Restaurant substitutes iPad for Wine List
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Following on from our earlier post about a Robotic Bartender, it seems that the foodservice industry is trying to remove the human touch from service altogether!
Naples Tomato, a nationally known restaurant in Naples, Florida, today announced that it will provide guests with personalized, expert wine recommendations via an Apple iPad instead of a traditional sommelier.
According to their press release, The restaurant is currently testing its Personal Sommeliers for iPad application with the restaurant’s 550-selection, Wine Spectator-recognized wine list. The iPad application will be regularly available in the restaurant beginning in August. Other restaurants will be able to license the application later this year.
I love this idea, but would prefer to see it backed up by professional human sommeliers. We dine out for an experience and for a show, not for a lesson in technology!
Read the full press release here.
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Thank you for sharing. I value your POV, I too would prefer the human touch, but we are currently raising a generation of interactive people that field their information differently and the potential of virtual vineyard tours via the iPad has legs. But what if someone came over, spoke to you, started you on the tour, then came back for the order - hybrid sommeliers.
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