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Default Corkage Fees

On Jun 1, 12:03*pm, Earle Jones > wrote:
> Most good restaurants derive a good bit of their revenue from wine sales
> and therefore charge a corkage fee for those customers who bring their
> own wine.
>
> One waiter told me that their corkage fee was $15. *He also said that
> there was no corkage fee if the customer brought a screw-top bottle.
>
> But there is a $15 screwage fee.
>
> earle
> *


I would gladly pay a corkage fee but it isn't allowed in the New
Mexico so I'm stuck with whatever is on the wine list and often at 3
times retail not wholesale.