Sharing wine with tablemates?

[Mister Conch]

I agree with the majority 4oh5, play it by ear after meeting your tablemates. Bring a varied selection of wines from your stash, if you have it stashed, you must like it.:)

 

And I agree with you, too, there are very nice helpful people here with a wealth of information to share. Enjoy your cruise!!! Let us know how you made out.:D

 

I personally have shared wine with the lovely Mrs. Newt, one of my most enjoyable and memorable moments of my last cruise, on our mutual anniversary. She is a treasure, and I hope to share wine with her again one day.:)

[Cruise Arizona]

No obligation to share your wine, but wine does have social context all its own, differentiating it from other type of alcohol. (to answer flaggers question).

 

Very often in sharing a wine with others you are sharing something personal about yourself. Maybe its was the trip you took to Rome when you first discovered a particular veriatal of wine which immediately became your favorite.

 

Maybe it is the particular wine you bought to have when you sold your house that had been on the market for a year.

 

Or maybe it was the wine you had on your first date with your DH.

 

Wine lovers see wine as so much more than a beverage, it is a passion.

So we sometimes feel compelled to share that passion with others if they are interested.

 

That is where the whole idea of sharing wine comes from, but on our Merc. cruise with a table of 6, we all got our own drinks each night and never shared except for maybe a sip now and then.

 

On our last Infinity Cruise we had the kidsters with us, (We actually paid for them as the 3rd and 4th persons, and didn't smuggle them on in our luggage like NEWT. ) So we had a table for 4, but much like NEWT, I brought a suitcase full of local AZ wine as a novelty to share with CC member and new friends onboard. If we had had table mates who enjoyed wine we would have also shared with them, but since we had a table for 4 with the kidsters, we had wine and chees in our cabin in the after noons with friends.

 

So, Sometimes, it is nice to share, if you feel so compelled. Maybe, you could have one special (or unspecial) bottle designated as your "to share bottle"

 

So in summary, if you havn't already gone to sleep so you'll be ready for your departure, Enjoy the wine that is special for the two of you, but if you want to share a partilcular wine, with a particular story behind it, you might designate that one ahead of time and mention it to your table mates to see if there is an interest. IE..."I brought a few bottles of wine, just for the two of us, but I have one particular bottle of Arizona Dry Reisling that my wife and I enjoyed two years ago when we moved into our house. We'll bring that along on the first formal night and if you'd like to try it let us know."

 

 

Happy Cruising.

[usha]

We never share wine with Mr. & Mrs. Flagger, either. :p

What would be the point? :confused:

They don't share sh*t. :rolleyes:

Hope this helps. :D

[thenewkid]

Sharing wine on a cruise can be a good way to make new friends and also very educational. I tasted some Australian wines brought from our tablemates' home, which I might never have tried otherwise. They were wonderful!!:D :D

[drfun48]

Why would you? Do you share your tequila shots or Martinis?

I agree Flagger...the next thing they'll be asking you to share is your balcony,casino chips,or wife.Wines not that expensive. My wife and I comfortably finish a bottle between us.Cutting that amount would leave me less than satiated

[emptynest1]

Flagger, Flagger, Flagger, when are you going to learn how to play with everyone else? You sound like a spoiled 5 year old with an arm full of toys saying NO! you can't play with this.:eek:

Sharing can be fun, especially when you have a nice wine from somewhere special. I know this may sound foreign to you, but I enjoy sharing.

[Happy ks]

DH and I have offered to share when it is a small party, but I think we would not do this when seated at a table of 8-10 adults. Especially if we don't know them prior to the cruise. Of course, we have shared a bottle of champagne the last night a couple of times, after getting to know the people, with others ordering a second bottle after that.

 

I don't know about most of you, but I'll drink a glass before dinner is served and another glass with dinner. If sharing with a table, that would mean 2-4 bottles, not just one. Our budget just doesn't stretch quite that far.

[boten]

Sharing, not sharing, who cares? I know where NEWT lives!

[psychboss]

What is the corkage fee?

[canderson]

What is the corkage fee?

$15.

[kryos]

If you are so inclined, offer to share the first night. For those who take you up on the offer, see if they reciprocate by purchasing a bottle for the table on the next evening. If not, then I certainly wouldn't share future bottles with them.

 

Sharing is a two-way street. If your tablemates prefer not to get involved in the practice, then they will politely refuse your offer to share. If they take you up on it, however, then they really should reciprocate the following night. If they don't, then the odds are they are just cheap and then I wouldn't bother offering them anymore of my wine on those subsequent nights.

 

For what it's worth, by the way ... I don't drink wine, though I've been offered a glass of wine by my tablemates on several occasions. I just politely refuse and there are never any hard feelings.

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

[Nanner]

On our HAL cruise to Hawaii we were seated at a table for 10, but two seats remained empty until the first formal night. Every formal night we were joined by the ship's doctor and his wife and the table was presented with complementary wine. As stated before, one bottle (though fair sized) of wine doesn't go far with 10 people, but of the 8 other passengers only a maximum of 4 ever drank along with the physician and his spouse.

 

Most times there was leftover wine at the end of the meal. I must admit I"m cheap on shipboard booze, and this will probably be the only way I'll ever have wine with dinner.

[kryos]

On our HAL cruise to Hawaii we were seated at a table for 10, but two seats remained empty until the first formal night. Every formal night we were joined by the ship's doctor and his wife and the table was presented with complementary wine.

I had a similar experience once on HAL. We were a table of singles and were joined by the food and beverage manager, as well as the onboard commediene, for dinner one night. Complimentary wine was provided for the table by the food and beverage manager that night. But ... that's a different situation than sharing wine with other passengers who are your tablemates, and I wouldn't feel obligated to reciprocate in the situation where a shipboard officer was providing the wine. Heck, let's get real ... he's not paying for it. :)

 

Didn't matter in my case anyway ... free wine or wine you pay for ... I don't drink it either way. :)

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita