How to Order Wine When You Know Nothing About Wine

How to Order Wine When You Know Nothing About Wine

by Angela Garbes



When I first started working as a restaurant server, I didn't know much about wine. So once, during a slow shift, I decided to educate myself. I started paging through the three-ring binder we kept behind the bar, which was filled with wine information and tasting notes. A vocabulary of wine flavors and aromas included words such as "burned," "