bringing wine to restaurants

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Dfried,

What vintage is your Latour? If it's an old bottle... you may want to consider decanting it at the restaurant instead of decanting it at home and, then, taking it to the restaurant. The reason I'm suggesting this is because older wines may not last very long after being decanted. If time is required for the wine to breathe (assuming that it isn't going to be hours and hours) buy a bottle from the restaurant to drink while waiting. They'll really appreciate you doing this! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

I would concur on the recommendation that you speak with the Sommelier at the restaurant you're dining at. Get his/her opinion on how long the wine should breath prior to consumption. Secondly, ask about the corkage charge too. Some restaurants really want to discourage people bringing in their own wines and, therefore, they charge quite outrageous corkage fees!

Hotwine makes a really valid and important point about transporting opened bottles of wine in your car. Without exception, LE will look at opened bottles in the vehicle with a justified disdain. So, unless you're walking to the restaurant... I don't think I'd be carrying an opened bottle in my vehicle.

Cheers