Art of the Drink (no relation to the previous post) has a great little class on how to present wine in a bar or restaurant setting. This is a great video to watch for service industry people and restaurant-goers alike, as he covers some key points – my favorite being this: it is not okay to reject the wine simply because you don’t like it. Yes, once you’ve okayed the bottle and the server has opened it, that wine is yours unless it’s gone bad in the bottle. It shocks me how many servers and customers don’t realize this.
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something about removing the cork with your grubby little mitts and getting your hand all over the lip of the bottle makes me not so happy.