A Dry Wedding?

Are they drinking Champagne, or apple cider? Dry weddings are often a point of contention. If the bride and groom want wine served with dinner, someone will undoubtedly speak up against the consumption of alcohol, and if the happy couple keeps it dry, it seems like someone else always has to stand up and threaten [...]

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Three Ways to Save Money on Wedding Alcohol

Most couples choose to have alcohol at their weddings, but depending on the size of your guest list and how much your friends and family members drink, this can turn out to be quite expensive. Here are the best ways to save money on the alcohol at your wedding: ~ Toast with sparkling cider. Most [...]

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Special Champagne Flutes

The majority of your wedding party can sip from ordinary wine glasses but it is customary sometimes for the bride and groom to sip out of wedding flutes. These are wedding glasses that are thin at the bottom and bell fluted at the top and they have a designer stem. You can see examples of [...]

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Excellent Affordable Wedding Champagnes

When you are serving sparkling wine or champagne at a wedding it is probably not a good idea to serve the best of the best simply because not everyone at a wedding is a wine connoisseur. You can invest the money but that does not mean it will be appreciated. Avant Bride recommends a couple [...]

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Signature Vodka Cocktails for Your Wedding

Vodka is not a bad choice at all for a signature wedding cocktail simply because it is one of the less toxic of the alcohols that are available. SKYY Vodka has some really interesting vodka cocktail recipes on it’s website. Many are truly innovative and are sure to be unique while at the same time [...]

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Wine Tasting at your Wedding

One of the hot new trends in weddings during 2008 and for 2009 has been sampling. Instead of one huge cake, brides are choosing cupcakes or dessert bars. Buffets are in style over plated meals. Even your cocktail hour can be about sampling. Consider a wine tasting! Wineries are found in just about all regions [...]

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Classic Champagne Cocktails

One of the most traditional of drinks to serve at any wedding is the classic champagne cocktail. These are drinks where champagne or sparkling wine offset other alcohol choices. The site “The Fifty Best Champagne Cocktails” has a great comprehensive list of contemporary champagne cocktails. However at the top of theist is the classic Bellini, [...]

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The Martini Party Wedding Reception

According to Favor Ideas you can really save a lot of money by holding a martini party wedding reception because you are not expected to serve a big expensive sit down dinner. Instead you will be having a cocktail reception that runs for a couple of hours – for instance from five to seven p.m. [...]

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Champagne Fountains

If you want a real wow factor at your wedding try presenting a champagne fountain. Real champagne fountains are not made of plastic. They are metal constructions that are made out of wine glasses that sit on special tiers. You can get them in three to six to eight tier versions. The more tiers the [...]

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