Ordering wine in restaurants

[jaydub]

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There is so much bad advice (and good) in here that someone should try to sort it out. I volunteer.


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Actually your advice is terrible.

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2. If you are in a chain restaurant, odds are the wine is not worth ordering. Higher end, it might be worth a shot


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This is wrong, especially for those just getting into wine.

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Less chance of getting something undrinkable.


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Very rarely will one get something that could be described so strongly and most often it will be due to a bad bottle and should be sent back.

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3. Never order wine before ordering food. They need to match, no one can order wine properly without knowing what they're going to eat.


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This is a huge exagerration. Yes wine's can and should be paired to foods but they do not have to be. For a beginner this is totally unnecessary beyond very basic red with beef type matchings.

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(The exception will be if you know you're ordering steak. If you order steak in a restaurant regularly, you are too boring for words.


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Makes no sense.

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4. If you're in a place you dare order wine


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Dare???? It's not [censored] russian roulette it's a bottle of damn wine. What is so [censored] daring?

Just terrible advice throughout.