Restaurant Etiquette

[janrob]

Don't be too hard on the restaurant just yet Blue. It could have been an honest mistake, or do they charge a tax on beverages in MA, or could it be a restaurant gratuity?
It is the exception for a good restaurant to offer similar vintages for the same price when you are talking about Bordeauxs of this quality (good choice by the way). I certainly would have been sceptical if a '94 or '97 was included in your options. But despite what the Wine Spectator said about the vintages, the two years were both very good, and in fact I might have gone for the '96.