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Every Friday Uncorkd compiles the most recent restaurant and beverage industry stories that had us talking. Here is the can’t miss news from March 26th – April 1st. Read more

3 Essential Features of a Great Restaurant Beer Program

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Restaurants need to have a great beer list. With so many high-quality beers available on the market it’s easy for restaurants to put together a top notch beer program that can meet the tastes of all beer drinkers. There’s more reason than just taste preference to stock craft beers. Working with local brewers is a great way to support small businesses in your own community, and when your guests have a connection to your beer list, they will order will likely order those beers. Here are some great tips for putting together an innovative yet approachable beer program. Read more

Wine and Beverage News Week of March 19th

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Every Friday Uncorkd compiles the most recent restaurant and beverage industry stories that had us talking. Here is the can’t miss news from March 19th – 25th. Read more

Spring Wine Guide: Selecting the Most Refreshing Styles this Spring

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Spring is a transitional season for wines just as much as it is for those of us living somewhere with four distinct seasons. Implementing a seasonal rotating wine menu is a great way to keep customers engaged. Just like choosing the proper jacket when the weather can fluctuate 20 degrees in a few hours… selecting the right spring wine is about weight – not color. Implementing a seasonally rotating wine menu is a great way to keep customers excited. Uncorkd offers just the solution.   Read more

Wine and Beverage News Week of March 12

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Every Friday Uncorkd compiles the most recent restaurant and beverage industry stories that had us talking. Here is the can’t miss news from March 12th – 18th. Read more

Wine and Beverage News Week of March 4th

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Every Friday Uncorkd compiles the most recent restaurant and beverage industry stories that had us talking. Here is the can’t miss news from March 5th – 11th. Read more

5 Smart Ways to Freshen Up a Stale Wine List

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Trying to keeping pace with the wine market can make you dizzy. Parsing between trends and fads, personal taste and market preference; it’s enough to make you pour a glass for yourself. For many customers, wine can be intimidating and confusing, but it’s also ever-present and familiar. Modernizing a wine program can be just as confusing but necessary. As a restaurant operator, you have to step outside your comfort zone and update your wine program to make sure your menus excite and appeal to your guests.

But where to start when you’re updating your wine list? Well, we’ll help you out.

These 5 areas of your wine program and operations are prime places to make changes. These changes are simple to implement, and they will do wonders to modernize your program. Read more