NEW YORK — One of the newest kiosks on hand at the KioskCom Self-Service Expo Wednesday was Curiosk Marketing Solutions' wine kiosk. The kiosk is being piloted in in Florida, New Jersey, Toronto, and Ontario, Canada.
The wine kiosk allows a retail customer to scan a bottle of wine to get additional information about the wine, ensuring a wise purchase. Using a touchscreen, in less than a minute, users can select wines, get tasting notes and food pairing information, and create a preset or typed personal greeting to attach to the bottle of wine if given as a gift.
"The initial response from consumers using it is the wow factor," said David Weinberg, president of Curiosk. "When they see the information and how easy it is to get, they're excited. Then when they realize they can print a card, they're ecstatic because it's one-stop shopping. If they're going to a dinner party, they can buy the wine, get the card."
