In an effort to engage their customers with wine, restaurants are trying friendlier, less intimidating ways to present their selections. By Eric Asimov The wine list at Smithereens, a new seafood ...

Let’s establish one thing up-front: It’s hard to create a good restaurant wine list. Sommeliers and beverage directors have to navigate subjective tastes, razor-thin profit margins and the Talmudic ...

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If your reaction to opening a restaurant wine list recently was more “How much?” than, “That sounds like a lovely Italian white,” don’t worry, you haven’t morphed into a wine Grinch. The cost of the ...

and then I'm gonna try to create a wine menu around that. A wine list isn't just about putting a list or a selection of great wines that pair with the food together. It has to be profitable. It has to ...