I’ve just commented on a thread I started asking for wine recommendations. Rather than asking the question on there, thought I’d start a new thread with a more specific title
I recall a discussion on this with a group of friends a while back and there were mixed, but fairly strong views.
I have no strong feelings about this either way, just interested in your thoughts:
If oeople come for a meal at your home and bring wine, do you always serve or at least offer it, or do you serve what you have bought yourself? (let’s assume that the wine guests have brought goes with the food you are serving).
Some of the people discussing it felt it rude to serve the wine brought, as it looks like you haven’t provided enough yourself. Plus it’s awkward if it’s not nice. Others feel offended if the wine they take isn’t offered as they often spend more on wine to take somewhere than they would at home. As said, makes no difference to me either way. Sometimes we don’t use the wine brought if we have matched wine to the food, which is what happened at the meal at someone else’s recently. Didn’t bother me at all, we were kept well watered! But if people want wine before or after the meal I’ll offer what they’ve brought or alternatives that we have available.
Appreciate it’s a first world problem, asking purely out of interest.