But the kicker was that he played the LP record on 45 RPMs instead of 33. Nobody said a word. We all sat there nodding and pretending to enjoy when in reality we were smoking garbage, drinking vinegar and listening to Debussy as arranged by Alvin and the Chipmunks. A little preparation goes a long way. Christian H. Winslow, a senior marketing manager with Andersen Consulting in Chicago, has the restaurant fax him the wine list the day before.
Some restaurants even have their wine lists on the Internet.
All of this helps, no matter how much you know. If you order the cheapest wine on the list and you're paying, people will notice. If you order the most expensive wine on the list and someone else is paying, they're most certainly going to notice. When the wine list came I asked him to please order a wine that he would like. The wine came and was unbelievably delicious.