Most red wines on wine lists are way too young. Properly aged bottles are rare and inordinately expensive. I never object to paying corkage, and, if it is waived, I leave an additional gratuity to make it up to the server and the wine staff. I also almost always offer a taste of my wine to the sommelier and head waiter.

Like most things in life, it’s the people who abuse the rules that end up making it difficult for the rest of us. Why base the rules on a few drunks who insist on bringing in magnums of cheap wine? Surely, there are plenty of other remedies to be used against these types of folks.

Banning outside wine will force me to order wines which are inferior to what I would normally bring or pay so much that I will need to curtail my dinners out. In either case, the result will be that I will not dine out as much in Vegas restaurants. Especially in this weak economy, I assume, most restaurants don’t want to lose their most loyal customers.