As wine enthusiasts and gourmands alike know, the right bottle can significantly enhance a dining experience. While many restaurants offer extensive wine lists, sometimes you may wish to bring a particular vintage from your own collection. This is where the concept of Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) comes into play.

However, bringing your own bottle to a restaurant isn&#39;t as simple as just walking in with it under your arm. There are certain etiquettes that need to be followed &ndash; after all, you wouldn&rsquo;t walk into an eatery carrying your own chicken! Here&rsquo;s everything you need to know about making the most out of BYOB while respecting both restaurant policies and good manners.

1. Call Ahead or Check Corkage Policies:

Before planning on bringing your own bottle, call ahead or check online if the restaurant allows it at all. Many establishments have their corkage policy listed on their website; also check the CorkRules app as we&rsquo;ve begun collecting that information.

2. Understand What Corkage Entails:

Corkage refers to the fee charged by restaurants when guests bring their own wine bottles instead of purchasing from them directly - essentially charging for opening and serving someone else&#39;s beverage within their establishment.

This cost varies widely depending upon location and type of venue but typically ranges between $10-$75 per bottle.

3. Look at Wine List Beforehand:

One unwritten rule about BYOB is not bringing something already available on the restaurant&#39;s menu &ndash; this can be perceived as disrespectful towards their curated selection.

Therefore always look over an establishment&rsquo;s wine list before deciding what you will carry along. If the wine you are brought is on the list, buy the wine from the restaurant.

4. The Age Factor Matters:

Typically older wines which have been aged appropriately are preferred when opting for BYOB because they might not be readily available in most restaurants due its high storage costs involved in ageing wines properly.

5. Bring a Bottle, Buy a Bottle:

A polite way to approach BYOB is by also purchasing a bottle from the restaurant&#39;s list. This not only supports their business but can lead to an exciting opportunity for pairing different wines with your meal. You could also consider pre/post cocktails as well.

6. Don&rsquo;t Bring Cheap Wine:

While there&rsquo;s no need to break the bank, it&rsquo;s generally considered bad form to bring very cheap wine when opting for BYOB. The idea behind bringing your own bottle is usually about sharing something special that isn&#39;t readily available in most restaurants.

7. Share Your Wine:

If you have brought along an exceptional or unusual vintage, consider offering a taste of it to the sommelier or chef if they are interested. They will appreciate this gesture and may even provide additional insights into its characteristics.

8. Tip Generously:

When calculating gratuity at the end of your meal, be sure to tip as though you had purchased the wine directly from them assuming service was good. After all, staff still took time and effort serving and attending on your brought beverage just like any other drink ordered off their menu.

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BYOB offers patrons an avenue through which they can personalize their dining experience while enjoying some of their favorite vintages in new settings. However remember - with privilege comes responsibility; therefore always ensure that you&#39;re being respectful towards both establishment policies and general etiquette when deciding on bringing along your own bottle! #drinkwhatyoulove

As wine enthusiasts and gourmands alike know, the right bottle can significantly enhance a dining experience. While many restaurants offer extensive wine lists, sometimes you may wish to bring a particular vintage from your own collection. This is where the concept of Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) comes into play.

The Art of BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle) to Restaurants: Etiquette, Tips and Guidelines

Wines from grapes grown in higher altitude areas with cooler climate has become quite the trend recently. This specific growing environment gives intense flavor but elegance and freshness to the final wines. To highlight and champion these conditions more and more winemakers are starting to use alto as a marketing and labelling term to show their grapes were grown in high altitude vineyards.

Decoding the wine label: Alto

Brut is a word often seen on labels for different kinds of sparkling wine. As you may have discovered when drinking these wines, it indicates that the wine is dry, meaning there is no perceived sweetness in the wine. But how about Extra Brut or Dry, what do they mean and are they the same as Brut?

Decoding the wine label: Brut

Semi-sweet Riesling, a type of wine falling out of style. It’s a shame, since these wines are perfect to pair with flavorful cuisines like Asian or Mexican, or simply drink as they come under the summer sun. The higher level of sugar left in the wine also means that the alcoholic fermentation was stopped before finishing, providing a wine with lower alcohol level and therefor easier grabbing a second glass of.

Decoding the wine label: Spätlese

Have you ever heard the word Xinomavro? Most have not. It is however a word on many sommeliers’ lips today, as it happens to be considered the grape variety with the highest quality in Greece, and one that is trending at the moment. The fact that Greece have been making wine for a long time comes as no surprise, but they have never exported an amount to make sure wine lovers around the globe tried it. With the growing wine tourism many have discovered these wines and are serving them in wine bars and restaurants in many countries today.

Decoding the wine label: Xinomavro

Chianti Classico, Valpolicella Classico, Soave Classico… Why do all these Italian wine regions have the Classico addendum and what does it mean? What is the difference for wines labeled as Classico?

