What you can ask Alba.
Alba answers from your operation — catalog, sales, orders, deliveries, costs, and distributor rules. Your numbers first, not generic wine knowledge. Everything below works in the app, on the web, or by text.
Before service
The five-minute check while the room is being set.
- “What runs out before the weekend?”
- “What should I top up today?”
- “Which five wines need attention this week?”
Ordering
Proposals that already respect minimums, cutoffs, and delivery days.
- “Draft the Corvelio order for Friday.”
- “Hit the minimum without overbuying.”
- “When is the cutoff if I want delivery Thursday?”
Inventory
Counts and corrections as a sentence, not a spreadsheet session.
- “Set the Champagne Brut to 2.”
- “Remove three bottles of the Chianti for breakage.”
- “What changed since last week's count?”
Spend and margin
Answers computed from your sales and costs, with the math visible.
- “What did I spend with Corvelio last month?”
- “Which by-the-glass wines made the best margin in March?”
- “Which wines are slow movers I should stop reordering?”
Distributors
The operational memory of every house you order from.
- “Which distributor is late most often?”
- “When was our last order from Vignamare?”
- “Which reps still have orders waiting on a confirm?”
Wine, in your context
Sommelier questions answered from what is actually on your shelf.
- “What pairs with the truffle risotto tonight — from our cellar?”
- “Suggest five Italian whites I'm under-represented on.”
- “Which bottles in stock fit a $90–120 list price?”
If Alba doesn't know, it says so — it never invents a number. And nothing is ever sent to a distributor without your confirmation.