The corkage fee covers the privilege of drinking your own wine on the premises and helps offset the restaurant’s costs of doing so. Some establishments even waive or reduce the corkage fee on slower nights. There’s a trick to drinking crazy good wine at restaurants without it costing a fortune. They’ll usually charge you a corkage fee of about $15 to $30 but it’s well worth it. Score: 90NV Veuve Clicquot Brut Champagne, France (LCBO 389056 $40.35/375mL bottle, LCBO 563338 $70.60/750mL bottle in store and online)Far too often, Champagne is considered just a celebratory sipper.

Source: thestar September 24, 2016 12:00 UTC