Odd Lots · Saturday, October 24, 2026
Richard Mott revealed that wine sales at his fine dining restaurant, North Pond, dropped significantly from over 33% to 24% over the last 18 months, pointing to a generational shift in drinking habits among younger guests.
“For the first 28 years, our liquor wine sales, and we're almost exclusively wine, our wine sales were just a hair over 33%. So between 33 to 34% every year, like clockwork. In the last 18 months, that has dropped to 24%.”