Returning a faulty wine in a restaurant

Monday, 30 May, 2016
Harry Fawkes, Decanter.com
Would you have the confidence to return a faulty wine in a restaurant? Faulty wine: it happens to everyone.

Recently, my wife and I set out across London to try an Italian restaurant which had always received favourable reviews. Although not naturally inclined to believe the hype, we were certainly very excited.

As we were showed to our table and took the menu, sneaky glances at food on other tables showed some visually beautiful plates. My heart and stomach wanted to try everything.

So far, hype fulfilled. We chose glasses of the unusual and hard to find ‘Bollicine Rosé’ NV made by Serafini & Vidotto near Treviso to accompany the exceptional starters. When our mains arrived we plumped for a carafe of an equally hard to find Italian red.

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