So I had a question for some of you foodies out there.

One of the nice things in California is that most restaurants allow customers to bring in their own wine bottles [[for a "corkage fee" of course).

I was able to do this once at 24 Grille downtown [[and wasn't charged any corkage, either), but subsequent times I was denied with apologies like "our liquor license doesn't allow this". And other area restaurants I wasn't able to do this either. So I'm thinking that maybe I simply had an inexperienced server the first time?

Does anyone know if Michigan Liquor Laws prohibit customers from bringing their own wine into restaurants?

Or is it usually just up to the restaurant [[who would rather be selling their marked up bottles)?