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Nine occasions when the expensive bottle is wasted
Spending more feels like the generous choice, and sometimes it is. Often it is a...
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Buying wine for someone whose taste you do not know
You need a bottle for someone by Friday. You know their name, roughly their seniority,...
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Opening a bottle for two on a weeknight, without waste
It is Wednesday, dinner is something quick, and there are two of you. You want...
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How many bottles a table of twelve actually drinks
Twelve people have said yes, the restaurant lets you bring your own, and you are...
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What to open first when guests arrive and nobody has eaten
People are arriving, nobody has eaten, the food is twenty minutes away, and you need...
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Corkage in Hong Kong: what the fee is actually charging for
Corkage at a Chinese restaurant in Wan Chai can mean they open your bottle for...
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Buying wine for a Hong Kong banquet of twenty tables
The banquet is booked, there are twenty tables of twelve, and someone has told you...
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How much Champagne to buy for a party of thirty
Ask five people how much Champagne thirty guests will drink and five confident numbers come...
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