Classico is a wine term in Italy seen on a few wine labels and it indicates that the wine’s from the historic center of the region, the heart. Using Chianti and Chianti Classico and their Sangiovese-based red wines as an example, Chianti is a rather large wine district within the Tuscany region. Chianti Classico is located withing Chianti as the central part and the one that originally existed. Back then this smaller region was actually called Chianti, but as the region grew the quality of the wine plummeted and the well-known characteristics of these red wines were watered down. The reputation took a hit and sales diminished. Eventually this led to the creation of Chianti Classico, which would be drawn from the original Chianti borders to recover the typicity of these wines. Today the quality of both Chianti and Chianti Classico have risen a lot due to modern techniques and knowledge about pruning, planting and temperature control in the winery.

Decoding the wine label: Classico

In the rarefied world of fine wine, where bottles can command prices equivalent to luxury cars, authenticity is everything. Laurent Ponsot's gripping memoir "FBI: Fake Bottle Investigation" reads more like a high-stakes thriller than a traditional wine book, chronicling his relentless pursuit of one of the wine world's most infamous counterfeiters, Rudy Kurniawan.

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Chablis – one of the more popular styles of wine today and a region known by many. Most are familiar with the word Chablis and the light, fresh white wine with a touch of minerality it brings. Even though it’s a renowned wine, few knows what it really is.

Decoding the wine label: Chablis

Many grape varieties around the world of wine have names local to the region or country they’re grown in, even though they’re exactly the same. The most famous example would be Syrah in France where the same grape is named Shiraz in Australia. Another variety with two names is Pinot Grigio, or Pinot Gris.

Decoding the wine label: Pinot Grigio

Have you ever seen the term sur lie on a wine label? It’s not a grape and not a wine region, but a winemaking method used to give certain styles of white wine a rounder texture and a more complex flavor profile.

Decoding the wine label: Sur lie

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BEST WINES OF THE WINE LIST!!!!

2019 Alessandro Viola &quot;Note Di Bianco&quot; (Grillo) Sicily, Italy 56

2019 Nicolas Joly &quot;Coulee De Serrant&quot; Savennieres, France 190

2014 Le Soula &quot;Terroir D&#39;altitude&quot; Cotes Catalanes, France 78

2020 Podere Pradarolo &quot;Vey&quot; (Malvasia) Emilia-Romagna, Italy 64

2020 Frank Cornelissen &quot;Susucaru&quot; Terre Siciliane Rosato, Sicily, Italy 67

2019 Altare &quot;Dogliani&quot; (Dolcetto) Piedmont, Italy 52

2018 A.D. Beckham &quot;Aequalis&quot; (Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir) Willamette Valley, Or 82

2020 Arnot-Roberts &quot;Witter Vineyard&quot; (Gamay Noir) Sonoma, Ca 74

2019 Silvio Messana &quot;Montesecondo&quot; (Sangiovese) Tuscany, Italy 55

2019 Domaine Berlioz &quot;Les Gueux&quot; Savoie, France 58

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Local spot with fabulous comfort good and a great list with lots of

Natural wines

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As they say on their website, Leland has in their wine list a little something for everyone. This is a clear example of a somm&rsquo;s work. The selection of wines and spirits are sourced from small producers practicing sustainability, featuring some of the best producers of organic and biodynamic wineries.

You will easily find your wine if you search by style, as they distinguish between sparkling, white, orange and ros&eacute; wines, red lightly chilled, and full-bodied red wines.

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I&rsquo;d like to suggest you this time a Gamay Noir. The 2020 &ldquo;Witter Vineyard&rdquo; Gamay from Arnot-Roberts winery, is a perfect choice to enjoy with the Grilled pork chops and Beans. This Gamay is slightly peppery, with bright acidity, light pigmentation, and soaring, spice-driven aromatics.

&ldquo;Arnot-Roberts Wines&rdquo; is a joint project of school hood friends, founded in 2001 in Sonoma County. And the duo has been one of the most progressive and revolutionary producers on the California landscape.

This would be my option.

Value Wines

I found a gem here, an orange wine! Before I suggest you the bottle, let me briefly explain what an orange wine is.

Just like almost every other kind of wine, orange wine is made by pressing and fermenting grapes. The main difference between orange wine and other wines is the way how the grape is processed

While making white wines, winemakers remove the grape&acute;s skins and pips before pressing them into a juice. This will take away many of the naturally occurring tannins and will make the wine appear much lighter. The Orange Wine uses white grapes as well, but they are fermented with their skins and the wines use to have much more structure.

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Having said this, I will recommend you the <a name="_Hlk103338580">2020 Podere Pradarolo</a> &quot;Vej&quot;, a Malvasia grape produced in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is a much more than an affordable wine, and it&rsquo;s a must on this wine list. This skin-contacted wine is complex and quite structured, a bit tannic but full of herbal notes, dry flowers and citrus peel. The Anchovy Toast would be a good choice with this Malvasia.

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Bigger budget/Special Occasion 

The 2019 Clos de la Coul&eacute;e de Serrant is undoubtedly one of the great wines of this planet and one of the stars alongside 1989 and 1995. It&acute;s a creamy white wine with powerful aromas of ripe white fruit, citrus notes and herbal and woody hints, that was produced with 100% Chenin Blanc in the area of Loire Valley, France; by one of the most well-known biodynamic winemakers in the world Nicolas Joly.

Offering excellent weight, roundness and density, this wine is more than an excellent choice for the Charred Lemon Skillet Mussels.

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