Wine by the glass

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Innkeeper,

Frankly, I wouldn't give them a plugged penny for the remnants from the bottom of the bottle either... and, IMHO, neither should anyone else! I'm sure you work hard for your money and, therefore, you should receive full value for the dollars you spend!

JM...

I hope he enjoyed the remainder of our glass of corked red! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img] IMHO, he just wasn't trained properly! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

Winegroucho,

From my reading, it wasn't about the "amount" he paid for the product but, rather, it was more about the "freshness" of the product.

But, you're certainly correct in that restaurants don't tend to make a ton of money on the food (with exceptions, of course!) However, I have to agree with IK that he deserves more than the dregs from the bottom of the bottle.

On the other hand... there ARE some restaurants that DO make lots of money on BOTH food AND beverage. I'm thinking of one restaurant here in Vancouver that charges very high prices for the food AND their wine list is marked up to stratospheric heights too. For example, we enjoyed a bottle of 1996 Jacques Prieur Musigny and we were charged $550 plus. A week later, at another equally fine restaurant, a bottle of Musigny from the same producer and vintage cost us only $225.00. So, I'm not sure how this can be justified... [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

[Oh, and the overhead at the second restaurant is much higher than the first one since it's located on a very trendy and busy street in the heart of the downtown core.]

Mind you, the chef from the first restaurant beat one of the Iron Chefs on the US version of the show! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

I don't generally have a problem paying good money for great wines and great food but I wouldn't be too, too pleased at being taken for a ride... being served the dregs from the bottom of the bottle certainly qualifies (in my books) as being taken for a ride! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

But, I appreciate your devil's advocacy! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

Just one writer's opinion! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

So many wines... so little time!

Cheers