Wine lists can be daunting, whether they run to 10 pages and 200 bottle options, or are short but unintelligible, packed with niche grape varieties.If you don’t consider yourself a wine aficionado, or want something that will not break the bank, bar jabbing a finger at the list and hoping for the best, chances are you will choose a glass of the house.But even this can be a fraught decision. After all, with a sommelier looming over you, isn’t it a bit cheap to order the house wine? And doesn’t it reveal you to be a complete wine dunce?“No one likes to look cheap, do they?” says Katie Fecak, wine educator and owner of London-based boutique wine-tasting business Cellar Door Social. It is a scenario that often leads people to order the second wine on the list instead. “But restaurants know people don’t want to look cheap, so the highest mark-up is normally on the second wine.”Many people are insecure about ordering house wine because they think it makes them look cheap, but this isn’t the case, experts say. Photo: Getty ImagesThings to consider when ordering house wineSome restaurants and hotels work with vineyards to produce their own branded house wine, which you can often buy to take home.