order wine at resturant for multiple people

[TheEngineer]

I'm in this situation all the time and I try to gauge a couple of things.

In general, if very different dinners are being ordered, I agree with the half bottle solution but very few restaurants have good half bottles selects as well. In this case, I usually try to find a wine that works for both. Often I get the pairing that you described. Pinot Noir works as well as the Beaujolais.


However, in a case where the selections are very limited, I often point the pairing more to my client's dinner more than mine so that they will enjoy the pairing more. If they like wine, they will notice that and you gain the brownie points. [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]