Wine Menu/Selections at Dinners

I'll be on my first Princess (Emerald) cruise next week and was wondering what the situation is re wines or wine menus at the MDR dinners. Am I to presume dinner and wine selections are the same or similar to any nice restaurant making available a fair amount to choose from? I'm absolutely not a connoisseur -- a house red is often fine with me -- but was just wondering how extensive their wine list is, and would our server(s) be knowledgeable enough to recommend same (or heck, even if there's a sommelier at hand -- not that I'd know what to do with HIM, really).

Beyond that, if things get confusing and/or I get impatient, am I at liberty to simply order a martini or an Old Fashioned?

Thirsting for your knowledge,

Chunder Worthy(ington), III

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aka, Mike

I'll be on my first Princess (Emerald) cruise next week and was wondering what the situation is re wines or wine menus at the MDR dinners. Am I to presume dinner and wine selections are the same or similar to any nice restaurant making available a fair amount to choose from? I'm absolutely not a connoisseur -- a house red is often fine with me -- but was just wondering how extensive their wine list is, and would our server(s) be knowledgeable enough to recommend same (or heck, even if there's a sommelier at hand -- not that I'd know what to do with HIM, really).

 

Beyond that, if things get confusing and/or I get impatient, am I at liberty to simply order a martini or an Old Fashioned?

 

Thirsting for your knowledge,

 

Chunder Worthy(ington), III

Order of the Blue Card

(At Your Service)

 

aka, Mike

Mike...here's the most recent list I've seen posted from 9/14 by "IECalCruiser" and it appears to be what was available in the dining room on the Regal in April. Vines & some bars may have additional choices but this is what you could expect to have in the MDR.

2014 Wine List

We just disembarked the Crown yesterday and there was a newer wine list dated September 2014. There were maybe 10% changes and a lot of $1 to $4 price increases.

MAITRE’D SPECIALS

Off the List

Burgundy, Macon-Villages Laboure-Roi (Burgundy, FR) $34

Chardonnay, Simi (Sonoma, CA) $42

Pinot Gris, Adelsheim (Willamette Valley, OR) $42

Simi, Reserve (Alexander Valley, CA) $80

Mount Veeder, Reserve (Napa Valley, CA) $85

Premium sparking

Martini & Rossi Asti Spumante (Asti, IT) $27

Korbel Brut (CA) $27

Korbel Brut Rose (CA) $28

Villa Sandl Prosecco (Veneto, IT) $32

Domaine Chandon Brut Cuvee (Napa Valley, CA) $38

Schramsberg Mirabelle Brut Rose (North Coast, CA) $48

Dessert wine

Errazuriz Sauvignon Blanc (Valle de Casablanca, Chile) $21

WHITE WINE

Sauvignon Blanc

Blackstone (CA) $28

Pouilly-Fume, Domaine Mollet-Maudry (Tracy-sur-loire, FR) $35

Sancerre, Roc de L’abbaya Domaine Molly-Maudry (FR) $44

Nobilo Regional Collection (Marlborough, NZ) $34

Puerto Viejo (Maule Valley, Chile) $27

Silverado Miller Ranch (Napa Valley, CA) $45

Riesling

Hogue (Columbia Valley, WA) $26

Jekel (Monterrey, CA) $29

Deinhard (Mosel, Germany) $28

Pinot Grigio

Danzante (La Venezie, IT) $32

Estancia (CA) $38

Adeisheim (Wilamette Valley, OR) $42

Blush/Rose

Les Fumees Blanches (Cotes de Gascogne, FR) $30

Woodbridge White Zinfandel (CA) $28

Chardonnay

Greystone Cellars, CIA (CA) $30

Chablis, Les Ecurles Seugbeyrue de Tanley (Chablis, FR) $36

Chamisel Stainless (Central Coast, CA) $39

Clos du Bois (North Coast, CA) $34

Deakin Estate (Victoria, AUS) $29

Fetzer sundial (CA) $28

Chateau Chaintre Macon (Maconnais, FR) $34

Hayes Ranch (CA) $29

Puerto Viejo (Moule Valley, Chile) $27

Robert Mondavi Private Select (CA) $32

Silverado (Carneros, CA) $45

Simi (Sonoma, CA) $42

Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi (CA) $28

Assorted Whites from the Old World & New World

Anthilla Donnafugata (Sicilia, IT) $36

Coppo Gavi La Rocca (Monterotondo di Gavi, IT) $34

Ruffino Orvieto Classico (Umbria, IT) $29

Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc Viagnier (Napa Valley, CA) $34

