Originally Posted by
exerda
I recall a slick attempt at that at a decent DC area restaurant a few years ago, where they were out of the wine we requested, and the sommelier said, "Let me bring you something very similar."
Well, price wasn't apparently part of the similarity as it was 3x or 4x as much. My chef friend who was dining with us about blew a gasket over the switcheroo.
I might have said to the Som, "you can substitute anything you think would be better at the same or lower price"