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Archive for the ‘tasting room etiquette’ Category

June 8th, 2008

The Customer Is Sometimes Very Wrong

Please, allow me to rant. 
Part of the reason I vowed to never work in a restaurant again was that people can be so rude, so unreasonable, so incredibly mean. And it’s hard to just shake it off, although it would often leave me shaking.  Like the time the very obnoxious woman sent every course back, starting […]

By Farley -- 4 comments

April 5th, 2008

The People Have Spoken: No Perfume

Well, there it is, readers and drinkers. 
33% of you wish that fellow tasters would lay off perfume and cologne. (Here, here. I found this especially distracting while teaching my component analysis seminar, which is all about the senses. A gal wearing patchouli even drowned out the ground coffee beans and the liquid smoke.)
20% of you […]

By Farley -- 2 comments

March 22nd, 2008

Saturday Strategy in the Tasting Room

I’m heading into the tasting room this morning, determined and prepared.  After last weekend’s debacle (see the current poll to your right in the sidebar), we’re going into battle a little better armed.  Metaphors aside, the weekends have truly gotten a bit crazy.  On the one hand, we love that people love our wine and want to come […]

By Farley -- 4 comments

March 17th, 2008

Poll: What Wine Behavior Gets Your Goat?

In light of my last rant (forgive me, the blood was still running hot), I thought it was time for another poll.  When you are wine tasting, what is the thing that is most likely to mess up your experience? I thought of a few actions, but if yours isn’t on the list, feel free […]

By Farley -- 6 comments

March 16th, 2008

Tasting Room Courtesy

I was born and raised in the south, so perhaps politeness comes to me as second nature.  As kids we were taught to say Thank you and Please, call people Ma’am and Sir (no matter their age), and give up our seats to the elderly. We open doors for strangers and pick up dropped items […]

By Farley -- 3 comments

September 7th, 2007

Tasting Rooms: To Tip or Not?

People have often asked me what’s appropriate when it comes to tipping in tasting rooms, and seeing as how I work in one, I say, “Go for it.”
Maybe I’m biased, but hink about it this way, though. In a restaurant or bar, you give the bartender or server gratuity for a drink, whether it be beer, […]

By Farley -- 0 comments

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