Hospitality Solutions
Cowboy Somm™
A human-centered wine education assistant designed to make wine approachable, memorable, and fun.
Ask any question about wine, food pairing, service, or hospitality and receive expert guidance delivered with a bit of cowboy wisdom, storytelling, and a distinctive western twang.
Restaurant AI Sommelier™
A human-centered hospitality assistant designed for restaurants without a full-time sommelier or consistent wine service coverage.
By integrating your menu and wine program, Restaurant Somm provides real-time food and wine pairing recommendations for servers and managers, including tiered pricing suggestions that support confident upselling, improved guest experiences, and increased beverage revenue.
Restaurant Sommelier™
Your Pocket Sommelier
It gives your staff food and wine pairing from your own menu and wine list. $299 setup, then $149 per month.
Educational AI Solutions
Educational AI Solutions™
Human-centered AI designed to support educators, researchers, and institutions without replacing the expertise that makes teaching meaningful.
Ringgold Digital develops practical AI assistants that strengthen instruction, improve assessment, support research, and streamline academic workflows while preserving critical thinking, authentic authorship, and professional judgment.
Our educational AI solutions are built around the belief that AI should augment human expertise, not replace it. Every tool is designed to help educators save time on repetitive tasks so they can spend more time teaching, mentoring, and inspiring students.
Available Solutions
- Educator Assistant AI™ – Lesson planning, curriculum design, classroom resources, and instructional support.
- Assessment Partner™ – Rubrics, formative assessment, feedback, and consistent evaluation.
- Research Assistant AI™ – Literature reviews, qualitative research support, organization, and dissertation assistance.
- Grading Assistant AI™ (Coming Soon) – Streamlined grading workflows while preserving instructor oversight and academic integrity.
Whether you represent a K–12 school, university, nonprofit, or business, Ringgold Digital can develop customized AI assistants tailored to your organization's unique goals and workflows.
Interested in Educational AI?
Educator Assistant AI™ is available to educators at no cost. If you find it valuable, you may optionally support the continued development of our educational AI tools and human-centered AI research.
Research (Current PhD & Projects)
Human-Centered AI Research
Advancing Human-AI Collaboration Through Evidence-Based Research
Ringgold Digital explores how people and artificial intelligence can collaborate while preserving critical thinking, authentic authorship, and human expertise. Our research bridges psychology, education, hospitality, and technology to develop practical frameworks for responsible AI adoption.
Research Areas
• Human-Centered AI
• Thinking Before Tools™ Framework
• AI Literacy & Metacognition
• Learning & Instructional Design
• Hospitality AI Applications
How Wine Professionals Are Using AI Today
A qualitative look at how experienced wine industry professionals are integrating artificial intelligence into education, sales, hospitality, and daily operations.
This upcoming feature explores practical, real-world applications of AI through conversations with respected professionals from across the wine industry.
Rather than focusing on speculation, the article highlights how experienced leaders are using AI to improve productivity, support education, streamline communication, and enhance customer experiences while maintaining human expertise.
Publication: Wine Industry Advisor
Daniel Webber
Wine Director, Wrigley Mansion
Founder, Binterra
Daniel Webber oversees one of Arizona's premier wine programs at Wrigley Mansion. His experience spans luxury hospitality, beverage operations, wine education, and inventory management, with a focus on practical technology that helps hospitality professionals work more efficiently while preserving the human expertise at the center of great service.
Highlights:
- Wine Director, Wrigley Mansion
- Certified Sommelier (Court of Master Sommeliers)
- WSET Level 2 Certified
- Extensive Arizona hospitality experience
- Beverage operations & inventory management
- Founder of Binterra
- Practical technology and hospitality innovation
Visit Binterra →https://www.binterra.app/
Mark Yaeger
Advanced Sommelier | Vice President, Stem Wine Company
Mark Yaeger is an Advanced Sommelier and wine industry executive with experience across restaurants, importing, distribution, sales, and operations. As Vice President of Stem Wine Company, he focuses on building better systems and finding practical ways to use technology to improve how wine businesses operate.
Mark also serves on the Board of Directors of GuildSomm International, where he is exploring how AI and structured knowledge can support wine education and make trusted information easier to access. His approach to AI is centered on helping wine professionals work smarter, learn faster, and make better decisions while preserving the expertise, relationships, and human judgment that are essential to the wine industry.
Learn more about Stem Wine Company →https://www.stemwinecompany.com/
Greg Shepard
National Sales Manager
Miner Family Winery
Greg Shepard discusses how AI supports sales professionals through improved communication, organization, reporting, and operational efficiency while keeping the human relationship at the center of the customer experience.
Learn more about Miner Family Winery →https://minerwines.com/crew/greg-shepard/
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