Wine Bottles Wedding Favors

Handing out wine bottles wedding favors is a perfect way to show your appreciation to your guests, even if you are not wine connoisseurs. Weddings and wine often go hand-in-hand, regardless of whether your theme is wine and grapes, taking place in a vineyard, or if you even like the drink itself.

Bottle your thanks with wine.

At a cocktail reception or adults-only wedding, wine wedding favors are an excellent choice as a thank you gift for your guests. Even if children are attending, you can hand out sparkling grape juice in bottles as an alternative so they are not left out of the themed favor. Before making wine your favors, check with local laws and your venue to make sure it is okay for you to distribute it as a favor.

Choose wine favors carefully. Red wine that is opened and enjoyed during the reception might stain clothing, linens, or carpeting, which could lead to extra cleaning charges or even fines from the caterer or venue. Consider choosing a sweet or dessert wine, which often appeals to more palates. Other ideas for your bottled wine wedding favors include:

• Choosing an organic wine label if you are environmentally conscious
• Buying your wine from a local vineyard
• Adding a small wedding favor tag that includes not only a notation of thanks, but a few lines about the wine's flavors and pairings
• Bottling homemade wine, if you enjoy making your own

If cost is an issue, consider purchasing mini bottles of wine, often found at specialty liquor stores or regional vineyards. These mini bottles allow you to still give out wine, but keep costs down. Another way to keep costs down is to purchase cheaper six-packs of wine bottles available and split them up as favors.

Handing out the wine favors can be problematic, as you do not want underage persons to receive them. Try one of these solutions:

• Have small bottles attached to place cards or table assignment cards, so you can control that only adults have the wine; use grape juice or sparkling water for children's place settings.
• Ask a bartender to hand out the favors as guests enter the reception area and check names off a list of those over 21 who can receive the bottles.

If you are truly concerned about handing out actual bottles of wine, you might be able to purchase gift certificates from local wineries that guests can redeem for their choice of wine. This is also a good option if you are not especially versed in wines or have a local vineyard that people may enjoy visiting while they are in town for your wedding.

Just because you want to have wine bottles wedding favors does not mean the bottle has to hold actual wine inside it. More options for a wedding favor using wine bottles include:

• Make or purchase molded soaps in the shape of a wine bottle
• Purchase empty, clear wine bottles and decorate with paint to create a wine bottle vase
• Hand out bubbles shaped like wine bottles
• Purchase or create your own candles shaped like wine
• Give out wine bottles with lotion inside that smells like merlot
• Fill clear wine bottles with rose petals and water for a lightly scented and pretty knick-knack that's fit to display in guests' homes

At an outdoor wedding, consider setting up a children's area with colored sand and small, empty wine-shaped bottles. Let the children fill the bottles with their choice of sand colors and then cork them as a wedding favor just for them. Hire someone or ask a relative to help supervise the area.

Another fun way to use wine bottles is to fill them up with miniature candies. Choose candy-coated chocolates or jelly beans in your wedding colors and fill empty wine bottles to the brim. Place them on tables or group them together as part of a wedding reception centerpiece.

You could also give out wine accessories, like a wineglass, bottle opener, wine stopper, or wine charms, as your favors. Stoppers and charms are especially popular, and come in a wide range of themes.

Wine bottles evoke a sense of sophistication to any wedding. Whether you choose to give out actual wine in the bottles or use the bottles as the starting point for another favor idea, guests will enjoy their unique wedding reception favors that show you appreciate their love and support.

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