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Your wedge: Sommelier Agent
“Bottle math at the table: the agent pairs, upsells the flight, and polls the four-top — average check up, somm not required.”
Plugs into
Sommelier Agent
- ✓It remembers every guest
- ✓It makes the somm's play
- ✓It counts honestly
Plugs into
- ▸Vivino
- ▸Toast
- ▸Retail attach
- ▸Any POS
What it’s closing
Three leaks in a room like yours
The pour nobody ordered
By-the-glass drives 60–70% of wine revenue at 70%+ gross margin. But a guest who can't catch anyone's eye simply stops ordering — and the pour you never sold was the best margin on your menu.
The pairing never suggested
Venues whose staff confidently suggest food pairings convert interest into bottle sales at rates 30–40% higher than those relying on a printed list. On a full Friday, no one has time to make that suggestion twelve times.
The regular nobody remembers
Your best server knows thirty regulars by palate. Then they leave — front-of-house turns 41% a year — and the knowledge walks out with them. The history sits in your POS; no one can use it in the eight seconds it takes to greet a table.
Figures are industry estimates for independent New York venues or simulated demo results. Your real baseline gets measured on site.
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Where Wine Bars usually go next
Nobody buys the whole suite on day one. This is the order that tends to make sense for wine bars with a deep list, once the first agent has earned its keep.
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