Accurate list of wines/liqueurs available "by the glass" on Equinox?

[jg51]

Hello, fellow cruisers!

 

Not long ago, a CruiseCritic member ("ottawapuppy"/Mike), who had cruised on the Solstice in 2010, did all of us huge favor by providing a link to a site where he has 37 pages full of photos of Solstice bar menus:

==> http://schplinky.smugmug.com/Solstice-2010/Bar-Menus/12454637_Aaaum#891894624_SCNbe

It took a while, but I manually copied (into a MS Word document) almost all of the wines and liqueurs listed as available by the glass at various bars aboard the Solstice. [The list is at the bottom of this message.]

 

I hope to be aboard -- not the Solstice, but the Equinox -- later this year. The purpose of this thread of mine, therefore, is to ask those of you who have sailed aboard the Equinox to let me know if all the Solstice-menu wine/liqueur items are also available on the Equinox.

 

Before I get to the main list, I want to isolate a small group and ask a question about it. I'm referring to the liqueurs. According to the site linked above, the following are available at least at Michael's Club: Extase XO 12.0 ... Benedictine 6.0 ... Drambuie 6.0 ... Sambuca 7.0 ...

Massenez Framboise 10.0 ... Massenez Kirsch 10.0 ... and Massenez Poire 10.0. (By the way, the numbers after the items' names are the prices.)

My question is this: Which of the following are also available "straight" (i.e., not in a cocktail): Frangelico ... Cointreau ... Curacao ... Grand Marnier ... Bailey's Irish Cream ... Disaronno [Amaretto] ... Southern Comfort ... Anisette ... Ouzo ... Pernod ... Midori.

 

Thanks, in advance, for your replies to the questions, above and below! Please add any other comments that you'd like to make! [Today, I hope to start several separate threads -- similar to this one, but for other categories of beverages -- instead of lumping everything into one thread. I think that lumping together everything would be overwhelming, and few people would want to look at it. Please help me on the other threads too, if you can!]

 

 

Here now is the list of the Solstice menus' wines available by the glass. Are all of these available on the Equinox too?

 

(White:)

Paul Jaboulet, Viognier [France] 5.5

Roux, Pouilly-Fuisse [Fr] 9.0

Michel Redde, Pouilly-Fume [Fr] 8.5

Selbach, Riesling [Germany] 6.0

Essence, Riesling [Ge] 6.0

SA Prum, Riesling [Ge] 6.0

Benziger, Chardonnay [uS] 9.0

St. Francis, Chardonnay [uS] 8.0

Celebrity, Chardonnay [uS] 9.0

Wente, Chardonnay [uS] 8.5

Il Borro, Chardonnay [it] 9.5

So'n Right, Sauvign. Blanc [south Africa] 6.5

Babich, Sauvignon Blanc [NZ] 8.5

So'n Right, Sauvign. Blanc [sA] 6.5

Cakebread, Sauvign. Blanc [uS] 10

Fantinel, Pinot Grigio [italy] 7.0

Corte Giara, Pinot Grigio [it] 7.0

Bollino, Pinot Grigio [it] 7.5

 

(Red:)

Tenuta di Nozzole, Chianti [it.] 8.5

Antinori, Chianti Classico [it] 9.5

Heron's Nest, Cabernet Sauv/Pinotage [sA] 5.5

Kendall Jackson, Pinot Noir [uS] 8.0

Grove Mill, Pinot Noir [New Zealand] 11.0

Wente, Cabernet Sauvignon [uS] 7.5

Celebrity, Cabernet Sauvign [uS] 9.0

Heritage, Cabernet Sauvign [uS] 7.5

Pian de Nova, Cabernet Sau [it] 10.5

Bodegas Renacer, Malbec [Argentina] 6.0

Antinori, Sangiovesse [it] 12.0

Calina, Carmenere [Chile] 8.5

M de Concordia, Tempranillo [spain] 6.5

Peter Lehmann, Shiraz [Australia] 8.0

Fantinel, Merlot [it] 7.0

Rutherford, Merlot [uS] 8.0

Fonseca, Port [Portugal] 7.0

Warre's 1982, Port [Portugal] 11.0

Dry Sack, Sherry 6.0

Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry [England] 6.0

Tio Pepe, Sherry [sp] 6.0

 

