Re: Restaurant Wine Pricing
    Ed Hale, April 3, 2001

    I couldn't agree more with Mark's comments (as well as Dave's and Brendan's). I am fortunate enough to live in a state that at least does not prohibit bringing wine into a restaurant (leaving it up to the owners discretion). I have no qualms about paying a nominal corkage charge even though most of the time we bring our own glassware. And, I usually will make it a point to try and buy a bottle from the restaurant as well, provided the markup is reasonable and there is a bottle that is of particular interest.

    Unfortunately, the same mentality that has driven the wine retail market into a frenzy is alive and well in the restaurant business. Why is a bottle of wine that should be worth $25 easily sold for $75 or more?  Too many people fall for the
    hype and just have to have it!  The consumer has the power to control pricing. Don't pay the price! We find ourselves no longer frequenting establishments with exorbitant markups and or unreasonable corkage fees. To suggest that wine prices need to be excessive to cover food costs is ridiculous to say the least. Most restaurants with decent wine lists already have substantially higher food prices.

    What a shame that today's consumer just has to have it all...and have it NOW! With a little smarts, restaurant owners would get the message and back off their pricing to a more reasonable level and increase their total sales as well. What the world needs is more people that think like David Coffaro and are perfectly happy making a comfortable living doing what they like to do without ripping off someone in the process.

 
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