Originally Posted by
sammyh25
a) Giving you wine for dinner with the first bar round is not on and is simply a way of him/her making their life that bit easier when they do the meal service. You should always have a drink first and then be offered a bottle of wine with your meal.
Thanks for the reply sammyh25.
I haven't flown long haul Y for a few years - but the "take your wine for your meal" line became so common that I (and other friends who experienced it) - thought tha this had become the actual service standard and was what the staff were told to do.