1. A pre-dinner drink glass is to be served with a cocktail napkin. In formal tray service, the glass (with or without a napkin) is considered given when the tray is offered.
2. In a commercial dining room, and at a bar, the drink glass and napkin are considered given when set center the space in front of the person who ordered it. Both items can be served by being given directly to you or directly to the person who requested it. In formal service, this practice is to be avoided.
3. At a business social party, when standing, the cocktail napkin is to be picked up and placed on your left hand between the middle and ring finger. It can be held between the index and the middle finger. It may be held be held between the index finger and the thumb. It could be placed on top of a bar or on a table. It is to be used and treated as both a napkin and a saucer. The glass is to be placed on the left palm, and held by the thumb base and the ring and pinky fingers.
Away from a bar, a napkin is to be in your hand before your stand and drink anything: The napkin is to be held under the glass without touching it. A napkin has been seen used as a sleeve and a sleeve wrapped around for a glass. – Avoid doing this.
1. When a drink is required, the glass is to be lifted by the stem by the right hand thumb, index, and middle finger. A glass can be lifted by the bowl, when it contains red wine. It may be lifted at the base, just because. The elbow is to be kept down and in, moved forward; the wrist moved upward, and the beverage is to be poured into the mouth directly from the edge of the glass.
Avoid the crane: lifting your elbow up, so high it could poke someone in the eye, in order to take a drink from a glass.
2. The cocktail straw provided with a drink is called a stirrer. It is to be used as such: only for stirring. It is then to be discarded. It can be removed and held under the glass. It may be held to the side of the glass between the index and middle fingers. It is hard to “Mac” sipping a drink from a stirrer.
3. While drinking, you can avoid slurping or guzzling by closing your upper lip between any liquid and the edge of any glass, and then pouring the liquid into your mouth. You may avoid chewing a beverage by simply swallowing small amounts of it.
4. The number of pre-dinner drinks to have is one; one drink helps make for good conversation with you. More than one drink makes for great conversation for someone else about you. All pre-dinner drinks can be “Virgin:” it is easier to say than “Non-alcoholic.”
5. The glass is to be rested on a bar, or table, atop a cocktail napkin. It can be rested and carried on the palm of the left hand. The right hand is to be kept warm and dry (as much as possible,) and free.
6. After your pre-dinner drink(s,) prepare to eat. The glass and the cocktail napkin provided are to remain in the area where each was served. Both can be set on a separate tray intended for them, on top a side table, or on a bar. This is to be done as a matter of course unless the hostess bids you to take your drink into the dining room with you. Avoid setting a used glass on an in-use buffet table.
Note: The only pre-dinner and dinner drinks for Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, and some Protestants are to be Virgin: non-alcoholic, and/or non-caffeinated. The only drink for a guest of said host when being entertained is to be the same.
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You can decide to be prepared with more than having cards. You may have handy an address to a just updated profile on a networking site, or a newly updated bio-benefit resume. You could have free tickets to an upcoming event to which you might invite someone, after an introduction.
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