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Bad Business and wine at Vega

November 28 2004 at 4:18 PM
L. Aymond  (no login)
from IP address 68.107.249.254

My fiance (a certified sommelier with plenty of experience) and I decided to try this restaurant recently. He decided to order a glass of the Albarino with his seafood. Unfortunately, the bottled was "corked" so my fiance asked to have another glass from a different bottle. The owner came to the table and explained that the wine was not corked and that my finace did not know what he was talking about. He explained that he personally did not like the vintage and that he thought it was "tart". My finace explained that he had had this wine before and that what he was referring to had nothing to do with the taste, but rather with a bacteria called TCA that sometimes infiltrates the wine. He refused, at first to open another bottle (even though that was the only kind he wanted with his dinner)and began a tirade of how he has been doing this for eight years. Once my finace explained that he too knows what he was doing the owner hesitantly opened another bottle all the while demeaning my finace's knowledge. I am completely aghast at the way this man treats his customers. Although our food was good and the waitress even better, we will never return to this place and suggest others do not as well. There are plenty other wonderful places in this city that have owners who really know what they are doing.

 
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