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Total Wine & More is a family-owned, privately held alcohol retailer American alcohol retailer founded and led by brothers David and Robert Trone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.totalwine.com/eng/aboutus/our-leadership.cfm )〕 Total Wine & More is the largest U.S. independent retailer of fine wine and a four-time national Retailer of the Year. The company is headquartered in Potomac, Maryland. Founded in 1991, Total Wine & More started as a small, independent store (2,500 sq. ft.) in Claymont, Delaware that was followed with a second store in Milltown, Delaware. As of November 2015, Total Wine & More has 130 stores in 18 states:〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.totalwine.com/eng/aboutus/our-company.cfm )〕 Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington. In late 2015, they expanded into Massachusetts with a store in Natick.〔http://www.wellesleywinepress.com/2015/01/total-wine-coming-to-massachusetts.html〕 The company's 2014 revenue was estimated to be more than $1.5 billion. Total Wine & More grew steadily through the 1990s. The Trones brought in executives from other retailers such as BJ's, Zales, Bloomingdales, Toys R Us, The Home Depot. Each Total Wine store carries approximately 5000-7000 different types of wines from every wine-producing region in the world, 3,000 types of spirits (where permitted by law), and about 2,500 beers. Total Wine & More has about 4,000 employees, including 800 wine specialists who must demonstrate wine knowledge before they are invited to join the company. All wine department employees must undergo an initial 150-hour training program, participate in weekly team wine tastings, and attend monthly wine-producer seminars. Some employees travel to wine-growing regions such as Napa Valley, California and the French regions of Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne on company-sponsored educational trips.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.totalwine.com/eng/aboutus/our-company.cfm )〕 Each Total Wine & More store is in size. Total Wine & More also provides in-house publications to their customers, including ''Total Wine & More's (Guide to Wine )'', the ''Total Wine & More (Total Guide to Beer )'', ''(Guide to Spirits )'', a quarterly Buying Guide which lists brands and prices, and a quarterly newsletter (''The Wine Advisor''). ==Classes, tastings, and meeting room booking== Total Wine & More offers a variety of ways for their customers to learn more about the wines, beer and spirits that are sold in their stores. Each store hosts weekly tastings, special events and classes where customers can learn from experts, winemakers, brew masters and industry professionals (as allowed by different state laws).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.totalwine.com/eng/aboutus/social-responsibility.cfm )〕 Education Centers are also made available for use in every local community. Total Wine & More offers free meeting space for local businesses, clubs, and organizations. Located in over 60 Total Wine stores, each Center is a private room equipped for meeting hosting, and the stores also provide a complimentary 30-minute wine tasting for all attendees (as allowed by different state laws).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.totalwine.com/eng/stores/book-our-room.cfm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Total Wine & More」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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