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Originally Posted by Wyman
That sounds like a very expensive corkage fee!
How is that?
I think most fine dining restaurants on the Strip charge $35-50 corkage fee per bottle?
So if you bring a bottle that would cost $100 if it was on their wine list, that bottle costs you $30-$40 if you buy bulk, $50 if you go to the liquor store next door. Even if you have to share half your bottle, that's still significantly cheaper than paying corkage fee.
Compared to giving away half your bottle, paying $50 corkage fee only saves you on bottles that are >$100 wholesale which means most fine`dining restaurants would charge around $300 on their menu. If you give up only 1 glass of wine, which usually is 150ml (20% of a bottle) avoiding the corkage fee saves you money on bottles that are less than ~$750 on the menu. That's a pretty expensive bottle of wine, even for a high-end restaurant.