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The Importance of Your Wine Menu

  • Posted by The CorkGuru
Your wine menu design provides an important first impression for your restaurant. A wine menu design that is professional and intuitive can immediately grab your customer’s attention and create a positive feeling of anticipation for their dining experience.  A wine menu design that is confusing may discourage guests from making a wine selection. It may […]

Wine Purchasing Woes? Never.

  • Posted by Danielle Gillespie
In talking with various friends, of both the on-line and real-life variety, I have been having a recurring conversation about the process of ordering or purchasing  wine.   Why do some people break out in cold sweats when issued the job of buying wine and specifically, what do people dislike most about the selection process? Overwhelmingly […]

58% of Americans Prefer Red Wine

  • Posted by The CorkGuru
A recent survey we conducted of 1000 people from across the US showed that 57.8% of Americans preferred red wine to white wine. We’ve broken down our findings so restaurant owners and managers can get a better idea of what their average diner is looking for when designing their wine list. Red Wine is for […]

What Makes a Great Wine List?

  • Posted by The CorkGuru
Wines are major drivers of revenue for restaurants, recently overtaking desserts as the largest contributor to the average restaurant’s bottom line. Curating an exceptional and intriguing wine list is a top priority for any restaurant manager. While planning your restaurant’s wine cellar and constructing the wine menu for your establishment, there are a few key […]

Pink isn’t Just a Color, it’s an Attitude

  • Posted by Danielle Gillespie
Here in the northeast, deep in the trenches of the Polar Vortex (which, frankly, has to be really good for the wine industry) we are still very much blanketed in snow and cold.  In spite of this, as I look at my faithful outdoor furniture, I cannot help imagining my entire patio restless with anticipation […]

Why Use Wine Apps & Outsourced Sommelier Services

  • Posted by The CorkGuru
Restaurants run on a tight ship, and with narrow profit margins between food prices and business costs, not all establishments can afford extra luxuries for diners. While sommeliers add undisputed value to the customer experience, maintaining a sommelier on staff can be too costly for many restaurants. Fortunately, there are resources that restaurant managers can […]

Infographic: Interactive Wine Menu Benefits for Managers & Guests

  • Posted by The CorkGuru
Interactive wine menus are changing the restaurant experience for guests across the country as well as improving the effectiveness of beverage marketing for restaurant and bar managers. While private collectors have been using wine apps to manage their own cellars for a few years now, wine apps are just starting to take off in restaurants, […]

Millennials: Friend or Foe to the Wine Industry?

  • Posted by Danielle Gillespie
This past week I spent some time reading through the Silicon Valley Bank’s 2014 Wine Report.  I then wandered through various blogs and articles that discuss some of the key findings from the report.   The findings are interesting and, I choose to believe, optimistic in the opportunity presented.  However, there was one striking observation presented […]

CorkGuru In Pittsburgh Business Times

  • Posted by The CorkGuru
CorkGuru was featured in the January 24, 2014 edition of Pittsburgh Business Times.  This year will be an exciting one for our company! Click this link to read the full article.