We had a combo of the wine issues discussed earlier happen to us on Saturday.

We were at an NYC steakhouse and although my husband ordered a hunk of meat, I felt like eating seafood + pasta so I picked out a New Zealand white wine. The waiter comes back and tells me that he has to substitute the wine. I've never had that happen to me so I let it go, but now after reading this thread, I should've been more careful and just ordered something else. Then when the wine does come, he pours us our glasses and disappears with the bottle to store it elsewhere. We've ordered white wine in NYC in cramped restaurants before and never had this happen either. Even if they can't keep the bucket right next to us, they usually keep it somewhere visible. A small part of me felt like he was going to stiff me and not pour us the entire bottle. Why the need to hide it? I wanted to (politely) raise a fuss about the disappearance of the bottle but I already knew what his canned answer would be - "We have no room" seeing as we were elbow to elbow with the couples next to us. I should've just ordered red. Those who ordered red had their bottles left on the tables, allowing them to drink and pour as they please.