Welcome drinks, table wine and toast.

frannigan

If you supplied your own/are going to supply your own then what did you go for?

We're supplying welcome drinks for post-ceremony, table wine, then champagne for the toast and I'm trying to cut costs down to under £800 for 100 guests while still serving quality drinks.

We don't like Pimm's or Buck's Fizz so for a welcome drinks we're thinking a choice of Bellini, Bloody Mary, bottled lager or a St. Clements for the non-drinkers/children.

Wine is trickier because we're having Indian food so not all wines will go well. Think we're looking for a S. American Shiraz and a French Sauvignon Blanc but am open to other suggestions.

For the toast, there are some great deals on champagne at the moment, so that's not so much of an issue.

Faith177

We had champagne and chocolate covered strawberrys for after cermony.

We then had red (i can't remember which one), Pinot (Dino's from Tesco) and Jacobs Creek rose I believe.

For toast we had prosecco as not too keen on champagne to be honest. It was on offer in Tesco £14 reduced to £7 and it was lovely really cut down the cost too. You'll be surprised but most people prefer it over champagne

lingolady21

My sister got married recently and I helped her with the wine, as I work as a wine buyer.

You can cut costs massively on the Champage by buying Cava. You can get the likes of Freixenet and Cordoniu for around £6 a bottle, even on cheap Champagne at a tenner, over a number of bottles it's a significant saving, and noone will have a clue (no matter what they say!).

For the wine for the table, maybe a Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon, or even better, Chilean Carmenere, a great wine to pair with Indian food. For the white, a Chardonnay or Chardonnay/Viognier blend would work well, as would Riesling.

I'd recommend heading to a Majestic store and asking for a discount. A colleague used to run one of their branches and I know that if you ask on large spends, they do give them.

nightsky224

frannigan wrote: »

If you supplied your own/are going to supply your own then what did you go for?

We're supplying welcome drinks for post-ceremony, table wine, then champagne for the toast and I'm trying to cut costs down to under £800 for 100 guests while still serving quality drinks.

We don't like Pimm's or Buck's Fizz so for a welcome drinks we're thinking a choice of Bellini, Bloody Mary, bottled lager or a St. Clements for the non-drinkers/children.

Wine is trickier because we're having Indian food so not all wines will go well. Think we're looking for a S. American Shiraz and a French Sauvignon Blanc but am open to other suggestions.

For the toast, there are some great deals on champagne at the moment, so that's not so much of an issue.

We are providing our own. My Father in Law to be is buying the champagne from a small vineyard directly but we are buying the red and white. We have so far bought the red from Costo at £8.38 a bottle (Bastide Mirraflors 2011) it was a good price and we really like it. We are planning on visiting the Wine Society to look for the white - the Society White Burgundy has really good reviews so we might try that. Not sure that either are really suitable for indian food but it might give you an idea for suppliers.

groovychick69

We are doing all our daytime drinks also. I'm hoping for a tesco wine glitch or deal so that i can make the most of my money! We will serve prosecco or pink champagne for toasts but I will also offer red, white, rose and soft drinks as well as water still and sparkling plus soft drinks!!! I only hope to be doing this once so I'm going all out but I will def be shopping around

floss2

You may find that a lot of people won't know what a Bellini is, and may not drink tomato juice/Bloody Mary.

Why not offer everyone Bucks Fizz / OJ, and you & your new spouse have what YOU want, Bellini, Bloody Mary etc? Then you can use cava or prosecco, and have the same for the welcome drink as for the toasts.