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In this little tiny town, I ordered a glass of white wine from a young waiter. He brought me a glass of rose, lightly pink wine. Which I hate. So I said I actually ordered a glass of white wine, not rose. He looked puzzled and said yellow? Would you like yellow wine? Hm. Yes, I would like yellow wine, please. ;D I tipped him well the night he learned to serve yellow wine.
In this little tiny town, I ordered a glass of white wine from a young waiter. He brought me a glass of rose, lightly pink wine. Which I hate. So I said I actually ordered a glass of white wine, not rose. He looked puzzled and said yellow? Would you like yellow wine? Hm. Yes, I would like yellow wine, please. ;D I tipped him well the night he learned to serve yellow wine.
From what I've experienced in some small places where the wine stock doesn't move very quickly, there is also the option of brown wine.
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Originally Posted by Retriever
In the same vein, I once had a bartender look at me with a confused expression on his face when I asked for a glass of Chablis.
Then, his face lit-up and he asked, "Do you mean...Chabb-liss?".
I was about to suggest that maybe we should just started ordering "red wine," "white wine," etc., but then I saw ClaraC's post. lol
Another one I get a lot from wait staff, including bartenders, is when I order a merlot ("mer-loe") and they correct me and say, "You want a 'mer-lott'?"
Hell no, I want a lot of Merlot!
Please people, ask a competent person for wine pronunciation. And not a 18 year old waitress. OMG once I had to show a waitress how to use the common folding corkscrew. The trick is to make sure the point enters the middle of the cork. There's a bit more to it but you get the idea.
In this little tiny town, I ordered a glass of white wine from a young waiter. He brought me a glass of rose, lightly pink wine. Which I hate. So I said I actually ordered a glass of white wine, not rose. He looked puzzled and said yellow? Would you like yellow wine? Hm. Yes, I would like yellow wine, please. ;D I tipped him well the night he learned to serve yellow wine.
Ordering wines by the color???
Might just as well order by the size glass or carafe and leave the color up to chance!
Any idiot that does not understand liquor terms should not be allowed to work in a place that serves liquor.
Speaking of which, I sure wish I had a vodka martini, shaken, dirty, 3 olives. Well is okay.
Please people, ask a competent person for wine pronunciation. And not a 18 year old waitress. OMG once I had to show a waitress how to use the common folding corkscrew. The trick is to make sure the point enters the middle of the cork. There's a bit more to it but you get the idea.
I've had to do that a couple of times, too. One time we were patio dining (a favorite thing to do, and a favorite phrase to say) and it was a champagne bottle. I prefer to do that, though, than have the other waitress who purposely let the cork fly, and into the water of the marina.
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Originally Posted by Retriever
I think that you should just throw caution to the winds, and order Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
Okay, you win.
By the way, I know in the past I've posted "throwing caution to the wind" as a favorite phrase.
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I was about to suggest that maybe we should just started ordering "red wine," "white wine," etc., but then I saw ClaraC's post. lol
