For wine bars, wine shops & wine cafes

Wine bar POS: the same wine by the glass, by the bottle or in a flight

Sell the same wine by the glass, as a full bottle or as part of a tasting flight. A wine bar till for wine bars, wine shops and tasting rooms, where every wine only has to be set up once.

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The till screen with the wine list and a bill holding glasses and a full bottle
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Ease of use

One wine, three ways to sell it

A glass at the bar, a full bottle at the table, or a place in a tasting flight. Three prices for one wine, without keeping three products in step.

One wine, several ways of selling it

You set a wine up once and attach the forms you pour it in, each with its own price. While ringing it in you pick the right one. So every wine appears on your list once and the bill adds up without you thinking about it.

A bottle to take home on the same bill

If a guest wants to take home the wine they have just been drinking, you ring it up on the same till. Your bar and your wine shop do not need two systems to keep those apart.

Changing the list takes a minute

A new wine, or a tasting for next week, goes on from your phone, laptop or till screen. Available on every device straight away, with no import file and no sluggish back office.

The revenue overview of the wine bar per day
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Buying

Know what is moving before you order again

A wine list lives. One bottle is gone within a fortnight, another is still there in October. Your till can tell you exactly which of the two you have in front of you.

Group your list the way you read it

You attach every wine to the categories that make sense to you, say region, grape or supplier. You then use that same grouping to look at your sales.

See what goes over the bar, wine by wine

Per wine and per category you can see what sold. So you know which Burgundy to order again and which bottle has been on the list for a month without anyone picking it.

Restock on numbers, not on a hunch

Before you order you can see what has gone out since the last count. That saves a trip round the fridges and stops you running short of that one wine on a busy Friday.

More about reports
Tonight's bookings with the time, the party size and the guest's notes on each one
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Why wine bars and wine cafes choose 20Tabs

Your regulars are simply in there

You record guests and groups with their most recent bills attached. Handy for a wine club or a standing tasting night, and for a tab you leave open in someone's name. There is more on that under loyalty.

A tasting night is booked in advance

Reservations sit in the same app as your till, so you can see who is coming when, per table. For a tasting of twelve your staff know exactly which tables are taken and from what time.

Wine and small plates under their own VAT rate

A glass of wine falls under a different rate than the sharing board that goes with it. You set that per product once, and after that every bill splits itself correctly. At the end of the quarter your VAT overview adds up without recalculating.

The product categories of the wine list, from Amarone to Chablis
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What makes a wine bar till different from a general bar POS

A wine bar sells the same wine in more than one way: by the glass, as a full bottle at the table, or as part of a tasting flight alongside a few others. Three different prices for one and the same wine. A general bar POS then forces you into separate products you keep apart by hand, which gets messy as soon as your list grows or changes.

A good wine bar POS solves that differently. In 20Tabs you set a wine up once and attach the ways you sell it: a glass, a carafe, a bottle, a place in a flight, each with its own price. While ringing it in you simply pick the right one. One wine on your list, no double entry, and your bill adds up without you having to remember which separate product you were supposed to reach for.

Tasting flights are set up the same way. You put one together from wines you already sell, give it a fixed price, and anything ordered on top slots in behind it on the same bill. Whether the guest is sat at the bar with one other person or at a long table with twelve for a wine tasting, it stays one bill that you settle in one go or split.

For your buying it helps to group your list by region, grape or supplier. Your reports then show which wines do best over the bar and which have been sitting for weeks, so you build your list deliberately rather than on a hunch. And if a guest wants to take a bottle home, you ring it up on the same till. A wine shop does not need a second system for that.

Frequently asked questions about a POS system for wine bars

What is a good POS system for a wine bar?

A good wine bar POS can sell the same wine in several ways: by the glass, by the bottle and as part of a tasting flight, each with its own price. Along with that comes insight into what is moving: by grouping your list by region, grape or supplier you can see in your reports which wines sell best over the bar and which ones sit.

How do I sell the same wine by the glass and by the bottle?

You set the wine up once and attach the ways you sell it, for example a glass or a full bottle, each with its own price. While ringing it in you pick the right one. That way every wine appears on your list once, without separate products you keep apart by hand.

Can I offer tasting flights through 20Tabs?

Yes, and in more than one way. You put a flight together from wines you already sell, or you set it up with options you define for that flight alone. The flight gets a fixed price, sits on one bill, and anything ordered on top simply lands beside it. A guided tasting is an option too.

Can I book a tasting night or wine club in advance?

Yes. Reservations sit in the same app as your till, so you can see who is coming when, per table, and from what time a table is taken. You record guests and groups, so a standing wine club is already in there next time.

What does a till for a wine bar cost?

Between €100 and €500 a month, based on your revenue. No setup fees and no charge per terminal, cancel monthly. You can start from €25 a month with 20Tabs Go (plus 2% of revenue).

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