Creative Ways to Include Wine in Your Wedding

Weddings are always filled with traditions. Whether it’s the first dance or the cutting of the cake, these sweet traditions bring everyone together to celebrate your big day!

For wine lovers, however, wine can become much more than a single cheers during the reception. Thoughtfully incorporated throughout the celebration, wine can help create memories that last long after the wedding day has passed.

A Bottle Guests Can Take Home

Wedding favors are often intended to serve as a reminder of the day, and a well chosen bottle of wine can do exactly that!

Some couples select wines from a favorite region, while others choose bottles connected to a meaningful trip or special memory. And as we all know, there is value in well kept wine. But there is an even more special value that can come when guests open the bottle and remember the celebration they shared with you. Sharing a favorite wine creates an experience rather than simply a keepsake.

A Wine Tasting During Cocktail Hour

Wine has always been about bringing people together, and a tasting station during cocktail hour can give guests a chance to gather, compare notes, and discover something new while they wait for the festivities to begin.

Some couples showcase wines from regions, or maybe different varietals. We suggest featuring bottles in a “personal vertical” that tell the story of your relationship through important years or places you and your betrothed have visited together.

We love this idea, because the cocktail hour becomes more wine forward, which really welcomes in a more lively in-between event!

A Guest Book You’ll Open Years Later

Guest books help preserve the memories of a wedding day, but wine lovers often put their own twist on the tradition. Instead of signing a book, guests can sign a bottle intended for a future anniversary.

Alongside their signatures, they can leave advice, well wishes, or favorite memories from the celebration. Years later, opening that bottle becomes an opportunity to revisit the people, emotions, and excitement that surrounded the beginning of your marriage… as well as a well aged bottle of wine to enjoy!

A Wine for Future Anniversaries

Some of the most meaningful wedding traditions happen after the wedding itself. Many couples choose a special bottle to save for a future anniversary, and others purchase several bottles to open throughout the years ahead. Opening a bottle years later offers an opportunity to reflect on where your journey began and everything that has happened since. Check out what we suggest you reserve for upcoming anniversaries!

More Than a Toast

At its heart, wine has always been about celebration, connection, and shared experiences.

While the wedding toast may last only a few minutes, the memories created through wine can continue for years. Whether it is a bottle signed by loved ones, a wine shared on an anniversary, or a tasting that brings guests together, these moments become part of the story.

Shop at BWG today to see what wines we think you should have at your wedding!

Cheers,

The BWG Team