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An ornate old bottle with a wax sealed cork sits untouched on velvet cloth beside a plain everyday glass — Some nights waste the good bottle
Buying Guide

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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A wine bottle wrapped in plain brown paper with twine sits in an open gift box beside crumpled tissue — A safe gift still carries risk
Buying Guide

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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One opened wine bottle fitted with a vacuum stopper beside two glasses, one full and one empty, on a small kitchen table — One bottle, two nights, no waste
Entertaining

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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Six wine bottles standing in a row beside twelve empty glasses arranged in two lines on a long table — Twelve drinkers need six bottles
Buying Guide

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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A single chilled glass of pale wine beside a small dish of olives and nuts on a bare counter, no plates laid yet — Open dry before anyone has eaten
Buying Guide

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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A wine bottle beside a blank receipt turned face down, a wine glass, a folded white napkin and a small tray of coins — Corkage pays for service not wine
Entertaining

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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Rows of wine glasses and unopened bottles fanned across a long red banquet cloth, round table settings receding behind — Twenty tables need a plan
Buying Guide

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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Thirty champagne flutes arranged in tight rows across a long dark table, two unopened bottles and an ice bucket at one end — Buy one bottle per two guests
Buying Guide

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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