Restaurants don't allow corkage??? That's sad. You can bring your own wine into any restaurant in California. Your area of the country will soon catch up my friend. Last Friday we went to an early dinner at a place called Moxie before a play and all six tables that had come before us had brought their own wine. And before you accuse Moxie of being a truck stop, just Google them and you'll see it's not. I brought a $25 bottle of Pinot that was delicious. There are also restaurants out here that pride themselves on the fact that they don't charge ANY corkage. (e.g Bandera, part of the Houston's chain)