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The 2024 Charleston Wine + Food Festival Returns With Elevated Bubbles and Bites

VinePair

Nearly two decades have passed since the first Charleston Wine + Food festival kicked off in South Carolina in 2005. Nineteen years and hundreds of popped bottles later, the 2024 iteration of the annual celebration, like the wine and spirits served to attendees every year, has only improved with age.

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GSN On The Road: Cooking Point Magazine 1st Annual Food & Wine Tasting Event

Good Spirits News

GSN had the opportunity to attend the first Annual Food & Wine Tasting Event sponsored by Cooking Point Magazine in Canandaigua, located in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State on October 15, 2023 at the beautiful Morgan Samuels Venue. Portions of the cooking demo footage will be included in the final film.

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NYC’s New Wave of Seafood Restaurants Is Shaking Up Beverage Pairings

VinePair

This trend stretches beyond the influx of luxury bromakase options, wine bars slinging tinned fish , and dishes that boast often unnecessary spoonfuls of caviar. Traditional pairing advice dictates: “White wine with fish, red wine with meat.” Floral, salty, elegant skin-contact wines take the food to another level,” she says.

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Are Bartender’s Handshake Shots Still Cool if They’re on the Menu?

VinePair

On my birthday a few years ago, a friend who works in the wine industry bought me a bartender’s handshake shot at a bar. Many of us know what’s in an M&M because we watched a demo on TikTok. It’s a Ferrari — Fernet and Campari ,” she said. All those barriers are gone,” Briglio says.

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The Restaurant’s Guide to Christmas: Marketing & Promotion Ideas

SevenRooms

Here are some ideas to get your mixologists’ inspiration flowing: Egg nog Mulled wine Cranberry old-fashioned White Christmas Martini Non-alcoholic Christmas punch 4. Book a demo today. Host (or Cater) Office Holiday Parties Offer drinks and catering packages for office Christmas parties and promote them to local businesses.

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9 Winter Marketing Ideas to Keep Your Restaurant Bustling 

SevenRooms

Customers can prepay for a winter wine flight or a non-alcoholic winter soda experience to enhance their reservation. While 23% of consumers drank mocktails in 2022, 29% reached for non-alcoholic beer and 26% opted for alcohol-free wine. But that’s not all — etch. Bonus points if you sell s’mores kits as an interactive dessert item.

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9 Holiday Party Tips to Drive Restaurant Profit

SevenRooms

Also, determine whether the events booked will include a full bar or wine bar, partial- or full-service staffing, and the dining options guests can choose from, such as brunch spreads, family-style dinners, or prix fixe menus. Book a SevenRooms demo to learn how our restaurant technology can help you plan, please and profit this season.