HAL Wine List

[marienbad]

Is the HAL wine list online anywhere. Found only the gift wine list. Would be interested in any information on the Chardonnays particularly that they have available in the dining room.

[dakrewser]

The wine lists will vary somewhat from ship to ship and from sailing to sailing. But there should be some available at Cruise Clues (http://cruiseclues.com/winelists.htm) which will give you a general idea.

Most of the wines on the gift list should be available on board, though.

[MeOhMy]

One of my favorite pieces of advice from a wine merchant was to buy "cheap" wine on a cruise. The high dollar stuff especially must be kept stable until use, which is simply impossible on a cruise, so you are not getting the full benefit of the wine and spending a lot of money, especially with the extra $$$ they attach.

[juliecat]

The wine list on Oosterdam was extremely poor last month. Very few selections (2 pinot noirs). The Pinnacle has a much better selection.

[mjmagee]

I was also disappointed to see a pretty short list on the Zaandam on the May 26 cruise. The back page of the list contained a page of "end of bin" selections which our wine steward said were wines they just had a few of and wanted to get rid of (of course not discount offered!). The wine list in the Pinnacle Grill is a bit better, leans heavily to Northwest wines, which is fine. It also is a bit pricey. Marilyn