Actually, the reason you need never worry about sending a wine back is because that wine will be used as the "house wine". I agree that the $300 wine most likely wouldn't pass a taste test without the label. -----Original Message----- >From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jan 12, 2007 11:19 PM >To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [lit-ideas] Providing a fair wine and tasting > > >>just know that it was the best red wine I've ever had. >If you don't already know, trust me, there's quite a >difference between rotgut and fine wine and it ain't just >the price. > >In my twenties, I was a waiter in a fancy restaurant. One >Friday, a lawyer who had just won a big case arrived in a >limo that parked outside while he dined. After making a mess >with his food, he rose inebriated, knocked over his second >$300 bottle of dust-covered French Bordeaux wine, and >staggered out the door. I rescued the remaining wine. The >chef/owner immediately sent word that I should bring the >remainder of the bottle back to the kitchen. On my way to >the kitchen, I chugged a good bit of the wine. The only $300 >bottle I have ever tasted. > >Was there a difference? Oh, yes, an immediate and >spectacular difference. Was that difference worth $300? Not >to me. No. > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, >digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html