I've been getting quite frustrated with the quality of wines provided in club europe/world, which while passable, are far from exciting, and I was wandering if anyone has ever looked to bring their own bottle of wine onboard. I asked a crew member recently if this was ever done and was told that while it was not an offence to open a bottle purchased in duty free, which I thought it was, it was against the law to allow a passenger to be inebriated on an aircraft. Clearly a very subjective rule (especially given the heavy hand of most crew members) but understandable.

So, has anyone ever seen this happen? Would be pretty cool to have a quality bottle of whine onboard, albeit altitude will detract from the experience, but would surely be an improvement on some of those provided. Probably wouldn't want to create a fuss about trying to open one on a full flight but if empty as it recently was on upper deck to NY and not against the rules could be a nice idea to ask permission of the crew.