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Buy by the bottle, not the glassPosted May 12th 2006 1:09PM by Bob SassoneFiled under: Wine, Restaurants, Newspapers, Happy HourIs it weird that I've only bought a bottle of wine in a restaurant once? It was about 7 or 8 years ago. If I do buy wine at dinner, I always seem to buy it by the glass, even though I worked in restaurants for over 10 yeaers and I know that buying by the bottle is the way to go.Now the Boston Globe weighs in on the subject, and says not only is buying a bottle cheaper, the per glass price is going up. The figures they give are kind of staggering to me. About 5 years ago you could get a glass of house red or white for $4 to $6, those same glasses are now going for $10 to $15? Is that true? (I guess I'm talking about restaurants other than The Olive Garden). For example, at Vox Populi in Boston, a glass of Alisa 2002 Pinot Grigio is $8 (a good price), but an entire bottle is $28.Do you buy bottles of wine by the glass when you go out to dinner? Do you only buy glasses of wine when you're at a bar, or do you buy a bottle there too?
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