Sunday, February 22, 2009

Tasting Room Courtesy Tip #1

Tasting Room Courtesy Tip #1

When you are at a crowded wine tasting, default procedure is the "grab and go" protocol. If you can't figure out what that means, just follow these simple steps, dummy:

  1. Send one person from your group to the bar with everyone's glass
  2. Place glasses on the bar and stand aside, leaving room for other patrons
  3. Indicate politely to the servers which wine you would like to taste
  4. When your glasses are full, take them and step back to your group, leaving room for other groups to get their next taste

If you follow these simple rules, you will have a successful tasting experience and you will play a significant part in the successful experience of those around you. Also, you will avoid being deemed a douchebag by curmudgeonly narcissists like me. Please remember, by no means should you bring your whole group to the front, or crowd the bar, or stand there leaning casually on the bar chatting, or otherwise being oblivious to the fact that OTHER PEOPLE are trying to taste wine, too.

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