"Goomba38" schrieb :
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> The open bar was in another room. The bar tender (owner of a liquor store that
> does this service for hire) had a HUGE tip bowl out.
> Terribly out of place, and if I were the parents of the bride I would have
> been very embarrassed and upset by this tacky bit of extortion.
> Good wines (I enjoyed a lovely Spatlasse from Germany) but for the mixed
> drinks it was all bottom shelf liquor which might matter to some? I didn't try
> the punch in the fountain but it looked to be a citrus punch. The bridal party
> seemed to favor bottled beer, LOL.
>
Do you mean Spaetlese (umlaut) or was that the name of the wine ?
(For our non German speaking readers : Lese means the harvest of the
grapes. Spaet (umlaut) means that they are harvested after the first frost.
That concentrates the fruit sugar and makes for a sweeter wine).

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner