Controlling Your Bottle!

Okay, let's say you are dining with a friend at a top NYC restaurant and order an expensive bottle of wine. Now would you be insulted or offended or irritated if the waiter or sommelier fills your glass -- maybe even overfilling it -- with extreme alacrity.

And guess what? You haven't even had the appetizers yet.

Subconsciously, I may have given this some thought, but until I read this interesting article in the India Times I was surprised others noticed. According to the article, the raison d'etre is that the sommelier or water wants to sell you another expensive bottle right away. This may be true. But some of the best sommeliers I've experienced - those who live up to the code - are judicious pourers. They never overfill, yet keep an eye on the wine as pouring is their job. 

What is your experience? Feel free to use the comment feature to chime in. And remember, http://www.AWineStory.com has lots of fun and entertaining articles.

Comments

[rob]

I think that it is more the restaurant and what they push their staff to do. Plus the waiter does figure, bigger the bill, bigger the gratuity.