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There's quite a few restaurants around Seattle that have very low corkage fees or none at all for the first or first two bottles if they are not on the menu.
I'd rather go to Seastar and pay no corkage than Ponti any day of the week. ^ |
Originally Posted by Jeeves
(Post 18719290)
I appreciate all of the comments including those about the wine service and the Bordeaux wines of 1986. For those who are interested, I probably had about thirty 1986 Bordeaux wines at one time that I bought within a few years of the release date. I took a look tonight and found out I am down to a dozen. Some of the wines had price stickers on them. From what I can tell I paid between $21-$36 for the wines. The storage has been decent but not ideal. They have been stored under my basement stairwell. They have been exposed to 60-65 degree temps most of the time and less than perfect humidity. None of the wines I have tasted have been bad and most have been good to great.
Here's what I have remaining: Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Chateau Cos D'Estournel Chateau Talbot Chateau Lynch Bages Chateau Meyney Chateau Leoville Barton Chateau Gruaud Larose My wife is a seafood nut who generally chooses bubbles over red any day. I may save my corkage fee for another restaurant experience. I am not worried about the storage conditions other than dealing with a dry cork. The wines still have a youthful appearance. I have a pressurized cork screw to get the tough ones out. Some nice stuff there. I've had several of them, including the Cos, Lynch, Leoville Barton, and Gruaud Larose. |
Originally Posted by AaronKamp
(Post 18721630)
There's quite a few restaurants around Seattle that have very low corkage fees or none at all for the first or first two bottles if they are not on the menu.
I'd rather go to Seastar and pay no corkage than Ponti any day of the week. ^ |
$22 is nothing out of line
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The OP is in Seattle?
$22 is odd but not out of line Cheap places are $10, normal is 15-20. Nice places 25, 30 all within reason. People who don't appreciate wine will think a $20 bottle of wine as too expensive.. People who have a collection of 1986 bordeaux probably don't think so. :) So yah.. $22 is very reasonable if it's a decent place. From your list. I'd take the Pichon Lalande.. |
Originally Posted by JayhawkCO
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I agree that it might seem like a lot for people who haven't often paid corkage fees, but the restaurants don't want you to bring in your own wine.
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Originally Posted by TBD
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Then they ought to have decent wine :D I wouldn't feel the need to bring my own if they weren't trying to rip me off with bad wine!
Chris |
Originally Posted by JayhawkCO
(Post 18736500)
Oh, I agree. But some of the people who are against corkage fees maintain that position all the while forgetting that the restaurant has to make a profit too, otherwise you can't enjoy their good food with your good wine. @:-):p
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Originally Posted by nkedel
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OTOH, they'd better be able to make SOME kind of a profit on the food regardless... if not, non-drinkers and near-teetotalers like my wife and I (respectively) are gonna be banned. :)
Chris |
Originally Posted by TBD
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Then they ought to have decent wine :D I wouldn't feel the need to bring my own if they weren't trying to rip me off with bad wine!
i hardly ever find a wine list that does not have a few "decent" bottles of wine. maybe the problem is with the restaurants you frequent. i really detest people using the word rip off about a trade from people outside that trade. restaurant is a really tough business(i am not in the restaurant trade) |
Originally Posted by JayhawkCO
(Post 18744586)
Well, the heavy drinkers among us (yours truly) will happily subsidize your teetotalishness. :D
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