No boarding pass required to take flight at Vino Volo’s first “city store,” to open this fall in Bethesda, Md.
Vino Volo, the wine bar chain that has been a haven for wine lovers at airports across the country, will land in Bethesda, Md., this fall. It will be the company’s first non-airport location as it seeks to expand its customer base beyond harried passengers waiting for a flight. A second location is envisioned for Tyson’s Corner, in McLean, Va.
“Many of our customers have been asking us to open in urban locations so they can enjoy the Vino Volo experience without a boarding pass,” company founder and CEO Doug Tomlinson said in a phone interview.
Tomlinson said the Washington, D.C., area was an appropriate place to venture out of airports for the first time. Vino Volo opened its first location at Dulles International Airport in 2005. It now operates 18 airport locations, including a second at Dulles and one at Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International. Twelve more are planned, including the first “city stores.”
Tomlinson said the concept – offering flights of three different wines with a menu of small plates, plus wine for retail sale – will continue at the Bethesda location. The new location will have more space than the airport outlets, “giving us more flexibility to spread our wings,” he said.
“Vino Volo means wine flight in Italian, and we have made wine tasting fun and interactive by putting together tasting flights that allow guests to discover which wines they enjoy most, in a way you can’t do if you’re just buying wine by the glass,” Tomlinson explained.
Other wine bars and restaurants offer flights as well, of course, and Vino Volo will be competing directly against local favorites without the benefit of a captive airport audience. Tomlinson said Vino Volo’s national customer base and established reputation will enable it to compete, and the company’s size and ability to seek out deals on boutique wines will give it an advantage over smaller, one-location wine bars.
Tomlinson also makes sure his staff is knowledgeable about the wines on offer at Vino Volo. “I have every one of my teammates join me in a different wine region each year for a wine training retreat,” he said. “We get our feet and hands in the dirt, meet winemakers, and get to understand a wine region in a way that you really can’t without going there.”
Presumably, they travel by plane.
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