Restaurant & Wine Bar Consultancy

The wine list is your best salesperson

We build wine programs that sell more and waste less — and close the evening with high-end baked desserts worth talking about.

Fine diningWine barsHotelsPrivate clubsPatisseriesProducers
What we do

Bespoke beverage & dessert consulting

For venues of medium and high range that do not keep a resident sommelier — and for anyone who believes the last course deserves the same care as the first.

I

Wine List Creation & Analysis

We audit your existing wine list or build one from scratch — styled to your venue, your menu and your guests, increasing wine sales while cutting waste and unsold stock.

II

High-End Baked Dessert Programs

Our signature speciality. Restaurant-quality baked desserts and pâtisserie — signature plated sweets, dessert menus engineered to raise check averages and give guests a reason to stay for one more course.

III

Dessert & Wine Pairing

Sweet wine, sparkling and fortified pairings matched to your pastry menu — the after-dinner moment where margins are highest and guests are most delighted.

IV

Staff Training

Training for floor staff and kitchen teams: how to present, pour and upsell — so the list sells itself even without a sommelier in the room.

V

Digital Menu Design

Elegant digital wine and dessert menus — always current, cost-free to reprint, and in full respect of hygiene regulations.

VI

Producer Matching

We constantly scout new wines and artisan producers in Italy and worldwide, connecting venues with bottles their guests cannot find elsewhere.

Elegant plated dessert with cherry garnish at a fine dining restaurant Pastry chef plating a gourmet dessert in a professional kitchen
Our signature speciality

Beyond the glass: high-end baked desserts

Most consultants stop at the cellar. We don't. Decanter Consulting specializes in high-end baked desserts — the course that turns a good evening into an unforgettable one, and a two-glass table into a four-glass table.

From a single signature torta to a full pâtisserie program, we design desserts that suit your kitchen's reality: feasible for your team, beautiful on the plate, and impossible to decline.

  • Signature dessert menus built around your cuisine
  • Pâtisserie program design for restaurants, wine bars and hotels
  • Sweet wine and dessert pairings that raise the final check
  • Plating, presentation and service choreography
Design your dessert menu
“Decanter Consulting was born from years of experience and from the belief that wine is an essential part of a venue — and deserves the right attention and presentation.”
Kevin Barbagallo — Founder & Sommelier
Dimly lit wine cellar with rows of bottles on wooden racks
Our story

Founded by a sommelier, built for hospitality

Decanter Consulting is a consultancy created by an Italian sommelier with international experience, offering remote and on-site consulting to the hospitality world — with a focus on mid and high-range venues that do not keep a resident sommelier.

Our goal is to create and maintain wine lists that are genuinely functional: they raise the level of service in the dining room and give every guest's experience added value. And with our speciality in high-end baked desserts, we complete the arc of the evening — from the first pour to the last crumb.

IT–UKItaly & United Kingdom
6Core services
1Signature dessert speciality
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The request is completely free and without obligation. In a call with our experts we will go through your specific case step by step — the problems you're facing, the needs you have today — and understand together which service will bring you the most results.