Part II: Ryan Arnold Talks On-Premise Wine Trends and Challenges

Dear Client:Yesterday, we published the first part of an interview with Ryan Arnold, the divisional wine director for Lettuce Entertain You (LEYE), a Chicago-based restaurant company with more than 100 establishments in Illinois, California, Arizona, Maryland, Virginia, Minnesota and Nevada (see WSD 04-30-2014). Today, we'll pick up in that conversation right where we left off. Wine & Spirits Daily: Excluding those in your fine-dining concepts, are you seeing the average consumer spending more money post recession? Ryan Arnold: Oh yes,