Consulting Services
Beverage Workshops
For anyone who wants to learn about craft cocktails and wine pairings!
Private tastings of your choice of liquor or wine
Usually includes 2+ choices of liquor or wine with a history of product
Educational and entertaining at the same time
We will have either printed materials or a PowerPoint presentation to display
Can be done virtually or in person
Personal Sommelier
For our wine lovers!
With our Personal Sommelier Services, we can help host a wine tasting for a group of friends or family. We will guide a tasting of wines based on your wine preferences and teach you how to taste and recognize styles of wine, wine regions, and vintages.
We offer our sommelier services either in-person or virtually.
Beverage Consulting Offerings
For Bar & Restaurant Owners
4-week project with the objective of creating an inspiring menu of craft cocktails curated for your bar or restaurant
Creating a wine list to match and showcase the bar/restaurant cuisine
Assessing and advising on glassware, bar tools, checklists, and placing orders
Cocktail and/or Wine tastings for group
Create a well-rounded wine list to match and showcase the bar/restaurant cuisine
Staff training and testing until the menu launch date
Securing the best pricing for products
Assisting staff during the first two days of the menu launch
Bring an elevated wine selection and specialty cocktails to your restaurant and bar!
In these curated consultations, by Emma herself, you will learn exactly how to bring a luxury experience to your guests through your wine and beverage list. These lessons are all about menu development for beverages ranging in topics from wines across the world, to home-crafted cocktails.
The mistake that so many restaurant owners and bartenders make is that they assume the dining experience lies predominantly in the food. We’ve all been told that “A way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” However, through Emma’s experience as a luxury hospitality expert, she found that peak guest satisfaction, word-of-mouth exposure, and money lies in that beverage list.
What you can expect from these Beverage Menu Consultations
How to conduct market research to find your client’s niche beverages
How to create a wine and beverage menu to fit your restaurant’s demand
How to discover your “Show Stopper” drinks
How to create detailed “Bar Bible” recipes for each bar employee and manager
*Specialty option: 1-2 staff workshop trainings for servers and bartenders
In these lessons, you will get step-by-step, detailed processes, methods, and examples for how to develop a custom well-rounded beverage list for your bar or restaurant. During these trainings Emma will work with you so that these practices adhere to your restaurant’s vision and demographic.
It’s the difference between dinner and an ✨experience✨
As a restaurant or bar, it is your job to guide your guest’s dining experience and you have the power to decide how their night is going to go. If you’re going to provide a run-of-the-mill two drinks and an entrée type of experience, then that’s what you’ll get from a majority of the people who walk through the door.
Or, you could provide this ⬇️
A group of 4 women walks through your doors, planning on a simple dinner to catch up with one another. Upon entering they see a “champagne menu” with options of getting a bottle to share and combining it with specialty champagne-based cocktails. The menu looks so inviting and the cocktails sound so delicious that they decide to all split a bottle, as well as, order a round of cocktails.
In that single moment, all 4 of those women decided that this is not just another basic dinner. This just turned into a night-out experience and they are going to make the most of it. Which will likely mean ordering more drinks, higher-line dishes, and dessert at the end.
People go out so that they position themselves in elevated atmospheres. They dress up, they look forward to it, and in some ways, it borders on being a fantasy. If you can provide that affluent feeling that your guests are looking for, they will invest their time and money in that experience. You just have to give them a reason to.
This is how you get your restaurant on the ‘Gram
In the day and age of social media, it has never been more important to utilize word-of-mouth exposure. By simply providing a unique beverage experience you can reach thousands of your ideal guests without spending a dime on marketing.
Here’s what I mean ⬇️
You can have the classics and a mediocre wine list and probably get by, but that’s not going to have people raving about your restaurant to all of their friends. Personally, I’m not going to post a simple Gin and Tonic on my Instagram story, but I would post (and tag) a craft cocktail with a beautiful presentation -- letting everyone know where I dined that evening.
If I am your ideal guest, who wants to spend money at your establishment, then I likely have friends and family who would be your ideal guests as well. By human nature, people are going to stick with what they know, but if someone they trust recommends something to them, they are 10x more likely to divert from the status quo and act on that recommendation.
In other words, you want to be on the ‘Gram and a beautifully curated beverage list is how you get there.
