Wines in restaurants Flashcards
(19 cards)
Which restaurant?
Wines from major brands and well-known producers, and tend to be inexpensive or mid-priced
non - destination restaurants
Restaurant: Usually independently owned or part of a small chain of restaurants
Casual dining restaurants
Often part of large chains of restaurants
Non-destination restaurants
These restaurants often use brokers to source rare wines
fine dining restaurants
Food and wine pairings are very important in these restaurants, and a highly trained sommelier will make recommendations
Fine dining restaurants
The meal is often not the main focus of the restaurant outing
non-destination
casual resturants
Restaurants often offer ‘tasting menus’ that pair food and wine
Fine dining restaurants
Offers high quality food but not at premium prices
Casual dining restaurants
Super premium wines are often offered
Fine dining restaurants
Wines tend to be mid-priced to premium and are chosen to complement the menu
Casual dining restaurants
The food is the main reason people visit these kinds of restaurants
Fine dining restaurants
Staff will be sufficiently trained to advise customers on pleasant wine pairings and the menu might suggest good options
Casual dining restaurants
Non-destination restaurants wines:
major brands and well-known producers, and tend to be inexpensive or mid-priced
Casual dining restaurants wines:
Wines tend to be mid-priced to premium and are chosen to complement the menu
Fine dining wines:
Super premium wines are often offered
Food and wine pairings are very important in these restaurants, and a highly trained sommelier will make recommendations
Big or Small producers in specialist bars?
smaller producers, often from less well-known regions and grape varieties
aiming at ‘high involvement’ consumers who are willing to pay above average prices for very good and outstanding
Selection of wines in specialist bars?
Some small, regularly-changing selection of wine
others wide range of wines at different price points(incl. super-premium hard-to-find)
usually no big-name wine brands (except perhaps when it comes to sparkling and fortified wines) - cannot compete on price with the larger bar chains, which have stronger purchasing power. They tend therefore to stock wines from smaller producers.
Selection of wines in general bars?
very limited, usually produced by the major companies and from well-known regions and grape varieties
inexpensive or mid-priced
appeal to a wide range of people
could be drunk with or without food.
wine-producing countries dominated by local wines.
Why some producers make brands only to be sold in hospitality?
In some cases, same wines as those in retail outlets
so with the bar’s mark-up, these cost considerably more than in shops so to avoid consumers making direct price comparisons, some producers make brands that are sold only to the hospitality sector