(Brandy, including Cognac:)

Courvoisier VS, Cognac [Fr] 7.0

Courvoisier VSOP, Cognac [Fr] 8.5

Carlos I, Brandy [sp] 7.0

Lepanto, Brandy [sp] 9.5

Armagnac Cles de Ducs VSOP, Brandy [Fr] 6

Armagnac Cles de Ducs XO, Brandy [Fr] 9.0

 

(Sake:)

Hana Lychee Sake [uS] 7.0

Hana Fuji Apple Sake [uS] 7.0

Black and Gold [Japan] 6.0

 

(Rose'/Blush:)

Colombo, Rose' de Provence [Fr] 6.5

Beringer, White Zinfandel [uS] 5.5

Tenuta Guada al Tasso, Scalabrone [it] 7.0

 

(Sparkling [champagne, etc.] - 5:)

Domaine Chandon, Brut [uS] 8.5

Celebrity, Brut [Fr] 8.0

Domaine Carneros, Brut [uS] 9.0

Fantinel Prosecco, Spumante [it] 7.0

Montesina, Spumante [it] 10.5

[librarylady19]

Not sure if this applies to wine & liqueurs, but we found on Equinox that the ship did not always have the beers that were listed on the various bar menus. We were introduced to the ship's Beverage Mgr.(a very nice gentleman from France) by Lois R. and he explained that their offerings are dependent on what they can pick up when they resupply in port. Equinox had just arrived from Europe at the time (Nov. 2010) and had not had the opportunity to fully restock in the US yet. There was enough selection to satsify my DH who is a "beer snob" and of course they had your standards (Bud, Stella, Heinekin, etc.) but some of the craft beers were not available.

[lawgeek]

Hello, fellow cruisers!

 

Not long ago, a CruiseCritic member ("ottawapuppy"/Mike), who had cruised on the Solstice in 2010, did all of us huge favor by providing a link to a site where he has 37 pages full of photos of Solstice bar menus:

==> http://schplinky.smugmug.com/Solstice-2010/Bar-Menus/12454637_Aaaum#891894624_SCNbe

It took a while, but I manually copied (into a MS Word document) almost all of the wines and liqueurs listed as available by the glass at various bars aboard the Solstice. [The list is at the bottom of this message.]

 

I hope to be aboard -- not the Solstice, but the Equinox -- later this year. The purpose of this thread of mine, therefore, is to ask those of you who have sailed aboard the Equinox to let me know if all the Solstice-menu wine/liqueur items are also available on the Equinox.

 

Before I get to the main list, I want to isolate a small group and ask a question about it. I'm referring to the liqueurs. According to the site linked above, the following are available at least at Michael's Club: Extase XO 12.0 ... Benedictine 6.0 ... Drambuie 6.0 ... Sambuca 7.0 ...

Massenez Framboise 10.0 ... Massenez Kirsch 10.0 ... and Massenez Poire 10.0. (By the way, the numbers after the items' names are the prices.)

My question is this: Which of the following are also available "straight" (i.e., not in a cocktail): Frangelico ... Cointreau ... Curacao ... Grand Marnier ... Bailey's Irish Cream ... Disaronno [Amaretto] ... Southern Comfort ... Anisette ... Ouzo ... Pernod ... Midori.

 

Thanks, in advance, for your replies to the questions, above and below! Please add any other comments that you'd like to make! [Today, I hope to start several separate threads -- similar to this one, but for other categories of beverages -- instead of lumping everything into one thread. I think that lumping together everything would be overwhelming, and few people would want to look at it. Please help me on the other threads too, if you can!]

 

 

Here now is the list of the Solstice menus' wines available by the glass. Are all of these available on the Equinox too?

