The Wine Etiquette Guide – Your Defense Against Wine Snobbery

There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness, and none so profitable."

- George Bernard Shaw

“In victory you deserve champagne, in defeat you need it”

- Napoleon

Etiquette comes from the French word "etiquette" and literally means "ticket." The rules and regulations set down by the court in France were written on tickets and posted in castle courtyards for all to observe and obey.