Dumb Question regarding wine bottles for favors...

prncssrachel Posted: May 11, 2004 08:27 PM

Dumb Question regarding wine bottles for favors...

Ok, so I WAS going to do Godiva chocolates as my favor, and I was set on them, but now I want to do full wine bottles, one per couple. I just think it's a nice gesture. BUT what kind of wine do I get? Red? White? And how much is it going to cost for a halfway decent bottle of wine? I live out near the wineries, so I should know this, but any help would, well, help Thanks!

Boop2704 Posted: May 11, 2004 08:57 PM

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I would stick with a white zinfandel. Every wedding I have ever been to that gave out wine, including my own, it was a white zinfandel. Look online at some of the wineries out east. I think Pindar and Duck Walk vineyard have info online. Do a google search for wine favors. There are places out in California that will ship it here. I don't remember how much they were. Sorry. Hope I helped a little bit!!

prncssrachel Posted: May 11, 2004 09:07 PM

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You did! Thank you!

sophie78 Posted: May 11, 2004 09:30 PM

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Check out Macari vineyard. Its my family's winery. Often I notice that brides are just giving out the cheapest wine without paying attention to taste. Macari Wines

Marisa&Brian Posted: May 11, 2004 10:15 PM

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I'd stick w/ a decent red OR white. - a classic merlot or something like that - if your family are wine drinkers - i'd personally skip the white zinfandel

futuremrspfm Posted: May 11, 2004 10:23 PM

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I would try to mix it up a little, that way people can kind of pick or trade for which kind of wine they like. We are doing a Merlot, a Cabernet and a Chardonnay.

lillian771 Posted: May 11, 2004 11:30 PM

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We're doing the same thing and I agree that if you're family are wine drinkers, skip the white zin. i think we're going to mix it up with a few different kinds. I've been all over the internet trying to find decent affordable bottles, since w/ over 200 guests it can get very expensive. My latest idea is to go to my local liquor stores and see if we can get a discount if we buy in bulk. We're also planning to go out east to the wineries in a couple of weeks so we'll look into it there as well. I'll let you know if we find any great deals. Good luck!

ginny26 Posted: Jun 03, 2004 03:02 PM

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We're doing half bottles of Wolffer Chardonnay and Merlot. (Wine drinkers definitely don't consider white zin a wine not to be a 'wine snob' or anything!!) Price comes out to be about 5 bucks per guest. Not bad for us because we're only expecting about 90 guests in total.

Niecey Posted: Jun 03, 2004 03:13 PM

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I used Duckwalk Vineyards. I like their White Chardonnay the best so that is what I got. (It was actually the first bottle of wine DH and I had together and at that time we only bought it because we liked the little ducks on the label. Now we know a little more about wine and still like the Chardonnay by them.) If I remember correctly it was about $7/full bottle. How many you order does play into the price and by the type of wine. I think at Duckwalk the red was a little more money.

Duckwalk was great to work with. They wrapped all the bottles in cellophane for me - no extra chagre and they also put the wine labels I ordered on the neck of the bottles for me. The also gave us a wedding gift of a big bottle of champagne!

I would stick with white or red - I wouldn't do white zin - like someone said most people who are like wine don't do white zin.

Karacg Posted: Jun 03, 2004 03:30 PM

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I agree, unless your guests are young. By mid-20s most people have outgrown the white zin thing --- except my best friend who knows to bring her own bottle wherever she goes!!

A merlot and a chardonnay make a nice selection.