How a French wine restaurant automated its entire social media content pipeline with AI, reducing 15+ hours/week of manual work to under 30 minutes.
Winery AI sommelier — automated social media content pipeline.
95%
Time saved
€27/mo
Replaces a €1,500/mo agency
12 days
Deployment
0 edits
Posts approved without changes
The origin
For 5 years, I ran Aurélien's social media manually. Photos, captions, scheduling, DM replies — all of it. Veya Studio replaced my own work with a system that does it better, faster, and without me. Today, Aurélien drops a video, photo, or voice note into Telegram — the system handles the rest.
— Alaa Mourad, Founder, Veya Studio
Executive Summary
Vins de Dagne is a French restaurant (matured meat + wine cellar), a client of Alaa's agency for 5 years. The owner managed — or rather endured — social media: photos taken between services, captions written late at night, inconsistent posting. Veya Studio built a fully automated Content Engine with a dedicated client portal: Aurélien sends raw content via Telegram, the system transforms it into polished posts, and he approves from his personal space — where he also views his publication calendar and his invoices.
The Challenge
The content paradox: social media presence directly drives foot traffic, but the people who need to create content are the busiest people in the building.
Take photos during service
15 min/jour
Interrupts actual work
Edit in Lightroom/Canva
45 min
Owner is not a designer
Write caption in French
20 min
Writer's block
Post to Instagram manually
5 min
Forgets to cross-post
Add video subtitles
30 min
CapCut is slow and manual
Total weekly time: 15–20 hours. Two full shifts spent on content instead of running the restaurant.
The Solution: Veya Content Engine
A fully automated content management system that replaces the entire manual workflow with a single input point: a Telegram message. The owner sends a photo, video, or voice note, and the system handles everything else.
Orchestration
Coordinates every step automatically, from upload to published post
Visual Intelligence
Analyzes every photo and video to decide the best processing
Auto Enhancement
Turns raw photos into professional visuals without manual editing
Subtitles & Music
Adds animated subtitles and generated background music to every video
Brand Memory
Knows the restaurant's tone, vocabulary, and style — every caption sounds right
Client Portal
Dedicated space on the site: post validation, publication calendar, invoices, history. All in one place.
Video Generation Stack
The video engine orchestrates the best generative AI models on the market. Depending on the content type, the system automatically picks the right tool.
Klinglive
Generates cinematic reels from a single dish photo
Flux Kontext Prolive
Enhances and stylizes raw restaurant photos
MiniMax Musiclive
Composes a soundtrack matching each video's mood
Whisperlive
Transcribes the owner's voice notes into captions
Vizardlive
Auto-cuts long-form content into viral clips
Sorasoon
Full-scene video generation from text prompts
Runway Gen-4soon
Advanced animation and cinematic transitions
Veo 3soon
High-fidelity video with synced native audio
The Workflow: From Phone to Published Post
1
Content Intake
The owner sends a photo, video, or voice note to the Telegram bot. That's it.
2
AI Analysis
Claude Vision analyzes the subject, background quality, lighting conditions, and recommends processing.
3
Enhancement
Photos enhanced with Flux Kontext Pro then upscaled. Videos receive animated subtitles and AI music.
4
Caption Generation
Claude generates captions using 3 layers: visual analysis, brand voice (RAG), and temporal context.
5
Review
Every piece lands in the dashboard as a draft. The owner approves with a single tap.
6
Publish
Auto-published to Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok with format adaptation and optimal timing.
Results
Weekly time
95% reduction
Before15–20 hours
After< 30 minutes
Weekly time
15–20 hours
< 30 minutes
95% reduction
Posts per week
3–4x
Before2–3 (inconsistent)
After7–10 (scheduled)
Posts per week
2–3 (inconsistent)
7–10 (scheduled)
3–4x
Content quality
Pro
BeforePhone photos, no editing
AfterAI-enhanced, brand-consistent
Content quality
Phone photos, no editing
AI-enhanced, brand-consistent
Pro
Video subtitles
15x
BeforeManual in CapCut (30 min)
AfterAutomatic (2 min)
Video subtitles
Manual in CapCut (30 min)
Automatic (2 min)
15x
Platforms
3x reach
BeforeInstagram only
AfterInstagram + Facebook + TikTok
Platforms
Instagram only
Instagram + Facebook + TikTok
3x reach
Monthly AI cost
Replaces €1,500+ agency
BeforeN/A (manual labor)
After$27/mois
Monthly AI cost
N/A (manual labor)
$27/mois
Replaces €1,500+ agency
“I’m a restaurant owner, not a community manager. For 5 years, Alaa ran my Instagram by hand. Today the system does it instead — it knows my food, my wines, my tone. I drop a photo in Telegram, I approve, it’s published. Simpler, more solid, and 20h a week I give back to my craft.”
