Wine lists on iPads

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Scott Kraft:

originally posted by Thor:

I'm not visiting a restaurant to read a wine list and ignore my companions.

Let's not be too hasty. Who are the companions?

patron at the bar to his would-be pick up: The best wines are the ones with the highest alcohol levels

Did it work? Because there's a certain naked purity of intention to it.

- On the first comment: I try pretty hard not to find myself in disagreeable company but I still visit this bored for example.

- On the second: She did opt for the 15+ zinfandel. But if he really wanted to go for it, he should have pushed the cocktails, right?

When I was in Scotland, I went out to a bar with my brother and we witnessed a couple on a date. She had a full bottle of white wine in a wine bucket, and he had a full pitcher of scotch. Go large or go home. They each finished their respective beverages. I felt fairly outclassed.

Which, I should add, is rare.

 

[Bill Lundstrom]

a pitcher of scotch!? for real?

 

[Ruben Ramos]

originally posted by SFJoe:
Though in truth, I'd be just as happy with a sortable excel sheet. If you could sort by region, producer, vintage, price, you could cut your way through a big list pretty fast.

Joe it sounds like you're describing pivot tables in Excel.

 

[SFJoe]

originally posted by Ruben Ramos:
Pivot

originally posted by SFJoe:
Though in truth, I'd be just as happy with a sortable excel sheet. If you could sort by region, producer, vintage, price, you could cut your way through a big list pretty fast.

Joe it sounds like you're describing pivot tables in Excel.

Nothing so fancy required--just the sort function in the data tab.

 

[VLM]

I really don't give a shit what any of you think of this.

What does Levi think? Is Alto apped up or any plans to?

I can imagine how this wine list could interact with other media to bring a closer connection between sommelier and client, not a greater distance.

 

[SFJoe]

Plus, you could have a lot of pix of the sommelier in cute outfits decorating the pages.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

Sort of like Village People?

 

[Jeff Grossman]

More like Manneken Pis.

 

[Morgan Harris]

Greg Harrington (MS, now winemaker at Gramercy Cellars in Walla Walla) says that when he was running BR Guest in the early aughts, they tried it out.

He said the reason why they phased it out was the massive increase in turn times. He said it added about 20 minutes per table because people would just play with it. There were also other problems, like them trying to steal it. They got rid of it in 6 months.

Also, another som posted on my other board I follow that said the cost is 500/unit, and then a $20 per month/per pad maintenance fee. So, it costs 600 dollars a month for 30 pads...

Basically what I'm saying is I don't quite think they've figured it all the way out.

 

[Tom Glasgow]

originally posted by Morgan Harris:
Greg Harrington (MS, now winemaker at Gramercy Cellars in Walla Walla) says that when he was running BR Guest in the early aughts, they tried it out.

He said the reason why they phased it out was the massive increase in turn times. He said it added about 20 minutes per table because people would just play with it. There were also other problems, like them trying to steal it. They got rid of it in 6 months.

Also, another som posted on my other board I follow that said the cost is 500/unit, and then a $20 per month/per pad maintenance fee. So, it costs 600 dollars a month for 30 pads...

Basically what I'm saying is I don't quite think they've figured it all the way out.

When they figure an app for iPhones and droids it will take off.

 

[Joel Stewart]

I just like the idea of the sommelier coming to the table to put little stickers on the menu, whether Joe meant that or not.