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Total Wine & More

totalwine.com · Retail

Ranked 630 of 2,047 companies in the study

37Overall score
  • Visibility32
  • Citations1
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness21
What this means for Total Wine & More

AI assistants name Total Wine & More in 25% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in the retail sector. Its overall score is 37 out of 100, ranking 630th of 2,047 companies. The company’s website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the retail market: none named Total Wine & More. AI assistants named it in 15 of 60 answers (25.0%). The typical retail company is named in 6.7% of answers. By how often it is named, Total Wine & More ranks 116 of 640 in its sector.

Named by AI in
25.0%
15 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
41.7%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
217 of 640
by overall score, where the typical retail company scores 34
How Total Wine & More compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
32

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
1

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with retail

640 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score37
Ranks 217 of 640. Typical company: 34
Named in answers25%
Ranks 116 of 640. Typical company: 7%
AI readiness21
Ranks 351 of 640. Typical company: 29
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“Best alcohol retailers for building a custom case of wine for home events”

When building a custom case of wine for home events, several retailers offer excellent options, combining variety, value, and convenience. These retailers often provide "build your own case" services, allowing you to select specific wines that match your taste and event needs.

Here are some of the best alcohol retailers for building a custom case of wine for home events:

Long Island Wine & Spirit Merchant offers an intuitive "Wine Case Builder" service on their online platform. You can select your preferred wine types (red, white, rosé, sparkling, or a mix) and then choose specific b …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Drizly8BevMo!2
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Total Wine & More
48.4%
Drizly
29.0%
BevMo!
9.7%
Binny's Beverage Depot
6.5%
Liquor Barn
6.5%
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
6/15
Claude
4/15
OpenAI
3/15
Perplexity
2/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent buy here?

Not by itself. Total Wine & More publishes none of the purchase protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the checkout like a person.

  • UCPNot present
  • ACPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.totalwine.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

reddit.com
16
alibaba.com
15
businessinsider.com
13
totalwine.com (its own website)
8
instacart.com
7
help.uber.com
7
facebook.com
7
wineenthusiast.com
6
en.wikipedia.org
6
mainstreetliquor.com
5

In the study as NRF Top 100 retailers. Number 68 on the NRF Top 100 Retailers 2026 list, ranked by US retail sales.

Every question, and where the company came up (9 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Best alcohol retailers for building a custom case of wine for home events
  • What should I look for when shopping for gifts from alcohol retailers offering delivery?
  • Where can I shop for rare or limited-edition wines online for pickup or delivery?
  • How do large liquor superstores compare to local bottle shops for variety and pricing?
  • Where should I go for recommendations on pairing wine and spirits with food?
  • Best places to find a wide selection of whiskey and craft beer with curbside pickup options
  • Why was my ID rejected during an alcohol curbside pickup or delivery?
  • Is it worth buying alcohol in bulk from specialty beverage retailers?
  • Are online alcohol retailers a good option for last-minute party supply needs?
  • Is it better to buy alcohol online or in-store for the widest selection and best deals?
  • Wine delivery vs. alcohol pickup services—what are the main differences?
  • Alternatives to big-box beverage retailers for buying craft beer and small-batch spirits
  • How do discount alcohol retailers keep prices low compared to local liquor stores?
  • What are the best online retailers for buying wine, beer, and spirits for home delivery in the US?
  • What should I do if my alcohol delivery order arrives damaged or incomplete?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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