Sébastien Périé, Restaurant Director, L’Atelier Windsor — Luxembourg L’Atelier Windsor is an auberge in Luxembourg City — thirty-odd covers, cooking Sébastien Périé calls “unplugged”: classical, precise, rooted in Escoffier, executed without shortcuts. When the restaurant opened in 2019, Sébastien made one decision that surprised a few people. There would be no paper wine list. Only […]
The statistic keeps circulating: people under 35 drink less wine, care less about it, buy less of it. The conclusion we draw, almost reflexively, is always the same. It’s the young people’s fault. It’s a comfortable explanation. It spares everyone else the trouble of looking in the mirror. The Wrong Trial Blaming a generation for […]
A fair comparison of two tools that look alike on a feature list and behave nothing alike on the floor. Every few months a sommelier tells us the same thing: “I’ve been looking at two or three of these, and honestly they all seem to do the same stuff.” It’s a reasonable thing to say. […]
A magnum on the list is a statement. A jeroboam on the table is an event. Cellars built around prestige cuvées and vertical collections don’t stop at 75cl — and now, neither does COENA. Every large format, properly presented Most digital wine lists treat volume as an afterthought: a glass, a half-bottle, a bottle. Anything […]
The digital wine list has become a standard in many restaurants and hotels, improving the guest experience while simplifying day-to-day management. Among the solutions available, COENA stands apart from Winevizer with a radically different approach — both in the experience at the table and in the operational features. Here’s the breakdown. Digital wine list: […]
The tool doesn’t replace the sommelier. It enhances them. Helga Piagno, Sommelier — Restaurant Helen, Paris Restaurant Helen sits at 3 rue Berryer in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. Its identity is singular: *Le Culte du Poisson* — the cult of fish. Michelin-starred, precise, built around an unwavering reverence for the sea and the people […]
In today’s hospitality landscape, delivering a memorable guest experience goes far beyond a traditional wine list. Sommeliers, F&B managers, and cocktail bar operators are expected to curate dynamic, visually engaging, and easily updatable menus that reflect both creativity and operational efficiency. With the launch of COENA’s Cocktails & Drinks Management Module, we’re taking a major […]
Technology that respects your data At COENA, we believe that digital innovation should never come at the expense of trust. From day one, our platform has been designed with a simple principle: collect less, protect more. Privacy by Design COENA is built to operate with minimal data exposure. We only process operational restaurant data: […]
At COENA, our mission has always been simple: help restaurants unlock the full potential of their wine program. Today we are excited to introduce a major step forward. COENA now integrates directly with a growing ecosystem of EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale) systems via HubRise, allowing restaurants to send wine orders directly from the digital […]
For the past few years, I’ve spent a lot of time inside restaurants — not as a guest, but listening to the people who make service happen. Restaurateurs, sommeliers, floor staff. Different countries, different concepts, different price points. And yet, the same conversations keep coming back. Service is intense. Time is scarce. And wine, despite […]