OK, maybe I'm a bit of a wine snob, but I'll bet I'm not alone. When I go out to a nice restaurant, especially one with the word WINE in the name, I expect decent stemware. If I'm charged a corkage fee when I bring in my own wine, which I don't mind paying if it's reasonable, I definately expect something nice to drink out of. I recently had dinner at a restaurant in Southern California where I brought in my own very nice wines. All they had were inexpensive glasses (nice size, but thick and heavy glass) to drink out of. The food, service, and ambience was good, but they really let me down on the stemware. Has anyone else experienced this at a restaurant that purports to be a wine oriented establishment?
Posts: 32 | Location: Southern California | Registered: Nov 26, 2008
It bothers me if the glasses are particularly bad, but I don't expect too much at most places, even up-scale restaurants, and I'm pleasantly surprised when the stemware is good. Even then, however, it's often too small or not the best choice for the wine (e.g., cabernet in a pinot noir glass, or vice versa, or worse, in a chardonnay glass).
But what's the choice? You could patronize only places with good glasses, which seems to be an unreasonable limitation on your own dining experiences, or you could bring your own glasses, but to me that's always seemed a bit too pretentious as well as a PITA.
Doug Collins Hermosa Beach, California
Posts: 425 | Location: Hermosa Beach, California | Registered: Oct 19, 2007
Originally posted by Oenolvr: FL Wino, Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't know how to "toss the comment over." Can you tell me how, and I will do so? OENOLVR
Nice discussion re same points you make. Agree with the $ 2.00 glass issue my self
Technically, you can't. However, you can repost your initial comments in the pre-existing thread. BTW, if I know the stems aren't any good at a restaurant I'll be going to, I will definitely bring my own stems. The other caveat is if you are working for a business dinner or if you are going out on a date.
Posts: 1466 | Location: New Jersey | Registered: Aug 05, 2007
The food, service, and ambience was good, but they really let me down on the stemware. Has anyone else experienced this at a restaurant that purports to be a wine oriented establishment?