corkage
Example Sentences
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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
I have seen some restaurants that have zero dollar corkage fee.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2016
If ladies carry their own wine from the steamer to a lodging-house, and drink it there, or offer it to their friends, they are charged "corkage."
From Manners and Social Usages by Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
