How to plan wine ordering at two *** restaurants in Germany
I'm heading to Waldhotel Sonnora and Victor's fine dining on my honeymoon in August and I'm really excited about this trip. One thing though is that due to the total cost of our trip, we probably won't afford the full wine pairings on both restaurants. We'd also very much want to start the dinner with a glass of champagne to celebrate our visit.
So what is the best way to plan our drinking for maximum enjoyment?
1-2 cheaper local bottles of Riesling at each restaurant? Splitting a wine pairing to half pours between both of us? (If allowed) A few glasses from the by the glass options? Splurging for the wine pairing in one restaurant and going full budget on the other (just one cheap bottle)?
We both like wines but are by no means connoisseurs. We also have a bit hard time explaining exactly what we like due to not being that knowledgeable about wine.
The food is absolutely the main focus of our trip. But we do like drinking wine with the food. If we had the budget we would 100% order the pairing, but it's just too big a cost after the wedding expenses and we are not expecting any large amounts of money gifts.
I'm not ashamed to tell the sommelier about our budgetary wishes if needed. I'm a chef and could just ask for something fitting a chef's budget, also giving a nod that I'm in the same industry.