corkage

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Some restaurants base corkage on the market value of the wine brought in.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024

Napa Valley’s French Laundry charges a $150 corkage fee just for the privilege of bringing in your own wine into the eatery.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022

Diners can buy bottles off the shelf at retail prices, take them home or pay a $10 corkage fee to drink them in the restaurant.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021

The restaurant does not serve alcohol, but there are no corkage fees and the wait staff is happy to put bottles of wine on ice.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2019

Dunn went gayly along in this jesting fashion while he emptied the hamper of its contents, displaying along the dresser a goodly line of bottles, whose shape and corkage guaranteed their excellence.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James