I am getting married in june and i need to know approximately how many bottles of wine or cases of wine i am going to need for my reception of about 50 people? Also how many magnums of Champagne will i need?
2007-11-02 06:05:39 · 11 answers · asked by bonroo5357 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
I worked weddings at a country club and dealt with this all of the time. Typically, it averages out to everyone drinking 1.5 glasses of wine. Some won't drink any, some will have one or two, and then there are always the big guns that will consume an entire bottle themselves. The most important thing is not running out. 30 bottles should be enough to have a little leeway. You also have to gauge your guests. If you think there will be more or less people drinking, you can change your number accordingly.
As for magnums of champagne, 8 should get you through.
2007-11-02 06:19:08 · answer #1 · answered by Grick 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The average amount is half a bottle of wine per person, but think about whether your guests are drinkers or not, if majority are not I would reduce the amount of bottles. Speak to your venue or caterer and ask for some extra bottles to be on stand by but that only get charged if you use them. If you are catering for this yourself ask the wine merchant if you can return any you haven't used.
Also remember you need to think about white and red, is the menu more for white? ie chicken, fish. I have found that most weddings work more white than red but if you are servibg beef then it could be the other way round! Hope I am not over confusing this!!!
As per magnums if it is just the toast I would use 5 magnums but I think you would be better off with normal size Champagne bottles as they are easier to serve and you would have less waste - and no one wants to waste Champagne ;o)
2007-11-02 09:18:57 · answer #2 · answered by cheap_wedding_solutions 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One bottle of wine serves 4 glasses (on average). I would say, everyone should be able to get at least 2 glasses. So, you would need one bottle for every 2 people. Now, that's 25 bottles. Some people may or may not drink wine. If you know, 20 people are NOT wine drinkers (and make sure this is a set in stone fact). I would estimate getting enough wine for 35-40.
I always over estimate when it comes to the amount of food or drink for a party. It's always better to have left overs, then not enough.
2007-11-02 09:06:56 · answer #3 · answered by J'adore 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For 160-170 guests, we served 6 cases of wine and 1 keg of beer. However we ended up with about 1 case left over. We did not serve hard liquor (that will escalate your cost) and if you decide to, it's better to limit to just a couple signature drinks so that you are only buying a couple types of liquor. You'll also spend a lot less on just getting one type of beer in a keg (less than $50 many places) instead of 10 different beers with a case of each. For 80, I'd recommend 3 cases of wine and one keg --perhaps a half keg if you think they are not big beer drinkers. Champagne is more difficult. People drink more champagne b/c it is the more expensive, more unique offering. Also you will need more if you are putting it into a fountain. A fountain has a bare minimum it needs to run. So you will need to have at least that in the fountain, prior to the amount people will drink. Also what time of day affects it greatly. Earlier in the day, people drink less. Partly b/c they stay less time and partly b/c many people don't drink if it's "too early". An evening wedding will go through more alcohol. It's a very good idea to bring your own. You save a LOT of money that way. Good luck!
2016-05-27 01:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the post above me, 1 bottle every 4 people and I would also say add up how many people drink wine or champagne. Once added up I would do 2 bottles per table, depending on how many drink at that table. Hope it helps some.
2007-11-02 06:16:43 · answer #5 · answered by OFFICIALLY MRS. HOWARD! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a 50-person party that is expected to run for five hours, allow 1.25 bottles of wine per person (based on half a bottle of wine per person per two hours). If beer is also going to be served or you know there will be a lot of non-drinkers, round this down to one bottle per person or less. Out of the 63 bottles of wine this equates to, you may like to include sparkling wine in the mix, especially if the party is celebratory. If so, the breakdown could be 20 bottles of sparkling wine, which allows for two flutes per person, then depending on the taste of the guests, the male to female ratio, season, etc, split the remaining total roughly in half and purchase 23 bottles of white wine and 20 bottles of red wine.
2007-11-02 06:56:38 · answer #6 · answered by mcharron1983 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can usually serve about 4 glasses per bottle of wine. If you want to give everyone two glasses or so, that is 25 bottles.
2007-11-02 07:14:41 · answer #7 · answered by vaya 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's four ample drinks per bottle! So, twenty-five bottles is the minimum for wine, and forty bottles for ample servings. The same for the Champagne.
2007-11-02 06:21:21 · answer #8 · answered by Pinyon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband and I had to figure out the same thing.
I'm not sure how much your guests like to drink but we figured one bottle for every 4 people and we ended up with only one
bottle left over.
2007-11-02 06:10:29 · answer #9 · answered by tinyavenger 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Keep in mind that no everyone will drink. I would guess 1/2. I would buy no more than 5 or 6 bottles.
2007-11-02 06:29:02 · answer #10 · answered by Jessica 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