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Exactly why understanding guests is the key to successful restaurateuring in these god-awful times. Re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/why-consumers-are-everything

If the purpose of restaurants⏤to serve food⏤has never changed, why haven’t most wine lists adjusted to that? Re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/the-right-side-of-restaurant-wine

Consumers (especially wine consumers) are a lot smarter than you think, so stop treating them like they’re not! Re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/benefit-of-the-doubt

Why short wine lists and tiny inventories are finally catching on in the industry, and guests. Re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/are-short-wine-lists-truly-back-in

Why short lists and tiny inventories are finally catching on in the industry, and guests

Randy Caparoso's Culinary Approach to Wine In Restaurants

Sommeliers, restaurant buyers and owners finally grow a spine and take the “other road.” Re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/at-long-last-wine-lists-discover

Sommeliers, restaurant buyers and owners finally grow a spine

Randy Caparoso's Culinary Approach to Wine In Restaurants

Today’s excerpt from Culinary Approach to Wine In Restaurants (re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/analysis-of-a-roys-style-wine-list-72b) is the third part of an analysis of a culinary driven wine program, honing in on the thought process behind wines customized for a specific cuisine rather than as varietal entities or “wines” in general.
#restaurantwine #foodandbeveragemanagement #restauranthospitality #winelists #foodandwinepairing

From the chapter: Case study

Randy Caparoso's Culinary Approach to Wine In Restaurants

Today’s excerpt from Culinary Approach to Wine In Restaurants (re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/analysis-of-a-roys-style-wine-list-19a) is part 2 of an analysis of wine program mindful of a specific cuisine and peculiar values gleaned through communiqués dispersed through a multi-unit family of restaurants in 1999-2001.
#restaurantwine #restauranthospitality #winelists #foodandbeveragemanagement #sommeliers

From the chapter: Case Study

Randy Caparoso's Culinary Approach to Wine In Restaurants

Today’s excerpt from Culinary Approach to Wine In Restaurants (re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/analysis-of-a-roys-style-wine-list) is part 1 of a case study on Roy’s wine lists, circa 1999-2001, spelling out exactly why this program ran contrary to standard industry practices at the time, and still very much today.
#restaurantwine #restauranthospitality #foodandbeverageindustry #foodandbeveragemanagement #wineandfoodpairing #sommelier #sommjournal

From the chapter: Case Study

Randy Caparoso's Culinary Approach to Wine In Restaurants

Today’s excerpt from Culinary Approach to Wine In Restaurants (re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/remembrances-of-menus-pastmenu-for) is on a tasting menu created for chefs at the height of Roy’s culinary jihad (in 1999) to expose them to the wide range of globally sourced wines selected to maximize French based fusion cuisine that touches all parts of the palate.
#wineandfoodpairing #fusioncuisine #restaurantwine #restauranthospitality #foodandbeverageindustry #sommelier