THE RED WINE INCIDENT

Last night we went to Max Court for dinner. As G was finishing his glass of wine, he suddenly made a face and spit something back into his glass; he'd gotten a mouth full of sediment. It was clinging to the side of the glass, a wet, plum-colored mass. G called the waiter over and pointed it out and asked him to open a fresh bottle for his second glass of wine. The waiter apologized and brought him another glass of wine. Now, we always get the same wine there, and we both agreed it tasted a litte tangy, but we don't know enough about wine (well, I don't know anything about wine) to be able to tell if it's actually bad or not. So I got a second glass and mine tasted much better too.

So at the end of the meal we get the bill and notice he'd charged us for all four glasses of wine. I called the waiter over and asked if he'd take the first two glasses off the bill since the wine had been bad (we at least shouldn't have been charged for G's sand-filled wine, but I decided to try and get mine off the bill too while I was at it). So the waiter said sure and walked off. Then he comes back to the table and said his boss said no, that it wasn't uncommon to have wine with sediment at the bottom, and if it was bad we should have said something before we drank it. Then he offered us free dessert. How do you know if your wine has a mouthful of sediment at the bottom until you get to the bottom of it!?! I have never, ever gone out to dinner and found sediment in my wine. A quick Google search for "wine sediment" turned this up. So, it doesn't mean the wine is bad, but it still shouldn't end up in the glass.

In conclusion, I'm thoroughly irritated that the "boss" at Max Court did not take G's wine off the bill. Although sediment in wine does not mean it's bad, a customer should not get a mouthful of sediment in their glass of wine, regardless of whether it happens during the first sip or the last. Jerk!

I'm getting two wisdom teeth out today. I have one hour left to eat and drink before the procedure, so I'm stuffing my face. I get really bitchy and spacy and light-headed when I don't eat, so I hope this will hold me over. I'm ready for a weekend of books, movies, and painkillers.