Opportunity
Meeting the buying needs of the vast majority of wine drinkers
Fewer than 15% of wine drinkers are Experts or Enthusiasts, people who know how to identify wines they will enjoy. Everyone else needs help.
Today’s wine information – labels, scores, tasting notes – means something to the enthusiast, but everyone else finds them confusing and not helpful.
In San Francisco city alone these “non-Enthusiast” consumers buy $230M of wine every year, mostly brands from large retailers.
Millennials are the fastest growing segment of wine consumers, and have accelerated a new trend to try lesser know wineries, varietals and regions. Think Malbec, Carmeniere, Rioja, Torrontes, Pinot Blanc.
The market is ripe for a retailer that makes it easy for these wine drinkers to identify and buy the wines they will most enjoy.
