Breweries, wineries & distilleries
Fill the tasting room on the right nights, and keep the paperwork yours.
A tasting room runs on reservations, events and a club that comes back. We build tasting and tour booking with party size, event tickets and club sign-up on the front, then keep inventory counts, release allocations and handoffs to your POS organized behind it, while the licensed sales and reporting stay in your own systems.
What we set up
Tasting and tour reservations
Guests choose a tasting or tour, a time and a party size, and see the sample fee that is credited toward a purchase. A clear note says guests must be of legal drinking age and show ID, and your team checks it at the door. The site never sells or ships alcohol.
Events, clubs and releases
Event tickets, release parties and club pickup days run from one calendar. Club members see their release allocation and pickup window, and reminders go out before each release.
Inventory counts and your own systems
Kegs, cases and tanks are counted against what is reserved for events, the club and wholesale. Taproom sales are handed off to your POS, and distributor orders, tax and compliance reporting stay in the systems you already use.
Where this business gets hard
Age and ID rules are not optional
Every guest has to be of legal drinking age and show ID. The booking says so up front, and your staff checks at arrival. A site that skips this puts the license at risk, not just a sale.
Direct sales and shipping rules change by state
What you can sell, ship or let someone carry out depends on your license and the destination. Keeping those sales in your own licensed systems, and not on a generic web form, avoids mistakes.
Weekends overfill and weeknights sit empty
Saturday can be full while Tuesday is quiet. Party-size limits, private-tasting requests and midweek events spread the traffic.
Inventory is split across many uses
A tank or case may be promised to the club, an event and a distributor at once. Counting what is held for each use shows what is truly left.
Set up for the way you work
Not every breweries, wineries & distilleries business runs the same way. We adjust the setup to fit yours.
- Tasting-room brewery or taproom
- Walk-ins, events and food trucks drive traffic. Setup stresses event tickets, a party-size limit and a handoff to your POS.
- Winery with a club
- Reservations, tours and a membership with release allocations and pickup days. Setup centers on club billing and reminders.
- Distillery
- Tours and tastings with strict state rules. Reservations and tour capacity matter more than online sales, which the owner handles under their own license.
- Production-focused with wholesale
- Most volume goes to distributors in their own system. The site stays light, with tours, a small club and event notices.
Busy seasons and slow ones
Fall is often busy for wineries with harvest events and club releases, and many breweries see strong spring and summer patio traffic. The holiday weeks bring gift visits and release parties. Winter can slow tasting rooms, and the hottest stretches can slow mid-afternoon traffic. Slow weeks work well for midweek events, private tastings and club sign-ups before the next release.
What your customers ask before they book
Your AI assistant and website are set up to answer these before anyone has to call.
- Do I need a reservation, and how many people can come?
- What does the tasting cost, and is it credited toward a purchase?
- Do I need ID, and what is the age requirement?
- Can children or pets come with us?
- Can you host a private event or a bachelorette group?
- Can you ship to my state?
Common mistakes we help you avoid
- Selling or shipping alcohol through a general web store without checking licensing and direct-to-consumer rules.
- Leaving age and ID requirements out of the booking, so guests turn up unprepared.
- Letting a large party book a full Saturday with no limit on party size or a staff check.
- Overlooking event permits and tax reporting. They vary by state and city, and the owner stays responsible.
Alcohol rules are strict and vary by state
State and local licensing, tasting-room hours, direct-to-consumer and shipping laws, event permits and age-verification rules vary widely, and a mistake can put your license at risk. Guests must be of legal drinking age and show ID, which your team verifies at arrival. Our tools do not sell, ship or deliver alcohol, and tax and compliance reporting stay in your own systems. You stay responsible for meeting every rule that applies to your business. This is not legal advice.
See it working
Click through a sample breweries, wineries & distilleries website, then see the owner dashboard behind it.
How it works
- Step 1
Tell us about your business
A short call or the free AI check-up. No jargon.
- Step 2
We set it up
Your site, customer system and assistant, with your branding and your data.
- Step 3
You go live
We train you and your team, then keep everything running.
Under the hood
Pricing
One price: $349/month plus a one-time $750 setup. It includes your website, customer system, AI receptionist, hosting and support. Non-profits save 35%.
See where AI fits your business
Five minutes, free, and written in plain English.
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