These are the strangest drink requests sommeliers get, part two
Sure, you always just order a wine from the sommelier. You drink it from a glass. And you thought that was normal. It is, actually. But sommeliers also get very different drink requests, and these are the strangest ones.
Bram Faber, sommelier Wijncafé Lefebvre
“Asking the employees at a wine bar: “Do you also have good wine?” No ma’am, only sweet white wine with ice…”
Julian Cleton, sommelier Wijnbar VinVin
“Someone recently ordered ‘a double rosé’. As if it were whisky.”
Laurence Reintjens, freelance sommelier
“Ordering the most expensive champagne on the menu and then mixing it with Diet Coke.”
Wouter van Essen, sommelier Wijn- en Eetbar Most
“Asking for a chai latte at a wine bar at eleven o’clock at night.”
Ivar Roerink, sommelier Wijnbar Nic & ik
“Whether I could top up half a glass of white wine with Pellegrino...”
Ruth Engels, sommelier INK Hotel Amsterdam
“Ordering a very exclusive and beautiful red Bordeaux and then mixing it with Diet Coke. Ouch.”
Sabas Joosten, sommelier De Librije
“The request for mulled wine. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but in a restaurant?”
Dennis Blaaser, sommelier Le Hollandais
“At a table of six guests, during a five-course dinner with matching wines, while we’re serving the main course: ‘could you do a round of mezcal in between?’”
Maaike Kauffman, sommelier Héroine
“Guests who ordered a separate bottle of Coke, along with a glass filled with ice cubes. They then poured this into their wine. An extremely expensive bottle of Pétrus…”
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