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About Tastings
"Tastings" is truly about creating a wonderful and unique "Wine Experience" for our customers. We are Friends, Neighbors, and Wine Enthusiasts who happened upon a remarkable wine bar in Italy. After sheer amazement at the progressive wine-sampling technology, we knew we had to share it with everyone back home. After years of research and hard work, not to mention a lot of wine "sampling", we opened Tastings with the intention of impressing everyone else beyond the limits of how the bar in Italy impressed us. Tastings opened its first location in the dynamic area of downtown St Petersburg, FL in 2005. After months of inquiries and wishes for other locations, we decided to franchise Tastings in order to share this exciting new concept with everyone across the nation. It was in August of 2006 that we sold our first franchise and then our second franchise just a few months later. The level of interest since then has only intensified and we are looking forward to an exhilarating new year. We hope you will find the comfortable atmosphere of Tastings to be that of your own home. Entertaining with friends and enjoying wine & food is truly a passion of ours, and we are excited to share with you the venue to do so yourself. Cheers! Penny Maso, President
Alcohol and Wine Franchise Opportunities
Below is a quick comparison of Tastings against other Alcohol and Wine franchises and business opportunities. For an in depth comparison of Tastings with another opportunity including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options click on the name of the company to view the detailed comparison.
| Franchise | Franchise Fee | Royalty | Advertising Fee | Development Costs |
| American Eagle Wine Making | $9,500 | $122,500-$168,000 | ||
| Arkay Beverages | N/A | 0 | 0 | $15,000-$250,000 |
| Borvin Beverage | $25,000-$75,000 | 5% | $50,000-$125,000 | |
| Brass Tap, The | $37,500 | 4% | 1.5% | $780,925-$1,318,525 |
| Connoisseur, The | $29,500 | 6% | $200,000-$270,000 | |
| Craft Beer Cellar | $25,000 | 2% | $60,325-$182,000 | |
| Crescendo | $29,000 | 5% | 1% | $90,000-$260,000 |
| Crescent Wines | $10,000-$20,000 | $50,000-$100,000 | ||
| D'Vine Wine | N/A | $107,500-$174,000 | ||
| Eola Wine | N/A | $150,000-And Up | ||
| Grape, The | N/A | $875,000-$1,200,000 | ||
| Rosevine Winery | $35,000 | 6% | $246,000-$425,000 | |
| Unique Imported Wines | N/A | $8,500-And Up | ||
| Urban Pine Winery | $50,000 | 5% +$200/mo. | 2% | $269,674-$769,760 |
| VineCo | $10,000 | $80,000-$100,000 | ||
| Vino 100 | $30,000 | 5% | $65,000-$430,825 | |
| Vintner's Cellar | $35,000 | $75,000-$300,000 | ||
| Vintner's Cellar Canada | $30,000 | $110,000-$196,000 | ||
| VOM FASS USA | $37,500 | 5% | 1% | $233,800-$749,500 |
| Water 2 Wine | $35,000 | 4% | $142,500 | |
| Waters Edge Wineries | $50,000 | 5% +$200/mo. | 2% | $269,674-$769,760 |
| We Olive & Wine Bar | $30,000 | 6% | $285,000-$421,500 | |
| WineStyles Tasting Station | $25,000 | 6% | $229,000-$380,000 | |
| World of Beer | $50,000 | 6% | 0.5%Nat'l+1.5%Local | $800,000-$1,100,000 |