Wine Prices / Corkage Limits

[skandls]

I am a wine person who shleps bottles on planes trains and autos for my vacations. I get rather angry with the over the top pricing of wines on the ship. I do not understand why the cruise line charges 4 or 5 time RETAIL for wines. And then they want to set limits on what you can bring even if you are going to pay corkage. I remember the no corkage days. OK so if I am willing to pay $12 for my 2-buck-chuck or my cellar aged burgundy why are you limiting me to 2 bottles.

RCCL add some decent wines - fairly priced by the bottle and glass - Maybe even a WINE BAR with Tapas?? I would love a by the glass choice that was not bottom of the barrel or out of an over sized bottle or cardboard box.

OK I may be something of a wine snob but I am getting more and more annoyed with the ever changing liquor rules and corkage fees.

[Merion_Mom]

They make no attempt to actually limit the number of bottles you bring.

[chotton]

It is also up to your waiter if you will be charged the corkage fee. On our last cruise one couple at our table brought a bottle every night and were never charged a corkage fee. They ended up adding all the corkage fees to our waiters tip.

[skandls]

OK we will bring our 6 bottles and hope they pass inspection. I just get a little angry with the over the top charges for wine. Maybe I should drink more martinis and less wine?? Good to know corkage is still spotty - we will tip when we ask the wines be stored and served 'on request'. I guess I am a spoiled Californian - so many wines so little time.

[Merion_Mom]

No, you are right. It's not JUST the outrageous prices........it's the low quality wines. You could hardly be expected to drink THAT stuff, you California wine snob, you. LOL. ;)

[critterchick]

Another wine slob, er, SNOB checking in here! The pricing on RCI is just ridiculous. I checked out the Celebrity (sister line, same corporate ownership) wine list, and they have one of our favorites, La Crema Chardonnay, for $33. On sale we pay $12.99, so that's just under 3x retail. RCI charges $38 for Rosemount Shiraz, which is $7.99 every day at Trader Joe's.

 

Hmmm. Maybe it's time to give Celebrity a try!

[Mabers]

Yet another wine "slob" here! I LOVE it! Too funny!

 

A litre and a half of Rosemount Shiraz/Cab is $9.88 at Sam's every day, but has jumped to $19.95 at grocery stores. This is what our group planned on taking with us until we checked what RCCL sells...yep, that's one of them, except theirs is a straight shiraz. Hmmmmm......ya think we could get away with saying we absolutely MUST have that cab mix in there, and it MUST be served from large bottles??

 

M.