Wine and Corkage Fee

[Carol From California]

We used to cruise on Oceania and have been cruising more on Regent lately. All wine is included on Regent. We are going on an Oceania cruise in a few weeks and I forgot how this works. If we have some wine/champagne in our cabin that was purchased by our TA, or part of being Bronze level, or part of being in a Penthouse cabin can these bottles be taken to the restaurants or is there a corkage fee?  Since this wine is not purchased off the ship is there a corkage fee to bring the wine to one of the restaurants? 

[LHT28]

No fee if purchased on the ship or via  a TA

 

[Carol From California]

57 minutes ago, LHT28 said:

No fee if purchased on the ship or via  a TA

 

Thank you! That's what I thought but wanted to be sure.

[PhD-iva]

12 hours ago, LHT28 said:

No fee if purchased on the ship or via  a TA

 

Interesting. How does the sommelier/wine steward distinguish bn bottles provided by a TA versus brought on board?

Thx!

[pinotlover]

Very few of the ship offered wines would be found off ship. For those that are, routinely very few people would buy them.

[PhD-iva]

13 minutes ago, PhD-iva said:

Interesting. How does the sommelier/wine steward distinguish bn bottles provided by a TA versus brought on board?

Thx!

Well, thinking about it a bit, I guess it would be the same process they use when buying a bottle on board. They keep track of it in their records probably.

[ak1004]

We had this on our last cruise. We asked about it, and the waiter said "well, it's a gift, we don't charge corkage fee on gifts". We actually gave our bottle to our friends as we don't drink, still no corkage fee.

[LHT28]

1 hour ago, PhD-iva said:

Interesting. How does the sommelier/wine steward distinguish bn bottles provided by a TA versus brought on board?

Thx!

I have not brought  a bottle that was available onboard  so I do not know

I am sure  they have a system & maybe  one sneaks by 

I think  a clue would be that you carry  your bottle to the dining venue 

but who knows

[happy cruzer]

What is the corkage fee now?  I assume you can still carry on a reasonable amount?  Thanks.

[Carol From California]

7 minutes ago, happy cruzer said:

What is the corkage fee now?  I assume you can still carry on a reasonable amount?  Thanks.

On the Oceania website it states you can bring 6 bottles of wine onboard and drink them in your cabin. You can pay $25 per bottle corkage fee to drink them in one of the restaurants. 

[pinotlover]

8 minutes ago, happy cruzer said:

What is the corkage fee now?  I assume you can still carry on a reasonable amount?  Thanks.

$25/ bottle regardless of bottle size.