Raymond Jones
Nashville, TN (USA)
Role(s):
Empire Wine Room
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Location:
Nashville
Industry:
Entertainment
Year Founded:
2007
Number Employees:
INVALID
Description:
Nashville is the perfect place for the hippest new social spot! A license to sell only wine and beer is about $12,000, compared to a full-bar license, which can cost $90,000 or more. Kitchens are smaller, with less equipment, and easier to run because menus are limited - panini, antipasto, chocolate and cheese boards. Also, the markup is lucrative; a glass is typically sold for the price of the bottle, with four glasses per bottle. With a winery in every state, the United States is positioned as the third-largest wine-producing country, after France and Italy, according to the Wine Market Council. Although wine consumption is up almost 13 million cases from 245.5 million in 2002 across all age groups, wine's biggest drinkers are 35- to 44-year-olds, an age group attuned to preventing heart