We're the relatively new kids on the block. We've met most of our neighbors and have been to their homes and they have been to our home, always for group get-togethers. We always bring a bottle of wine and they have likewise brought bottles to our parties.
A part-time couple has invited just us for wine and cheese. We have never socialized with them before, neither at our home or at other neighborhood get-togethers.
This is probably Etiquette 101, but my DH and I disagree on what to bring. I think it would be awkward to bring a bottle of wine; he thinks it's pretty much mandatory.
IMO bringing a bottle may send a message that: we don't expect them to have a good-enough wine; we are trying to impress them or embarrass them; or we simply drink too much 
. This is for wine and cheese at 4PM (they selected the time). We are all retired.
I was thinking I'd bring some homemade spiced pecans instead of wine. It's not a financial burden for us to bring wine, it just seems odd to me.
What do you do?
PS: If it was a couple we knew, we'd be likely to bring a half-opened bottle since most of us are pretty casual. But these folks seem a bit more formal and we don't really know them.
