It’s extremely uncommon to be served bad wine.

Avoid drinking wine in dive bars and you’ll be fine.

I have had wine that had dry cork and had oxidized. It cost $400 a bottle. The sommelier, sneering , came over tasted it, quickly removed it and apologized. This was Daniel in NYC.
In restaurants that do not serve a lot of wine from a bottle it may just have gone sour, flat, tannic.
Try to get wine from a new bottle or one that was opened that night. Ask.

Anonymous wrote:It would be much cheaper to go to Trader Joe’s or Wegmans and buy different wines to have with your meals and figure out what you like. Wine at restaurants have giant markups.

I'm curious: based on the title and the OP, what made you think the OP was concerned about wine prices?

I've had glasses I didn't love, but I've never had a corked or "gone bad" glass of wine served in a restaurant.

Anonymous wrote:Why are you trying to get your husband to drink more alcohol?

Obviously she wants to use booze as a gateway drug to get her husband hooked on the hard stuff, like marijuana.

Anonymous wrote:Why are you trying to get your husband to drink more alcohol?

Are you always this dense and annoying? She said *she* wants to drink wine. Apparently she's planning on ordering by the glass rather than by the bottle, because her husband isn't partaking. A bottle would be too much if she's the only one drinking.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, it happens quite frequently. If it seems off just send it back. It's not a big deal. We've been served entire bottles of wine that were off and they replaced them. It happens.

I drink wine all the time and it’s never happened to me.

Same. I love trying new wines when at restaurants and have never been served a bad glass. I think DH has once.

Very occasionally. If you order by the glass, a wine may not be as optimal if your glass is from a bottle that’s been opened, even if they vacuum seal it, but just go ahead and go for it. Usually it’s fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, it happens quite frequently. If it seems off just send it back. It's not a big deal. We've been served entire bottles of wine that were off and they replaced them. It happens.

I drink wine all the time, and it’s never happened to me.

+1 I'm a 54-year-old woman who has enjoyed wine with dinner for many years. I've never thought, "This is bad wine." Not once.

It would be much cheaper to go to Trader Joe’s or Wegmans and buy different wines to have with your meals and figure out what you like. Wine at restaurants have giant markups.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, it happens quite frequently. If it seems off just send it back. It's not a big deal. We've been served entire bottles of wine that were off and they replaced them. It happens.

I drink wine all the time and it’s never happened to me.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, it happens quite frequently. If it seems off just send it back. It's not a big deal. We've been served entire bottles of wine that were off and they replaced them. It happens.

Not op, but I never know what I'm looking for when the waiter or sommelier does that taste thing. Would I know for sure if it were bad rather than just not to my personal liking?

Why are you trying to get your husband to drink more alcohol?

Yeah, it happens quite frequently. If it seems off just send it back. It's not a big deal. We've been served entire bottles of wine that were off and they replaced them. It happens.

My husband dislikes wine but I’d like to get more into it. Ordering a glass or two at dinner seems to be the best way to explore. I’m just not sure how common or uncommon it is to be served bad wine by the glass in a restaurant. As in wine from a bad bottle or wine opened a few days prior and not sealed properly. Is that something you wine drinkers are on guard about?