1.   Ambrosia hopes to differentiate itself by focusing on customer service and offering top-notch wines, Berglund said.

2.   A flight attendant was offering free wine earlier and one walked down the aisle whistling.

3.   Does the restaurant offer wines by the glass?

4.   Each winery will offer their wines to taste, accompanied by select foods.

5.   Even modest trattorias now offer wines from Sardinia and Sicily, from the sunbaked Abruzzi, from Apulia and Calabria.

6.   France offers finer wines than Muscadet, but who, stepping off the ferry from Dover, would order anything else with a platter of oysters?

7.   In keeping with the Middle Eastern theme, Layla offers wines from Lebanon, Crete and mainland Greece.

8.   My last meal offered disappointing wines and some sadly misconceived dishes like pumpkin risotto with sage, walnuts and enough melted Stilton to make it soupy.

9.   Of course, the French, particularly the Bordeaux merchants, have been offering wines this way for eons.

10.   Only Sonoma County wines are offered at Dry Creek Kitchen, the theory being that the management wants to promote local wines and support local wineries.