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Default restaurant wine prices

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:39:33 -0800, "Kent" > wrote:

>In California a restaurant has to allow you to bring a bottle of wine into
>the restaurant and drink it. They can, and do, charge you a "corkage fee",
>usually $10, occasionally $15, and rarely $30+. Wine prices here in
>restaurants have skyrocked as well and this is one way to decrease the price
>a bit. You buy a bottle of "two buck Chuck" mask the label in some way and
>go to your favorite restaurant. I usually take in a reasonably priced good
>wine that the somnelier won't recognize.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Kent
>
>


**** 'em, bring the two-buck chuck naked. wail with it!

your pal,
blake