Comments on: The new corkage fee? http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/01/15/the-new-corkage-fee/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Wed, 8 Oct 2008 03:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 by: Brad Wood http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/01/15/the-new-corkage-fee/#comment-7558 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:40:04 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/01/15/the-new-corkage-fee/#comment-7558 One of my favorite moments in the silly movie Top Secret! (from the early days of Val Kilmer's career, when he was in danger of being typecast playing goofy roles) is when they bring him his "1984 Ripple Blanc" and he sniffs the screw cap with a grand gesture. They pour the wine, and moments later the glass disintegrates amidst noxious-looking vapors. Corkage: 15 bucks at the valley restaurant The Seashell last night. But the Mantanzas Crrek Chardonnay I brought probably would have fetched around 45-55 bucks, had it been on the wine list, so it was still overall a pretty good deal. One of my favorite moments in the silly movie Top Secret! (from the early days of Val Kilmer’s career, when he was in danger of being typecast playing goofy roles) is when they bring him his “1984 Ripple Blanc” and he sniffs the screw cap with a grand gesture. They pour the wine, and moments later the glass disintegrates amidst noxious-looking vapors.

Corkage: 15 bucks at the valley restaurant The Seashell last night. But the Mantanzas Crrek Chardonnay I brought probably would have fetched around 45-55 bucks, had it been on the wine list, so it was still overall a pretty good deal.

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