How to Order Wine at a Restaurant

You have called over people to your favorite restaurant for an exciting dining experience, and you wish to have the best dining experience. Moreover, dining is not just about the place you are eating at or the environment at the restaurant. It is also about the combination of food and the wine.

It is a great art to be able to order the right wine-meal pair for the occasion and doing it in the right way ensures a memorable and unforgettable dining occasion. Generally, the leather bound wine list looks daunting and confusing with the number of varieties of varying price tags and origins (countries) However, you need not panic as every good restaurant serving wine, trains their staff especially for serving wine at the table (the Sommelier); often considered the server to guide you out of this puzzle.

A good wine-list has details regarding the wine name, producer and origins (country) along with its description, vintage and meal combinations.

Therefore, before ordering wine, it is appropriate to know your invitee's wine and meal preferences. Thus, if both red and white wine is preferred, you can order either each one or any of the following: heavy white wine (an oak-filled Chardonnay) or the light red wine (light-bodied Merlot /Pinot Noir). Moreover, wine names are confusing and tough to pronounce, so best leave its announcement and other subtleties to the Server and save your face.

After, you have decided the right wine with the meal and within your price range too. Prior to serving all at the table, you are firstly required to give approval to the wine. It starts with the wine bottle brought over, you need to 'check its label', and its contents to make sure, that the wine is the one ordered. After opening the label, you need to check as to whether the 'cork is not dry or cracked' and looks as if it has been stored improperly. Next, the checking of the 'wine sample' is done, its color, clarity as very old wines 'vintages' shall look brown. Moreover, you need to 'smell' it and check out for vinegar that speaks of oxidation effect and the rusty/dull smell that speaks of cork being faulty. The same is checked out in the next step of 'tasting the wine'. If all is okay, the real time of serving comes and the go-ahead signal is given to the server who shall serve the wine.

The ideal time for the above approval wine process ought to be 30 seconds. Moreover, the above tips ensure you a hassle-free time in selecting the best wine and making the dinner an exciting one.

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