Top Trending Alcoholic Drinks Added to Menus this Winter
Ah, we’re still in the middle of winter and restaurant traffic has slowed down from the holidays. The dust has settled from January and it’s time to start making some changes to your beverage menus. But what new wines should you add to your wine list? What are the latest craft beers trending on beer lists? And what are some interesting spirits that restaurants have been adding behind the bar? We have the answers and some ideas for new additions to your menus.
We pulled the data from Uncorkd to see what alcoholic beverages (wines, beers, and spirits) have been added most to menus over the last three months. Some of these are menu staples, some are new/seasonal releases and some we found just surprising and worth taking a taste to add to your beverage program.
Top Wines Being Added to Restaurant Wine Lists
- 2013 Cakebread Chardonnay
- 2012 Duckhorn Napa Merlot
- 2013 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2013 Rombauer Carneros Chardonnay
- 2014 Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc
- 2011 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2012 Cakebread Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2014 Belle Glos Las Alturas Vineyard Pinot Noir
- 2006 Dom Perignon
- 2013 Clos du Bois North Coast Merlot
- 2014 Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay
- 2012 Trefethen Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2013 Justin Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2012 Stags Leap Winery Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2014 Orin Swift The Prisoner
Top Craft Beers Added to Restaurant Menus
- Lagunitas IPA
- Not Your Father’s Root Beer
- Samuel Adams Winter Lager
- Yuenling Traditional Lager
- Fat Tire
- Red Stripe
- New Belgium Ben & Jerry’s Salted Caramel Brownie Ale
- Ladyface Blind Ambition
- New Belgium Accumulation White IPA
Top Interesting and Trending Spirits Added at Restaurants
- Pappy Van Winkle Straight Bourbon Whiskey 10 Year
- Brenne Single Malt Whiskey
- High West American Prairie Bourbon
- Germain-Robin, Heirloom Apple Brandy
- Cody Road Iowa Bourbon
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