corkage

Example Sentences

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The Hawksmoor chain of steakhouses offers free corkage on quiet midweek nights.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024

Napa Valley’s French Laundry charges a $150 corkage fee just for the privilege of bringing in your own wine into the eatery.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022

Buy a bottle and it’s just a $10 corkage charge.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021

All-Purpose Pizza charges a $25 corkage fee per bottle — and has no limit on the number.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

If ladies carry their own wine from the steamer to a lodging-house, and drink it there, or offer it to their friends, they are charged "corkage."

From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.