About business reception etiquette, toasting etiquette during business banquets

<>Pour the wine

According to the norm, other guests except the host and service staff should generally not pour their own wine. If the host pours the wine himself, he should pour it with the best wine of the banquet, and the guests should raise their glasses to thank them, and if necessary, they should stand up. If you don't need the wine anymore, you can put your hand on the glass and say "thank you."

In Chinese food, when others pour wine, they can also return the salute with a "bow salute". White wine should be poured full, while other foreign wines do not need to be full.

Toast timing

Toasts should be made at specific times and should be a primary consideration not to interfere with the guests' meal.

Toasts are divided into formal toasts and ordinary toasts. Formal toasting is generally done after the guest and host are seated and before the meal, and it is generally the host who comes to toast, and at the same time has to say the standard toast. Whereas, a regular toast can begin as long as it is after a formal toast.

However, it should be noted that it is at the convenience of the other party, and if you toast to the same person, you should wait until someone with a higher status than you has done it.

Toast order

Under normal circumstances, it should be in order of age, position, and identity of the guest and host, and before toasting, we must fully consider the order of the cherry blossoms in the toast, and distinguish the priority to avoid embarrassing situations. Even if you can't tell the difference, or your position or status is not clear, you should start the toast from your side in a clockwise direction, or from left to right, right to left, etc.

Manners required

A formal toast is when the host toasts everyone collectively at the beginning of the banquet and says the standard toast at the same time. This toast can be a little longer, but it can be done in less than five minutes. Whether it is a host or a guest, if you are toasting the group from your seat, you are required to stand up first, smile, and face everyone with a glass in hand.

When the host toasts or toasts to the group, everyone should stop eating or drinking. When the host proposes a toast, everyone stands up with their glasses and touches each other. According to international practice, a toast does not have to be consumed dry.

But even if you don't usually drink a drip, you should pick up the glass and take a sip to show respect for the owner.

The toast of the guest can be said to be shorter, even a sentence or two.

When someone toasts you, raise your glass to eye level and drink it after they have said the toast or "Cheers". After drinking, you have to hold a wine glass and look at each other before the process ends.

Whether it is the party who toasts or the party who receives the toast, we must pay attention to adapting measures to local conditions and following the local customs. When toasting, you can symbolically touch the wine glass with the other person, and do not use too much force, you must hear the sound. Out of respect, you can make your own glass lower than the other person's glass.

If you are far away from the other person, you can touch the table with the bottom of the glass to indicate that you are clinking glasses.