I was at a wedding venue yesterday. Wedding breakfast had finished, very very behind schedule, we were being ushered out so the room could be set up for the evening event.
There was loads of wine leftover from the lunch, many bottles unopened. I spoke to father of bride and advised that the wines were taken from the room and popped in the ante room for the day guests and evening guests to continue enjoying.
(At my wedding a few years ago, the different hotel cleared the unfinished wine in similar circumstances and it was never seen again, despite being fully paid for. I can only assume the bottles were put back into stock and sold again 😲)
I was chatting to another guest who'd just arrived for the evening party and explaining the situation and she grabbed an unopened bottle of rosé and said that'd be good for when she and partner return to hotel room later that night.
AIBU to think this was not acceptable? That wine was for all the wedding guests, not for someone to squirrel away for drinking later alone?
(BTW, the FOB didn't get the wine moved across and when I spoke to him at the end of evening, he'd got no idea whether venue had any plans to pass it on to the happy couple. Haven't spoken to anyone about it today)