It would be just about possible, given all the correct corking and capsule-fitting machinery, to re-close a bottle of wine so that you couldn't tell it had been tampered with, but it would be difficult, expensive and take time. Bear in mind that the entire purpose of the label and capsule, and the ritual of presenting the unopened bottle to the diner first, is to ensure that the wine is the genuine article, not substituted or adulterated.
A good restaurant would have at least thirty different wines on its list - many have multiples of that - and your characters will choose differently depending on what they order to eat. So your organisation will have to go into spiking and re-sealing bottles on an industrial scale to ensure that they have a doctored one of whatever they call for.
Can't one of your characters order a martini or gin and tonic before dinner, and the other decline one? A waiter or barman could very easily spike one of those.
If it has to be in the wine, your best bet is the waiter slipping a pill into the glasses after they are poured, under cover of some distraction. The empty glasses can't easily be pre-spiked with a smidgin of dissolved drug because, again, wine glasses are designed for the user to be able to tell if they are dirty, or not perfectly empty and dry.
Huh, I didn't know that there would be so many wines available - I was expecting a much shorter wine list than that. On one hand, the antagonists here have been watching their target for quite a while and have pretty good odds of knowing what he likes to drink, but given this and the discussion below, I'm rethinking their beverages of choice. The more experienced agent drinks wine fairly exclusively, but I've got a few other ideas for the situation and should be able to make it work. Thank you - I appreciate your help!
A good restaurant would have at least thirty different wines on its list - many have multiples of that - and your characters will choose differently depending on what they order to eat. So your organisation will have to go into spiking and re-sealing bottles on an industrial scale to ensure that they have a doctored one of whatever they call for.
Can't one of your characters order a martini or gin and tonic before dinner, and the other decline one? A waiter or barman could very easily spike one of those.
If it has to be in the wine, your best bet is the waiter slipping a pill into the glasses after they are poured, under cover of some distraction. The empty glasses can't easily be pre-spiked with a smidgin of dissolved drug because, again, wine glasses are designed for the user to be able to tell if they are dirty, or not perfectly empty and dry.
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