Is 1) get to take responsibility for the cork opening if it’s an older wine, and 2) smell the bouquet in the very unlikely event a wine is corked. Once I took an Haut Brion to one of my favourite restaurants and did not pre-decant. It was corked. Of course I made the joke to the server “may I please
I did a 2000 tasting on a double date last Friday and they are starting to drink well. My mistake was not pre-decanting before arriving at the restaurant. Next time...