Ever notice that when you order any more than a glass of wine in
many restaurants that aren’t overly wine savvy, the waiters keep topping your
glass up way beyond the comfort level? A wine glass should never be filled more
than about one third. This allows you to swirl and aerate the wine comfortably
without spillage and to be able to nose it without getting your beezer wet. The
reason waiters do this is simple. They probably want to encourage you to drink
up and order more wine or hurry you along with your meal so they can get the
next sitting in and thus, another tip. I get it, but frankly I find this most
irritating. If I’m in a restaurant that does this, I simply tell the waiter
I’ll pour my own wine from then on.
