Wine service can be studied and formal without stumbling into boorish and stodgy. Corton’s genuinely warm and friendly waitstaff and sommeliers stay on their toes and set the tone, knowing just when to step in and lend a helping hand as you pour over the lengthy wine list.
Pocketbook friendly wines abound on a list of otherwise stratospheric price points. See the clever “country wines” section. Or break the bank selecting from the A-list. And while any restaurant named Corton has got to love their Burgundy, selections from other top regions cater to the wine omnivore in all of us.