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Choosing The Right Wine For Your Wedding
Nov
Choosing the decorations, sending invitations? Check! Picking out the menu and wine? Oh no! You still have to choose the wines for your wedding!
Getting the right wine to serve on your big day can be a daunting task if you do not know much about wines in the first place. Moreover, wines can be expensive, and you want to make a perfect choice without breaking the bank.
Luckily for you, let’s try some tips to help to reduce the pressure of wedding planning.
Tips to Get the Ideal Wine for Your Big Day
Everyone deserves a perfect wedding with proper hospitality and to be surrounded by their loved ones to celebrate their marriage. However, one aspect that concerns many is the budgeting and types of wines served at weddings.
In general, couples want their wines to be affordable and of a certain quality to appeal to majority of the guests.
Pairing With the Season & Menu
If you are a wine lover, then you probably know that every wine has a seasonal significance. For example, an autumn or winter indoor wedding will be perfect for bringing out the red wines.
On the other hand, chilled white wines or rose wines go great with outdoor summer or spring weddings because of the warmer weather.
It is common however, to have options for both red and wine wines, and in addition wedding planners recommend shortlisting lighter options or refreshing wines as a safe bet (unless your guests are all heavy drinkers)!
Another good way to select wines for your wedding is to choose them based on the best pairing with your banquet menu.
For Chinese banquets, Rieslings and Chardonnays are popular choices for whites, while Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlots are commonly picked for the reds.
For Western themed banquets, you may consider Malbec and Shiraz for reds and Chardonnays and Moscato for whites.
Less Variety for Budgeting
As a wedding is one of the biggest events in a lifetime, it is easy to go overboard with the wine choices. So, the alternative method is to just keep the palate simple and less diverse.
Assuming most guests will be casual drinkers, we definitely don’t want to confuse them with too many choices. As mentioned earlier, the safe bet is to keep two varieties of wine – white and red.
For the budget conscious, reducing the diversity would mean significant savings. How so you ask? Save up to 40% and buy in bulk! You can explore
- Buying wine cases of 6 or 12
- Getting larger bottles
- Looking out for promotional sales and items
- Keeping to a“two-bottles per table” guide
Choosing wine at dinner parties can be easy, but getting it right for your big day is a lot of pressure.
Did you know that the wine you like says a lot about your personality? As this event is a celebration of your love as a couple, you might even consider just choosing the wines based on what you personally like and appreciate! There is no need to try to please everyone.
With that in mind, go ahead and start your wine hunting early as you embark on your new journey together!