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John Kirst, Managing PartnerWhat if a miraculous power could not only simplify wine selection but also make it fun and educational wherever one happens to be: restaurant, wine store or online; any wine list or inventory all matched to one’s personal preferences and food? My Wine Guide has turned this idea into a reality. My Wine Guide is unique software, and a tool literally in the hands of consumers, waitstaff and retail consultants. It is an app behind which is a powerful software platform for restaurants and retailers who seek to enhance their customers’ wine experience and simply sell more wine. With My Wine Guide’s platform, restaurateurs and retailers can configure their own customer experience in the app ranging from food and wine pairings to promotions.
My Wine Guide brings together the perfect blend of art, software innovation, and data science. At the heart of My Wine Guide is software with multiple pending patents that can index any wine on any wine.
The company has proven cases where restaurant checks including a wine purchase have increased by 50 percent. Over 70 percent of initial users fully complete their My Wine Guide onboarding questionnaire. As an example, a General Manager of a restaurant using the services of My Wine Guide found its customers buying varieties of wines from wine regions they had previously never tried. Another found that My Wine Guide gave some customers the confidence to order the most expensive wines on their list. For the waitstaff, My Wine Guide becomes a great starting point from which to engage with customers and provide even better wine and food-centered experiences. Enter technology enabling great hospitality and merchandising.
My Wine Guide is reimagining how consumers engage with wine lists: Restaurant, Wine Store, Winery and Online; with AI-enabled technology. With over 10,000 restaurants and retailers in its database, My Wine Guide covers all metro areas in 50 different states and plans to expand internationally. On a closing note, Kirst points out that My Wine Guide does not sell wine, like a wine-club or other wine apps, nor does My Wine Guide review or critique wine. "All wines are good wines if matched with personal preferences, the right budget, occasion and food," says Kirst. My Wine Guide is all about enhancing the wine experience for consumers by simplifying the process of finding the right wine at the right time and place for anyone–all in the palm of their hand. "Everyone benefits, not only consumers, but restaurants, retailers, and producers as well," concludes Kirst.
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Company
My Wine Guide
Management
John Kirst, Managing Partner
Description
My Wine Guide is unique software, and a tool literally in the hands of consumers, waitstaff and retail consultants. It is an app behind which is a powerful software platform for restaurants and retailers who seek to enhance their customers’ wine experience and simply sell more wine. With My Wine Guide’s platform, restaurateurs and retailers can configure their own customer experience in the app ranging from food and wine pairings to promotions. My Wine Guide brings together the perfect blend of art, software innovation, and data science
My Wine Guide has secured a new patent for its innovative SommOne platform that transforms the way restaurants manage their wine programs. This patented technology simplifies wine data management across point-of-sale (POS), inventory, and menu systems by creating a single source of truth, eliminating redundant data entry and ensuring data consistency across all systems that hold wine data.
SommOne integrates seamlessly with existing POS and inventory systems, thanks to its modern architecture and easy-to-use interfaces. It automatically updates wine lists in real time, maintaining alignment with the restaurant's unique branding and presentation standards. SommOne uses advanced algorithms to parse wine data from any list or system regardless of whether the wine data is structured or not, and matches the data for any given wine listing with the comprehensive details contained within its Global Wine Database covering 800 wine regions and 250 grape varieties and blends.
This advancement not only improves operational efficiency but also ensures that wine lists are accurate and up-to-date with inventory, enhancing the customer dining experience. The flexibility of SommOne allows it to operate as the primary system of record or integrate with another system of record, such as POS or inventory, and synchronize all wine data across POS, inventory and menu management systems.
“When we approached My Wine Guide about this project, we knew it would be a lot of work on both sides. The transition has been seamless. With their SommOne platform now being integrated with Toast, we have better control of our inventory and the servers are more confident presenting wine to guests,” says Troy Kempton of the Cohn Restaurant Group.
“After decades in the business, I’ve finally found the solution to keeping my wine and beverage lists current and always up to date. All my guests love it, particularly those that have a hard time viewing smaller print in a dimly lit environment. It’s the modern wine list and no more set up and printing cost each time there’s an 86’d item or vintage change,” says Wesley Zane of Espacio Hotel / Mugen Restaurant
“Our patented menu management technology enables restaurants, both independent, multi-venue, and multi-concept operators, to benefit from better staff efficiencies, enhanced server capabilities, and a customer experience that sells more wine and beverage,” says John Kirst, Managing Partner at My Wine Guide.