1. So I just sat watching the passing scene until I caught the eye of a waiter and ordered some wine. 2. The snobby waiter gave me a withering look when I ordered the cheapest wine on the list. 3. Blunt had ordered the wine. 4. And that is despite the fact, he said, that patrons are ordering cheaper wines and spending less in a limping economy. 5. Another explains that he belongs to a private wine club and is ordering the wine in his official capacity for a tasting. 6. Baker said epicures spend more per meal, are more likely to order wine with their meals and are more likely to complain if they feel something is off. 7. Ferguson says he immediately ordered the wine, and since the ZAP tasting has seen what few bottles of it he could obtain fly off the shelf. 8. He ordered wine for the group, drank a couple of imported beers, and picked up the tab. 9. He was soon ordering wine for his own cellar and for shipment to his family in Virginia. 10. How many people are organized enough to order wine ahead of time, instead of running out to grab a bottle before dinner? |