SampleDate
NYC · Spirits and wine · Invite only at launch

Where bars and brands actually meet.

SampleDate is a two-sided marketplace for the spirits and wine industry. Hospitality buyers say what they're looking for. Brands say who they're built for. When you match, we book the tasting.

I work in hospitality I represent a brand

Free for the hospitality side. Brands pay. NYC first, then everywhere that pours.

How it works

Profiles, not pitches.

  1. 01

    Build a real profile

    Categories you actually buy. Price tier. Style preferences. Availability windows. Story you care about. The match is only as good as what you put in.

  2. 02

    See who fits

    We surface brands and buyers whose profiles line up. Both sides have to say yes. No cold outreach, no spray-and-pray reps, no ghosted DMs.

  3. 03

    Book the tasting at the venue

    When you match, we drop a calendar invite, send reminders, and confirm the time. The brand rep shows up. You actually try the bottle. The conversation starts in the room, not over email.

  4. 04

    Broadcast what you're pouring

    Public feed for everyone in the network. Post what you just added, what just launched, what you tried last night. Reach travels through the people who already influence the room.

For the hospitality side

Bartenders, BDs, GMs, owners, consultants. Anyone who has a say.

  • Free, always.
  • Tell us what you're looking for once. Stop fielding cold pitches forever.
  • Tastings come to you, on a schedule that works for service.
  • Discover brands the algorithm thinks you'd actually pour, not the ones with the biggest budget.
For brands

Spirits and wine brands. Importers. Distillers. Brand ambassadors.

  • Stop chasing accounts that were never going to pour you.
  • Match with bartenders and BDs whose profile says they're a fit.
  • Bookable in-venue tastings, not Zooms nobody takes.
  • Launch partner pricing for the first cohort.
Why now

Sampling has been broken since the cocktail boom.

Reps spray, buyers dodge

Brand ambassadors burn weeks chasing accounts that were never going to pour them. Bar managers screen calls all day. Both sides lose.

The good fits never connect

The bar that would actually pour your mezcal exists. The brand that would change your menu exists. They just don't know about each other.

The room still matters

Liquid on lips, in the venue, at service time. There is no replacement. We make the introduction and book the tasting. The rest is up to the bottle.

Two sides. One match. Then a real conversation.

We're seeding NYC first. Spirits and wine. Ten brands, a hundred hospitality folks. If that's you, get on the list above.