EPISODE · Feb 14, 2026 · 41 MIN
#71 Andrew on No Reservations: How Restaurants Get Wine Wrong Every Night
from Serves You Right · host Andrew Roy
In this special episode of the No Reservations Podcast, Kasey Anton sits down and interviews me.We talk wine the way it actually works in restaurants. What makes a wine program profitable instead of performative. Where operators get pricing wrong. And why most wine sales fail before the bottle ever hits the table.Expect to Learn:How to build a wine program from scratchPricing mistakes that quietly kill marginsHow vendors will try to ruin your listWhy staff education matters more than upsellingHow to elevate the experience without adding complexityLinks: Kasey's Podcast No ReservationsService starts now.Follow the show: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTubeI talk mostly to people in and around the service industry space. I'm looking to hear from the people I wish I could have talked to when I was coming up in restaurants. Said another way: I am trying to make sense of this wild, beautiful mess of a life, and help others that are feeling similarly confused and/or lost. Check out the Podcast Website Here and get in touch with me!Classic Episodes You May Like:#22:Doug Frost MW MS#23:Jeffrey Morgenthaler#31:ET: Entrepreneur (and creator of Surfer on Acid)#38:Aaron Goldfarb Hunting for Ancient Booze#39:Edward Slingerland's Masterful work on Intoxication#46:Andrew Hurley of Vegas.Wine#64:Chris Tunstall of A Bar AboveAs always, I’m just here taking notes, trying to figure out what it all means.Cheers
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In this special episode of the No Reservations Podcast, Kasey Anton sits down and interviews me.We talk wine the way it actually works in restaurants. What makes a wine program profitable instead of performative. Where operators get pricing wrong. And why most wine sales fail before the bottle ever hits the table.Expect to Learn:How to build a wine program from scratchPricing mistakes that quietly kill marginsHow vendors will try to ruin your listWhy staff education matters more than upsellingHow to elevate the experience without adding complexityLinks: Kasey's Podcast No ReservationsService starts now.Follow the show: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTubeI talk mostly to people in and around the service industry space. I'm looking to hear from the people I wish I could have talked to when I was coming up in restaurants. Said another way: I am trying to make sense of this wild, beautiful mess of a life, and help others that are feeling similarly confused and/or lost. Check out the Podcast Website Here and get in touch with me!Classic Episodes You May Like:#22:Doug Frost MW MS#23:Jeffrey Morgenthaler#31:ET: Entrepreneur (and creator of Surfer on Acid)#38:Aaron Goldfarb Hunting for Ancient Booze#39:Edward Slingerland's Masterful work on Intoxication#46:Andrew Hurley of Vegas.Wine#64:Chris Tunstall of A Bar AboveAs always, I’m just here taking notes, trying to figure out what it all means.Cheers
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