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What is your wine program leaving on the table?
Move the sliders to your room. The two leaks priced here, the pairing never offered and the bottle poured without a sommelier, account for most of what we find on a wine-program visit.
120
6
Share of covers ordering the tasting or prix fixe.
40%
Share of tasting-menu guests who actually take the pairing today.
25%
30
Share of bottle orders that reach the table without a sommelier’s touch.
50%
Left on the table
$747,900 to $1,299,600
a year, at fifty service weeks
- Per night
- $2,493 – $4,332
- Per cover
- $21 – $36
- Pairings never offered, per night
- 36
- Bottles without a sommelier, per night
- 15
The ranges are the ones we publish: an unoffered pairing is worth $38 to $62 a cover in a strong house, and a missed sommelier-led trade-up $75 to $140 on a single order. Your list may be excellent. The leak is in the service around it.