Beating wine hogs
At a business dinner meeting, rely on a good sommelier to save you from spendthrift wine hogs.
Wall Street Journal wine columnist Lettie Teague notes that business meetings are famous for wine fans that order $700 or even $1,000 bottles of wine.
If a guest orders such wine on your tab, one informant says he immediately announces the wine won't go with the meal and calls the sommelier, who gets the drift and suggests something else.
Another frequent diner suggests calling the sommelier ahead of time to order the wine, thus avoiding the problem.
Wine etiquette is simple
If you want a $1,000 bottle of wine, announce that you are gifting the wine to the group and then pay for it.
Then, be sure to offer each person a sample of it, in equal parts to what you are drinking.
If the sommelier approaches to refill wine glasses, it is considered rude to drink the rest of your wine so that you get a whole refill.
One salesperson, wines and dines on a regular basis says there is a type of client who orders expensive wines because he/she knows the corporation is paying. She notes that she's never had a client with a true knowledge of wine take advantage of the situation.
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