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Restaurant Wine List Rotation Training

By Terry Psaltakis — Founder, ShiftTrained

By-the-glass wine lists rotate weekly at most serious wine programs. Re-training the whole team on the new BTG list every Tuesday is a part-time job. ShiftTrained automates this — re-upload the new list and training regenerates in 10 minutes.

What wine list rotation training training looks like with ShiftTrained

  • Weekly BTG list updates
  • 10-minute training regeneration
  • Pairing recommendations updated
  • Auto-archive of dropped wines

Key training details for wine list rotation trainings

  • Designed for wine bars + concepts with rotating BTG

Top allergens to train on

  • Sulfites

Our allergen training pipeline treats safety as a first-class concern: Stage 3 fact-check (Claude Opus) flags any allergen claim that can't be verified against the source menu, and a manager approves before any "safe for celiac" or "dairy-free" claim ships to staff.

Training challenges this addresses

  • Weekly BTG list rotation requires constant retraining
  • Pairing recommendations change with the wines
  • Reserve list + special pour additions

The commercial impact

Reserve pours, multi-glass tastings — wine-knowledge-driven.

Get started

Upload your menu PDF (or a phone photo of the printed copy). In about ten minutes, our three-stage AI pipeline generates 100-400 quiz questions specific to YOUR wine list rotation training. Your staff takes them on their phones. The leaderboard shows you exactly who knows the menu and who's been faking it. Try ShiftTrained free — no credit card required.

Frequently Asked Questions

Our BTG rotates every Tuesday. Can the AI handle weekly changes?

Yes. Re-upload the new list and training regenerates in 10 minutes. Most wine bars do this weekly without breaking stride.

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Terry Psaltakis, Founder of ShiftTrained

About the Author

Terry Psaltakis is a 30-year restaurant operator who has opened more than 20 concepts across multiple markets, in every role from dishwasher to Owner. He founded ShiftTrained in Chicago to solve a problem he lived for three decades: pre-shift meetings don't actually train staff. Terry writes about the operational side of restaurant training, AI in hospitality, and what works on the floor.

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