What is the proper way to drink water or wine at a business banquet?

What is the proper way to drink water or wine at a business banquet?

What is the proper way to drink water or wine at a business banquet? Well water will always be to the right of your water and wine glasses, and usually at the head of the knife - that's how you know where they are. So your water glass is to the far right, and it will generally have water in it at a banquet. However not all restaurants serve water unless you ask for it, in a fine restaurant they may want to ask if you want bottled water because it's another profit for them. Otherwise they will wait and not give you anything but wine. So if you would like water with your business meal be sure to ask for it. Then comes your white wine glass which sits next to your water glass, and then your red wine glass. They look different because with red wine it needs a lot larger mouth to breathe than your white wine glass does. Anytime you are drinking wine, white or red, always hold it by the stem because if you hold it by the bowl it changes the temperature of the wine and affects the flavour, both in red wine and white wine. Therefore the proper way to drink wine at a business banquet is to hold it by the stem.