Market Watch, April 2016

mwSHOP WINDOW28 MARKET WATCH MARKETWATCHMAG COM APRIL 2016SKUs with prices starting at just under 4 a 750 ml bottle and offers 2500 spirits SKUs 1500 beer SKUs and nearly 1000 cigars In addition to mainstream spirits brands the new location boasts a rare and collectible spirits room featuring whiskies from Binnys Handpicked Casks program such as the Arran Distillers Sherry Cask 15 year old 9999 a 750 ml bottle the 1995 Signatory Glenlivet Cask Strength First Fill Sherry Butt 19 year old 109 and the 1994 Gordon MacPhail Mortlach First Fill Butt 19 year old 15999 The Mokena store currently hosts a variety of monthly wine tastings as well as occasional spirits and beer tastings Like all other Binnys locations it holds an open house staff pick wine tasting event known as Weekend at Binnys on Saturdays from 1 p m to 4 p m Binnys also plans to open two additional stores later this year one in the Chicago suburb of Niles and the second in Chicagos Portage Park neighborhood Seattle Wine Store Features Boutique LabelsMark and Carmen Brown opened Revolution Wine a new wine store and bar hybrid in Seattle at the end of January Located within the citys Capitol Hill district the 1700 square foot wine shop stocks 250 to 300 wine SKUs from around the world with an emphasis on small production labels and Washington wines Prices range from 1195 a 750 ml bottle for the 2013 Pomelo Sauvignon Blanc from California to around 56 for the 2012 Sixto Roza Hills Washington Chardonnay Were extremely picky and taste every wine in our selec tion says Mark Brown Most of our wines are between 20 and 40 Were especially choosy about offerings under 20 the quality needs to be very high And above 40 it must be something spectacular Revolution Wines roughly 700 square foot bar area offers a menu of 10 to 12 wines by the glass 9 to 14 as well as a handful of higher end by the glass options 1650 to 1850 that rotate each week Customers can open any bottle purchased in the shop for a corkage fee of 15 Considering that other wine bars and restaurants charge two to three times the retail price for the bottle we believe that our corkage fee makes us the cheapest place to drink wine on premise in Seattle Mark Brown explains Revolution Wine hosts tastings on Thursday evenings that feature four to five wines as well as winemaker led tastings on Saturdays mwChristina JelskiTotal Wine Makes Bay Area DebutTotal Wine More entered Californias Bay Area market with the debut of a new outpost in Fremont in February The 22000 square foot store offers Total Wines vast selection of more than 8000 wine SKUs as well as 3000 spirits SKUs and 2500 beer SKUs Were excited to enter the Bay Area argu ably the center of the wine industry in the United States and share our commitment to providing customers in Fremont Silicon Valley and the growing East Bay region with a unique and outstanding customer experience says Total Wine More CEO Kevin Peters The Fremont unit features a variety of tech friendly innovations including a food pairing application that can be accessed via iPads at tasting stations throughout the store or on customers smartphones Additionally the store offers tech enabled wine education rooms allowing customers to attend virtual tastings hosted by producers from around the world Concurrent with its foray into the market Total Wine announced its commitment to support local Bay Area chari ties and organizations most recently donating 10 percent of wine sales from the Fremont stores opening weekend to the Fremont Symphony Orchestra The retail giant which oper ates around 130 locations across 18 states plans to open a second Bay Area location in Mountain View California later this year Binnys Adds 32nd Unit Two More ComingChicago area retail chain Binnys Beverage Depot opened its 32nd outpost in February Located in Mokena Illinois the store spans 14000 square feet with an additional 9000 square feet of storage It stocks a selection of more than 3000 wine Chicago powerhouse Binnys Beverage Depot debuted its 32nd unit in February in Mokena Illinois The mammoth store features a room dedicated to rare and collectible spirits