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Off the vine: A price for popping the cork
A corkage fee is a charge made by a restaurant or hotel for storing or serving wine that has been brought in by a customer. So if you encounter a dining establishment (where allowed by law) that features BYOB, then you may have to pay for them to pop the cork and serve you the … Continue Reading ››
A Taste of Monterey
A Taste of Monterey is an interesting and unique wine shop, tasting room and bistro, as well as, a promoter of No Corkage Fees! Any local wine that is purchased a A Taste of Monterey can be taken to anyone of several local Continue Reading ››
Corkage: Fees in Print or No Charge?
Have you ever ask what the corkage fee is at a venue because it was nowhere to be found on the menu, posted on a sign or listed anywhere visible to the human eye only to get the feeling as though the wait staff is improvising because they really do not what the corkage fee … Continue Reading ››
The Etiquette Of Navigating A Corkage Fee
While most good restaurants allow diners to bring their own wine, some don’t, so the first step in deciding whether or not to bring your own bottle is to call ahead and ask if it’s allowed. We usually ask when we make the initial reservation or when we confirm that reservation on the day for … Continue Reading ››
The Price of Corkage
Mark Spivak
For the uninitiated, a corkage fee is a levy charged to diners for the privilege of bringing in wine from their private cellar, a practice that not all …
Source: Palm Beach Illustrated
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Corkage and Tipping a.k.a. Gratuitage
We went to a trendy restaurant for dinner one evening in the Dog-patch district of San Francisco a few years back and I brought a couple bottles of really nice wine along, based on some menu items I noticed while having a business lunch … Continue Reading ›› New Michigan law lets diners take their own wine to some restaurants
By Sylvia Rector / Gannett Michigan
The Novi News reached out to a variety of Novi restaurants about the new wine corkage law, but received responses only from Diamond Jim Brady’s...Michigan diners can now legally take their own bottles of wine to restaurants that have liquor licenses, but they will likely have to pay a corkage … Continue Reading ››
A Chinese Bill of Restaurant Rights: BYOB, No Corkage Fees
- Customers eat at a restaurant in Shanghai in January 2014. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images