Gratuity on table wine?

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I agree with Brittany that if they're just putting the bottles out there, you should tip the bartenders for their time, not for the amount of the wine bill (especially since they're esientially just placing them on the tables and that's it).

My venue charges an automatic 15% gratuity on all food and beverage purchase... If you are providing your own liquor, and the wine is not being served at all by the servers, then I would just add a little bit to their regular tip for service, for placing and removing the bottles (if they are doing so).

View quoted message Then again like others have suggested just tip a percentage of the entire bill.

They are charging 1.6x the price of the wine

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So let me clarify, our venue does not provide food or decor. It is a building with a bar essentially. I am already tipping the food people 20% as per our contract. The venue itself does not have a policy on tipping. I do plan to tip on the service for the toonie bar but essentially they are just setting the open bottles on the tables. (They might come around a do refills but I’m unsure) but tipping an extra 100 dollars on top of 500 dollars worth of table wine seems a bit much to me or am I wrong?
Thanks guys!

If your venue is providing your wine. then you don't need to do a separate tip for it. just the tip that you would be giving your hall.

I would honestly just look at it as a blanket gratuity on your total venue bill. Ours will include wine, food, bar, etc so we are doing one gratuity that will cover everything. It’s easiest for us and it’s what the venue already includes in the contract (so check yours because most venues with food and bar already include this now).

I think you may be over complicating things. Most venues charge a % of the final bill as a gratuity (I’ve seen a range of 15%-18%). I would just do something similar. Decide on a % and just pay that on the entire bill.

View quoted message We’re choosing the table wine this week, There’s a mark up of 1.6 so it depends on how many bottles but I get to decide that so I’ll have a rough idea.

I don't think you need to tip on the table wine. Whatever you tip your venue at the end of the night for the servers should be suffice. Do you already know what your total bill will be or does this vary on the amount of table wine consumed?