Toast-How to make a toast for business dining

From the perspective of operation process, four aspects should be paid attention to in toasting:

1. How to pour wine

Before toasting, you need to pour wine. According to the specification, except the host and service personnel, other guests are generally not allowed to pour wine for others by themselves. If the host pours the wine himself, he should pour it with the best wine at this banquet. The guests should raise their glasses to thank them and stand up if necessary.

if it is a large-scale business meal, it should be served by the service staff. Generally, wine should be poured from the person with the highest position, and then poured clockwise. If you don't need wine, you can put your hand on the glass and say "no, thank you". At this time, there is no need for the sommelier to ask for wine again and again.

In Chinese food, when someone pours wine, you can also give a "finger-tapping ceremony" in return. Especially when your status is higher than your master's. That is, pinch the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the right hand together, with the fingertips down, and tap the desktop a few times to express your gratitude for pouring wine.

how much wine should I pour? Liquor and beer can be filled, while other foreign wines don't have to be filled.

2. When shall we propose a toast?

Toast should be made at a specific time, and the first consideration is not to affect the guests' dining.

Toast is divided into formal toast and ordinary toast. A formal toast is usually made after the guest and the host are seated and before the meal. Generally, the host comes to make a toast, and at the same time, it is necessary to say a standard wine-drinking word. The ordinary toast can be started as long as it is after the formal toast. But pay attention to it when the other person is convenient, for example, he didn't propose a toast with other people at that time, and he was not chewing, thinking that the other person might be willing to accept your toast. Moreover, if you propose a toast to the same person, you should wait for someone who is higher than yourself to make a toast before making a toast.

3. The order of toasting

What is the order of toasting? Under normal circumstances, the order should be according to age, position and the status of the guest and the host. Before toasting, we must fully consider the order of toasting and distinguish between primary and secondary to avoid embarrassing situations. Even if you are confused or unclear about your position and status, you should toast in a unified order, such as toasting clockwise from your side first, or toasting from left to right and from right to left.

4. Behaviour requirements for toasting

Toasting is divided into formal toasting and ordinary toasting. A formal toast means that at the beginning of the banquet, the host first makes a collective toast to everyone and at the same time makes a standard toast. This toast can be a little longer, but it will be finished in five minutes.

whether it is the host or the guests, if they propose a toast to the group from their seats, they are required to stand up first, with a smile on their faces and a glass in their hands, facing everyone.

When the host makes a toast to the group, everyone should stop eating or drinking. When the host proposes a toast, everyone will raise their glasses and stand up and touch each other. According to the international practice, you don't have to drink a toast. But even people who don't drink at ordinary times should take a sip of their glasses and pretend to show their respect for their hosts.

besides the host toasting the group, guests can also toast the group. The guest's toast can be shorter, even a sentence or two. For example: "Ladies and gentlemen, cheers for our happy cooperation in the future!"

at ordinary times, it is more common to propose a toast when it comes to etiquette norms. Ordinary toast means that after the host makes a formal toast, each guest and host or guests can toast each other and say one or two simple toasts or toasts at the same time.

When someone toasts you, raise your glass to eye level, and then drink it after the other person has made a toast or "cheers". After drinking, you have to look at each other with a glass in your hand, and this process is over.

for our country, we should pay special attention when toasting. Toast, whether it is the party who respects or accepts, should pay attention to local conditions and do as the Romans do. In most areas of our country, especially in the northeast, Inner Mongolia and other northern areas, when toasting, we often pay attention to "starting from the start". In their view, this way can express sincerity and respect. Therefore, in the specific response, we should pay attention to the fact that our poor drinking capacity should be explained sincerely in advance. Don't seem to be graciously holding wine to respect each other, but you just "mean" when the other person does it, which will often cause the other person's unhappiness. In addition, for the toast, if the other party really can't drink enough, there is no need to force it. The highest level of drinking should be "drinking well" rather than "drinking down".

in Chinese food, there is another stress. That is, after the host proposes a toast to you personally, you should pay back the host and have another toast with him. In return, you should hold the cup in your right hand, hold the bottom in your left hand and drink with the other person at the same time. When you drink a toast, you can touch your glass symbolically. Don't push too hard, you must hear a noise. Out of respect, you can make your own glass lower than the other's. If you are far away from each other, you can touch the table with the bottom of the glass to indicate a clink.

Different from Chinese food, champagne is usually used in western food for toasting and toasting. Moreover, it's just toasting instead of persuading people to drink, only toasting without really clinking glasses. You can't cross the people around you and make a toast to those who are far away, especially the cross toast.