How many bottles of wine should I purchase?

Question

I am having a party for about 100 guests, I want to serve white wine (Reisling, Chardonnay) and red wine (Cab and Merlot). How many total bottles should I purchase.

Answer 1

2 cases of each color

Answer 2

If you are serving 100 guests we must assume certain things so that you do not run out of wine. Each 750ml bottle will yield about 5 servings of 5 oz each. So if you want everyone to have just one glass you would need 20 x 750ml bottles. If you want everyone to have as much as 4 x 5 oz servings, you would need 80 x 750ml bottles. 1 case holds 12 x 750ml bottles. You would need 6 cases and 8 bottles, so round it up to 7 x cases which would give you 84 bottles. Depending on the mix, males prefer red, ladies prefer white, males prefer dry, females prefer slightly less dry. Males would prefer the Cab, while females would favor the Merlot. Males would prefer the Chardonnay, while females might gravitate to the Riesling. But, remember we are also talking fads and trends within the group. Merlot and Chardonnay are faddish. Cabernet and Riesling are not fads. My suggestion is to buy 1 case of Riesling, 3 cases Chardonnay, 2 cases of Cabernet, and 1 case of Merlot. The reason for having more white wine to red is that red wine can be hard to drink for an extended period causing palate fatigue and having more white will allow switching back and forth allowing guests more choice.

Answer 3

You normally get approx 6 standard glasses of wine from a 75cl bottle. To be on the safe side i would suggest atleast 2 cases (24 bottles per case) of red and the same of white. You should ask at your local wine store as some may do a sale or return scheme meaning that you can return unused bottles/cases so you aren't left with excess wine, although that's not always a bad thing!! If they do this service then order too much and you can always take some back.

Answer 4

I will leave the math for you. Consider that you will get 4-6 glasses per bottle when served in an average sized white wine glass and 3-4 glasses per bottle when served in an average sized Red Wine glass. ( depending on proper filling of the glasses )

That said, think about the average guest consuming 2 glasses each...That is, if every guest drinks wine. Do the math and buy an extra bottle of each type of wine. It's always better to have too much than not enough.

Enjoy your party!

Answer 5

A standard bottle contains six glasses so work it out from that. If each guest drinks six glasses of wine you need 100 bottles. If I were you I would ring the wine store and do a deal as you are buying in bulk. Try to get a sale or return deal so that any bottles left over and unopened can be returned for cash. If you are in England, Tesco's give a 5% discount for every six bottles you buy.

Answer 6

I'd agree with one case of each type, assuming there will be about an equal number of men and women. While it's true that not everyone drinks wine, most do and some will drink three glasses while others will drink none. The general rule of thumb is two glasses per person. A glass is considered to be 5oz. There are 5 glasses in a 750ml (standard) wine bottle. Based on this, you would need 40 bottles of wine and I tend to overbuy because you can always just store it and drink it yourself later if you've purchased too much.

Women tend to prefer whites... men tend to prefer reds... so if there will be men and women in equal numbers, 10 bottles of each (riesling, chard, cab and merlot) should do... but to be safe, say a case of each (12 bottles)

Some top choices with taste and value in mind?

Riesling - Beringer Johannisburg, Bonny Doon Pacific Rim, Chateau Ste Michelle Johannisburg, Columbia Crest Johannisburg, J. Lohr Bay Mist, Fetzer Valley Oaks Johannisburg

Chardonnay - Penfold's Rawson's Retreat, Chateau Ste Michelle Columbia Valley, Gallo of Sonoma, Edna Valley Vineyards Paragon, Beringer Founder's Estate, Columbia Crest Grand Estates, J. Lohr Riverstone

Cabernet Sauvignon - Los Vascos, Gallo of Sonoma, Columbia Crest Grand Estates, Black Opal, Jacob's Creek, Beringer Founder's Estate, Santa Rita 120

Merlot - Casa Lapostolle Merlot Classic, Gallo of Sonoma, Columbia Crest Two Vines, Beringer Founder's Estate, Fetzer Valley Oaks, Bogle, Blackstone

Answer 7

According to the website below, which was backed up by several other sites on the internet the basic math is 8 bottles for 20 people. That means 40 bottles. It also suggests equal numbers of reds and whites unless there is some special cirmsumstance (like outdoor parties probably favor whites because it may be warm).

Answer 8

Yuck to the Reisling... go with a Pinot Noir...:0)
They say 1 bottle for every 2 people but the tough one is people keep changeing their preference for red or white.
Get 30 of each and when it is done it is done.
Have lots of soft drinks as well or a non alcoholic punch

Answer 9

the perfect conceivable criteria as to what you're going to purchase is what *you* like. only because a chum likes some thing, or a wine is marketed/rated as being extraordinary, does no longer recommend that you'll like it. the only man or woman together with your palate & style buds is you. that being stated, both places i'd reccomend you'll locate on your section are a good wine keep and a good wine bar. a good liquor keep (no matter if it makes a speciality of wine) would have wine tastings a minimum of a pair cases a month, and far of cases the "featured" wines in a tasting will be on sale that day. looking a good wine bar will be trickier (and far of eating places have an staggering decision of wines by skill of the glass, so as that'd exercising consultation), yet is only besides extremely worth it, because you could attempt quite a few glasses of wine in an outing. if the position delivers a "tasting flight", it truly is regularly 3-5 0.5 glasses prepared round some subject (i.e., "whites from france", or a range of three diverse wines by skill of an same vineyard, etc), bypass with that. the purpose in both of those techniques is to judge between some issues so that you'll decide what you do and don't like.

Answer 10

25 bottles would serve 100 people, but that's one glass per person. figure 4 glasses per bottle. 2-3 per person, so 25 red, 25 white, 25 of whatever. That will be more then enough, if you buy wine by the case it's cheaper.
Argentinian cab is really great the "Cocodrilio" is really good!

Answer 11

Calculate 5 glasses/ bottle. I would expect at least 2 glasses per person. So approx 20 bottles of wine. Make it 2 cases to be on the safe side