Wine list template
Wines by the glass first, with the bottle price on the same line, then bottles grouped by style, each with its region and vintage. This is a sample wine list set in Gaslamp’s Elegant Landscape design, two columns on a landscape page.
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The real menu, first two pages
The sample opens with Glass or Bottle, each wine with both prices on one line, then Sparkling, Crisp Whites, Rich Whites, Light Reds, and Big Reds by the bottle. Producer names are left off on purpose; each line is a grape or appellation with its region, and the vintage leads the description.
Sample menu. Dishes and prices are examples. Want to see one on a phone? Scan a live sample menu.
- The filePDF, 52 KB
- Pages3, with a coverThe cover carries the name and a QR code to the live menu.
- PaperUS Letter, landscape
- To download and printfree
No signup, no email. It is a finished sample, so it carries sample dishes. Putting your own menu into it takes the free trial. The trial includes one published live menu with QR codes. PDF downloads and additional menus start when you pick a plan.
The structure of a wine list
A wine list is organized so a guest can find a style without knowing a producer. By style (light to full) is the easiest for most rooms; by region suits a list built around one country.
By the glass
Six to ten pours, each with a two or three word tasting note, the pour size in the note under the heading, and the bottle price beside the glass price. This is the section most guests read.
- Sauvignon Blanc, MarlboroughGlass 13 / Bottle 52Grapefruit, cut grass
- Pinot Noir, Willamette ValleyGlass 16 / Bottle 64
Sparkling
Prosecco to Champagne, with non-vintage marked in the description. It opens the bottle list because it opens the meal.
- Crémant de Loire58
- Champagne, Brut110
Whites, crisp then rich
Two sections so a guest who wants a lean wine does not wade through oaked Chardonnay. Region in the name, vintage and a note in the description.
- Sancerre, Loire Valley782023, flint and lemon
- Chablis Premier Cru, Burgundy105
Reds, light then big
The same split for reds. Pinot, Gamay, and Burgundy up front; Cabernet, Rioja, Barolo, and the reserve bottles after.
- Beaujolais, Morgon58
- Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany220
Example lines and prices show format only. They are not pricing advice.
How Elegant Landscape sets it
Elegant Landscape turns US Letter sideways into two columns with a rule between them. A wine list fills it naturally: glasses and sparkling down the left, whites and reds continuing on the right, then onto the next page.
Section names are wide spaced caps, so keep them short (Glass or Bottle, Big Reds) and keep the note beside them to a few words such as “6 oz pour” or “By the bottle”. A long note makes the section name wrap onto three lines.
Prices line up in a column at the right edge of each half. There are no leaders, which suits a list where a guest scans down the prices before reading the names. The QR code prints on the cover page; many rooms also set a small QR card on the table for the list.
Other drink documents: for a restaurant’s whole beverage list, the drink menu template; if you only need the cocktails, the cocktail menu template; and for a bar’s drinks and food on one menu, the bar menu template.
Prices on a wine list
A wine poured by the glass and sold by the bottle is one line with two labeled prices, Glass and Bottle, the way the sample’s first section reads. Bottle-only wines keep one price, under their style.
Prices run to $9,999, so reserve bottles print at their real prices on the same list; the sample’s Brunello is $220. A magnum can be a third labeled price on the same wine.
Keep the vintage in the description, where it is easy to change when the next case arrives. The bottle price often changes with it.
Set it up in Gaslamp
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Start from this wine list
Pick Elegant Landscape and start from this sample. Every section, line, and price is already in place, so you type your own over it instead of building a blank page.
- 2
Type your dishes over it
Replace each name, description, and price in the editor. Delete the lines you do not serve and add the ones you do. The layout reflows as you type.
- 3
Glass and bottle on one line
For each wine you pour by the glass, give it two labeled prices, Glass and Bottle, in the first section. Put the vintage and a short note in the description.
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Publish, then print
Publish the live menu behind one QR code that never changes, print the table tents once, and print the PDF whenever the paper copy needs to catch up.
Running it
9:05 p.m.
The last bottle sold
Table twelve took the last Chablis. Mark it sold out on your phone and save; nobody orders it off the QR list for the rest of the night, and the next printed list leaves it off.
Tuesday
New vintage arrives
The 2024 replaces the 2023. Edit the description and the price on your phone and save. The PDF for the table follows the next time you print.
Wine list menus, straight answers
- Is this wine list template free?
- Yes. The Elegant Landscape PDF on this page is free to download and print, with no signup. It is a sample, so it carries sample dishes and prices. To put your own menu into the design, start the 14-day free trial, no card needed. The trial includes one published live menu with QR codes. PDF downloads and additional menus start when you pick a plan.
- How should a wine list be organized?
- By style from light to full is the easiest for most guests: sparkling, crisp whites, rich whites, light reds, big reds. By region suits a list built around one country. Put wines by the glass first either way.
- How do I show glass and bottle prices?
- On one line, with two labeled prices: Glass 13 / Bottle 52. An item holds up to three, so a magnum can be the third.
- Can I list bottles over $200?
- Yes. Prices run from $1 to $9,999, so a reserve list prints every bottle at its real price.
- Should a wine list include vintages?
- Yes, where the wine has one. The sample puts the vintage first in the description so it is easy to change when the next case arrives.
- How much does it cost?
- Start with a 30-day free trial, no credit card needed. Then it is $19 a month, or $190 a year (2 months free). No setup fee. Cancel anytime. The trial includes one published live menu with QR codes. PDF downloads and additional menus start when you pick a plan.
If you run one
Every design takes every menu. Switch between them anytime and your dishes stay put.
For the day-to-day, menu software for wine bars covers what changes on menus like yours and how often. For what to serve and how to price it, read how to organize a wine list.
The free QR code menu generator makes a code for whatever menu you have now.
All menu templates
The last Chablis went at nine. It should leave the list at nine.
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