Wine Etiquette Tips

Wanda Haynes,

Certified Sommelier

1. Hosts should always offers guests wine first.
2. Don’t ask to have a glass poured full of wine, it’s in poor taste.
3. wipe off lipstick stains before turning in the wine glass for cleaning.
4. Toast to those near and not people clear across the table.
5. If unable to pronounce a wine on a wine list, point to it and the server should pronounce it.
6. Don’t order house wine, its cheap wine marked up far more than it’s worth.
7. Don’t share wine from the same glass, everyone should have their own wine glass.