Michigan By The Bottle Tasting Room-Royal Oak — Restaurant in Royal Oak

Went for a wine makers dinner and was only allowed to buy wine from one wine maker. Couldn't buy a glass from bottles that we're on the wall, that they sell by the glass any other day. Irritating.

---In regards to your response below, while I certainly understand that the package I paid for was going to be food paired with the featured wines, I did not actually go to their winery. I went to your establishment that serves 40+ wines. I expected to be able to order from the selection you have in house when ordering additional drinks beyond the basic package. Were I to go to any winery in Michigan, I'm sure they wouldn't tell me that they wouldn't sell me particular wines that they have on hand and normally sell.

I used to run a bar and many times would work with both beer and liquor companies that would do substantial spends with our bar to promote their brand. This usually would express itself in the form of specials (read low prices) on whatever was being promoted, paid for by the promoting company. Never in my long tenure as general manager would I have refused a paying customer wanting a competitors product instead of what we were promoting that day. The low prices encouraged but didn't force your choice.

You mentioned respecting the wine maker who drove to present his wines but what of respecting the actual customer who paid to be there. It would be different if the winery in question was buying the drinks for me (beggars can't be choosers) but that's not the case here. Did this winery pay you to not sell others products that day? Because I certainly paid you for the dinner and drinks package and find it silly to not be sold something that is clearly in house. Not to mention, I was told by our server that I could purchase a non-featured bottle to take home just not a glass while on site. I'm not sure how that respects your featured winery when I can still buy a competitor's bottle.

Obviously you can enact any policy you want for your functions but removing choice from a customer isn't one that I would recommend.

P.S. I did enjoy the food and the wine wasn't bad. The policy is what I...

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