Ten Of The Best Buying Tips For Selecting Wine At Your Wedding Reception!
Choosing to serve wine at your wedding reception is a lovely way to add a touch of class to the occasion. However, selecting wine can be a bit of a problem if you don’t know much about wine. These easy steps will assist you in your wedding wine selection.
Ten tips for choosing a wine to serve at your wedding:
1. Taste at least 10 wines, five reds and five whites. You’d look at least as many wedding venues before making your mind up.
2. Buy a good sparkling wine but don’t waste money on Champagne; as one caterer said to me, “No one ever asks to see the label.”
3. If you buy your own wine online and pay a corkage fee you will almost always pay much (much) less than if you had chosen the catering hall wine.
4.Choose a wine with the widest appeal that also that will go well with food. This means wines that are fairly fruity and light-bodied with good acidity (i.e., Braña Vieja Garnacha – Rosé Navarra from Spain; Italian Dolcettos and reds from southern France such as Piat D’Or Merlot.)
5. Most of the wedding wines chosen by the caterers are domestic but you can (generally) spend less money if you choose an imported wine from Tesco Wines Online. For example, you can get a great USA Sauvignon Blanc for £6 and an appealing Montalto sparkling pino from Sicily for £7. It’s much harder to find that kind of deal from your wedding planners.
6. Decide how much wine you want to provide for the wedding. If you wish to provide only a single glass to each guest, then keep in mind the rule that one bottle equals four glasses. Using that formula you will be able to determine approximately how much wine you will require for your wedding.
7. Purchase your wine to provide enough for the guests who will attend. Always buy a little more than you predict will be necessary. It is better to end up with an extra case of good wine, than to have to listen to relatives and friends moaning because they didn’t get any.
8. If you’re looking to source great value, quality wines for your wedding then Tesco Wine by the case is the perfect, hassle-free choice. They stock an extensive range of over 900 delicious wines and sparkling wines from around the world, many exclusive to their website, so you are sure to find something that will delight you and your guests.
9. If bubbly will be served with the wedding cake — perhaps during the toast , Buy one that has a sweetness that can stand up to the cake, or whatever other dessert is served. Most sparklers are labeled “brut,” meaning they’re quite dry and contain less than 1.5 percent sugar. That dryness makes the wine taste metallic and bitter with sweet dessert, so look for a “demi-sec” bubbly, such as Asti Spumante which can match Champagne in terms of quality and because it has the sweetness it will complement the cake.
10. Watch for hidden charges and beware. Those who select from a hotel or restaurant wine list may face markups that can double or triple the cost of the wine. It’s standard practice for hotels and restaurants to mark up the price of their wines, two or three times the wholesale price. Thus, a bottle of Chardonnay that costs a hotel or restaurant £7 and sells for £10 at a grocery store would be priced at £30 or more on the hotel or restaurant list. Banquet managers at country clubs and other wedding venues may also mark up wines.
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