How to Use corkage in a Sentence

corkage

noun

• Guests at the restaurants can bring in their own wine and are charged a $10 corkage fee.
  — Michelle Jenkins, idahostatesman, 2 June 2018
• Grab a bottle to take home or, with a corkage fee, enjoy it at the shop.
  — Sunset Staff, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Perhaps set corkage at the median price on the wine list.
  — Rob Arnott, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2021
• At Higher Gravity, guests can drink any of the beers on the shelves inside the bar for a small corkage fee or take it home with them.
  — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 24 Jan. 2020
• The Wine Market also sells bottles to go, with no corkage fee.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2017
• The idea is that people would be able to bring their own bottles of wine to a restaurant, which would then charge a corkage fee to open the bottles.
  — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 31 Jan. 2018
• If wine is your poison of choice, then look for places with corkage, which is different to B.Y.O.B.
  — Clare Finney, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2023
• The restaurant or bar can also charge a corkage fee for this service — but is not required to do so.
  — Kathy Stephenson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021
• Grab a bottle to go, or pay a $10 corkage to stay, and slowly sip while eating Florez’s fare.
  — Omar Mamoon, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2021
• Diners can also choose from the wines lining market shelves and pay a corkage fee.
  — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022
• Or grab a bottle of wine to drink (no corkage fee!) while waiting to be called into Rich Table, just next door.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2019
• In lieu of tips, patrons may donate to college programs; there’s a small corkage fee for bring-your-own beer or wine.
  — Jeanne Cooper, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2018
• And should one of the store’s many wines interest you, there’s only an $8 corkage fee to open a non-menu bottle at your table.
  — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
• The 10-seater is by reservation only and is BYOL (bring your own liquor) with a corkage fee for large bottles.
  — Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 16 Mar. 2023
• All-Purpose Pizza charges a $25 corkage fee per bottle — and has no limit on the number.
  — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2021
• On Wine Wednesdays, the corkage fee is waived for bottles purchased and consumed onsite from the restaurant’s menu or in-house wine shop.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 July 2018
• Napa Valley’s French Laundry charges a $150 corkage fee just for the privilege of bringing in your own wine into the eatery.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
• Sittnick said the restaurants’ $35 corkage policy will be waived through April to try to attract more customers.
  — Roland Li, SFChronicle.com, 13 Mar. 2020
• Dinner will be $65; a corkage fee will be $12 per bottle, with a maximum of two bottles per table.
  — AJC.com, 1 Feb. 2018
• And serious oenophiles should take note: Canard's $30 corkage is waved for bottles 15 years or older.
  — Michael Russell, OregonLive.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• Some states help the restaurateurs—but assuredly not the customers—by banning corkage.
  — Rob Arnott, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2021
• Even with restaurant corkage charges of $20 or $25 per bottle, bringing in your own wine makes sense, especially for fine wine.
  — Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 18 Feb. 2017
• Caterers usually charge a flat corkage fee based on how many guests are attending the wedding, though some will charge per bottle.
  — Daniel Bortz, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020
• Beyond sandwiches, there are shelves of local olive oil, sea salt and wine available to drink in house for an additional $15 corkage.
  — oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2022
• What started as a complaint over a $16 corkage fee for bringing gin to a hotel restaurant in Thailand has landed an American man in jail.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2020
• Luckily, Lovelayce says the new restaurant will keep the corkage fee low for anyone who misses bringing their own bottle of wine (or beer, or bourbon).
  — Michael Russell, OregonLive.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• That said, George Trois has a first-bottle-free-corkage policy (check restrictions) that will warm any wine-collector's heart.
  — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2017
• No one, including visiting tourists, pays a corkage fee.
  — Stephen Heyman, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2017
• An American man who lives in Thailand was unhappy that a resort hotel wanted to charge him a $15 corkage fee for bringing his own bottle of gin to the restaurant.
  — Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2020
• L’Avant-Garde offers corkage for $50 per bottle and, unusual for a lot of establishments, doesn’t limit the number of bottles a diner can bring to the restaurant.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024