Hogue Gewurztraminer (Columbia Valley, WA) $29

Rex-Goliath Moscato (CA) $28

RED WINE

Pinot Noir

Estancia Pinnacles Ranches (Monterrey, CA) $34

Gevrey-Chambertin, Laboure-roi (Cote-de-Nuits, FR) $49

Robert Mondavi Private Selection (CA) $32

Wild Horse (Central Coast, CA) $40

Patz & Hall (Sonoma Coast, CA) $59

Merlot

Ancient Peaks (Paso Robles, CA) $36

Danzante (Le Venezie, IT) $34

Fetzer Single Peak(CA) $29

Hogue Genesis (Columbia Valley, WA) $29

Oberon (Napa Valley, CA) $40

Puerto Viejo (Curico Valley, Chile) $27

Robert Mondavi Private Selection (CA) $32

Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi (CA) $28

Tangley Oaks (Napa Valley, CA) $98

Cabernet Sauvignon

Greystone Cellars, CIA (CA) $30

Clos du Bois (North Coast, CA) $34

Robert Mondavi Private Selection (CA) $31

Deakin Estate (Victoria, AUS) $32

Don Maximiano (Valle de Aconcagua) $99

Errazuita (Valle de Aconcagua) $29

Hogue Genesis (Columbia Valley, WA) $32

Pacific Bay (Mendocino County, CA) $29

Pine Ridge (Napa Valley, CA) $79

Puerto Viejo (Curico Valley, Chile) $27

Robert Mondavi Reserve (Napa Valley, CA) $135

Sanctuary (Napa Valley, CA) $58

Silverado (Napa Valley, CA) $65

Simi Landslide (Alexander Valley, CA) $48

Wente Southern Hills (Livermore, CA) $30

Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi (CA) $28

Sangiovese

Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi Chianti bastiglioni (Toscana, IT) $32

Ruffino Chianti Classico Riserva (Toscana, IT) $42

Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi Rosso di Montalcino (Toscana, IT) $49

Silverado (Napa Valley, CA) $46

Malbec

Decero (Mendoza, Argentina) $34

Diseno (Mendoza, Argentina) $29

Petite Sirah

Spellbound (CA) $38

Shiraz

Katnook Estate (Coonawarra, AUS) $32

Mcpherson (South Eastern Australia) $34

Zinfandel

Seghesio (Sonoma County, CA) $39

Sextant (Central Coast, CA) $34

Zen of Zin (CA) $29

Corvina

Zeni Amarone Dello Valpolicella Classico (Valpolicella, IT) $59

Zeni Valpolicella (Venezia, IT) $28

Nebbiolo

Giordano Barolo Tradizione (Piemonte, IT) $45

Carmenere

Tributo Caliterra (Valle de Colchagua, Chile) $35

Garnacha

Artazui (Navarra, Spain) $34

Palacios Remondo La Montesa (Rioja, Spain) $36

Red Blends

Estancia Meritage Reserve $39

Mondavi-Rothschild Opus One (Napa Valley, CA) $169

Overture (Napa Valley, CA) $109

Vail Ilach Embruix (Priorat, Spain) $44

Red Bordeaux Blends

Chateau Montcabrier Cotes de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, FR) $34

Phillippe de Rothschild Mouton-Cadet (Bordeaux, FR) $29

Red Rhone Blends

Domaine du Vieux Lazaret Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Val de Rhone, FR) $38

De Aureo Spirito Cotes-du-Rhone (Val de Rhone, FR) $34

Super-Tuscan

Luce Della Vite (Montalcino-Toscana, IT) $115

Tenuta Dell’ornellaia (Bogheri-Toscana, IT) $240

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=45580692&postcount=1

Thanks for taking the time to provide that, AF -- that's very helpful. -- Mike

No Sommelier's anymore but many waiters can make suggestions. The DR's will have a number of the less expensive wines on the list available by the glass. All beverages including wine by the bottle or glass have a 15% gratuity added. If you don't finish a bottle, you can have your waiter store it for the next night. Your waiter the next night can retrieve your partial bottle even if you eat at a different restaurant. You can also order a wide variety of cocktails if you prefer. Enjoy you first Princess cruise Mike!

Thanks IECC (I'm a fellow Left Coaster too BTW). I esp like the partial bottle information -- which I'd actually heard on several occasions (but cramming w/all these questions over the last two months, some things I've forgotten). All in all it sounds very flexible and even stately. OK, let's get on this darn ship now; I think I've asked every question I could have possibly, uh, thunk (haha). - Mike

Thanks IECC (I'm a fellow Left Coaster too BTW). I esp like the partial bottle information -- which I'd actually heard on several occasions (but cramming w/all these questions over the last two months, some things I've forgotten). All in all it sounds very flexible and even stately. OK, let's get on this darn ship now; I think I've asked every question I could have possibly, uh, thunk (haha). - Mike