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
Buy a bottle and it’s just a $10 corkage charge.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 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
As for the dentist, he collects the fixed charge for stumpage and corkage and one thing and another and you come away with a feeling in the side of your jaw like a vacant lot.
From Cobb's Anatomy by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