 

(White:)

Paul Jaboulet, Viognier [France] 5.5

Roux, Pouilly-Fuisse [Fr] 9.0

Michel Redde, Pouilly-Fume [Fr] 8.5

Selbach, Riesling [Germany] 6.0

Essence, Riesling [Ge] 6.0

SA Prum, Riesling [Ge] 6.0

Benziger, Chardonnay [uS] 9.0

St. Francis, Chardonnay [uS] 8.0

Celebrity, Chardonnay [uS] 9.0

Wente, Chardonnay [uS] 8.5

Il Borro, Chardonnay [it] 9.5

So'n Right, Sauvign. Blanc [south Africa] 6.5

Babich, Sauvignon Blanc [NZ] 8.5

So'n Right, Sauvign. Blanc [sA] 6.5

Cakebread, Sauvign. Blanc [uS] 10

Fantinel, Pinot Grigio [italy] 7.0

Corte Giara, Pinot Grigio [it] 7.0

Bollino, Pinot Grigio [it] 7.5

 

(Red:)

Tenuta di Nozzole, Chianti [it.] 8.5

Antinori, Chianti Classico [it] 9.5

Heron's Nest, Cabernet Sauv/Pinotage [sA] 5.5

Kendall Jackson, Pinot Noir [uS] 8.0

Grove Mill, Pinot Noir [New Zealand] 11.0

Wente, Cabernet Sauvignon [uS] 7.5

Celebrity, Cabernet Sauvign [uS] 9.0

Heritage, Cabernet Sauvign [uS] 7.5

Pian de Nova, Cabernet Sau [it] 10.5

Bodegas Renacer, Malbec [Argentina] 6.0

Antinori, Sangiovesse [it] 12.0

Calina, Carmenere [Chile] 8.5

M de Concordia, Tempranillo [spain] 6.5

Peter Lehmann, Shiraz [Australia] 8.0

Fantinel, Merlot [it] 7.0

Rutherford, Merlot [uS] 8.0

Fonseca, Port [Portugal] 7.0

Warre's 1982, Port [Portugal] 11.0

Dry Sack, Sherry 6.0

Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry [England] 6.0

Tio Pepe, Sherry [sp] 6.0

 

(Brandy, including Cognac:)

Courvoisier VS, Cognac [Fr] 7.0

Courvoisier VSOP, Cognac [Fr] 8.5

Carlos I, Brandy [sp] 7.0

Lepanto, Brandy [sp] 9.5

Armagnac Cles de Ducs VSOP, Brandy [Fr] 6

Armagnac Cles de Ducs XO, Brandy [Fr] 9.0

 

(Sake:)

Hana Lychee Sake [uS] 7.0

Hana Fuji Apple Sake [uS] 7.0

Black and Gold [Japan] 6.0

 

(Rose'/Blush:)

Colombo, Rose' de Provence [Fr] 6.5

Beringer, White Zinfandel [uS] 5.5

Tenuta Guada al Tasso, Scalabrone [it] 7.0

 

(Sparkling [champagne, etc.] - 5:)

Domaine Chandon, Brut [uS] 8.5

Celebrity, Brut [Fr] 8.0

Domaine Carneros, Brut [uS] 9.0

Fantinel Prosecco, Spumante [it] 7.0

Montesina, Spumante [it] 10.5

 

I can't comment on the entire spectrum of this broad question, but can confirm that Ouzo is available, as well as Sambucca as I imbibed in both. i also recall seeing most of the apertifs listed at one time or another.

 

As to the wines listed, I believe they may vary depending on the cruise due to availability. For example: We were treated to a nice Nickel & Nickel Pinot Noir for $11, which was available at all dining facilities and some bars. The only New Zeland PN was less expensive than listed (I recall an $8.50 tag), but i do not recall the winery. I stcuk with the Antinori Sangiovese for almost every meal as it was perfect for my taste.

 

Also, beers could vary from bar to bar as far of availability. One bartender blamed this on package users as they could not keep up supply with demand. I felt it a smarmy comment given that he knew I had a premium package.

[jg51]

Thank you, "librarylady19" and "lawgeek." ;)

[jg51]

For those of you who have asked about this ...

Here is a set of links to all six threads in the series -- showing lists of the various kinds of beverages, from 2010 menus aboard the Solstice:

 

Coffees and Teas at Cafe al Bacio and the Lawn Club:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1225556

 

Non-Alcoholic Beverages (other than Coffee/Tee):

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1225616

 

Wines and Liqueurs served by the glass:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1225629

 

Beer/Ale/Stout/Cider:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1225642

 

Martinis at Martini Bar and Ensemble Lounge:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1225667

 

Miscellaneous Cocktails (Mixed Drinks):

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1225692