As you board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship there is one important decision you must make almost immediately: do you want the Wine & Dine Package? Essentially, you pay a set amount up front and are allowed to choose bottles from a pre-set list of wines. We purchased the 7 bottle Diamond Package which meant we had a bottle every night with dinner. The $217.35 package works out to $31.05 a bottle which, for the most part, saved us five or six bucks on something we probably would have ordered anyway. The list is available here and is fairly limited but, we still managed to find a few favorites. For example, the 2006 Arboleda Carmenere was $36 when ordered off the menu so, our savings was just shy of five dollars. Of course, at retail, it's about $16 (yikes!) so, set your expectations accordingly.

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