Decorating for a Wine Theme Wedding

A wine wedding theme is popular among brides living from Napa Valley to the Finger Lakes Region. Your wedding reception doesn’t have to be held in a vineyard in order to achieve the ambiance of the wine regions. Simple elegant decorations at your wedding reception will leave your guests feeling that they have been enjoying festivities at a beautiful winery.

Location is important for your wine theme wedding. If you are able to book your wedding at a winery you have locale on your side. Other lovely locations for a wine theme wedding are a park with wine arbor reception areas or a conservatory that lends a botanical feel to the reception area. You want to create the feel of a warm afternoon spent in wine country with friends.

Decorating for the wine theme wedding can be easy if you know where to get your decorations. Table decorations are easy to make yourself using faux grapes and decorations easily found in mass retail and craft stores. You can use tulle material and pool it in the middle of the table then place faux grapes and grape leaves in the middle either flat on the table or use a cake platter to elevate it.

Using real grapes for this decoration is great for your reception goers to nibble on while waiting for the meal to be served. Pair the grape decoration with cheese cubes and a bottle of wine and you will have many happy guests.

Other decorations for a wine theme wedding include wine barrels, half barrels with flowers planted in them, and grape trellis’ with faux grape vines and grapes attached to them. All of these materials are easily obtained at your local greenhouse or do it yourself hardware store.

A wine theme wedding cake can be the centerpiece of your reception. There are many variations on the grape theme from cascading grapes, white or purple grape decorated cake, vineyard fantasy and grape vines and leaves. Cake toppers for the wedding cake can be traditional, faux grapes and leaves or candy grapes and leaves.

Wine theme wedding decorations for the reception hall and archway are plentiful. Consider using frosted grape clusters in glass bowls; use lighted frosted faux grapes for an evening reception hung in an archway and lay across tabletops. Grape garlands are popular when used on tabletops as are grape wreaths surrounding pillar candles on the tables. Grape garlands are very pretty when wound around archways and columns.

Don’t forget to include wine charms for your guest’s wine glasses. These come in many different colors and designs from metal to plastic. They are a fun way for each guest at a table to remember which glass is theirs when they return from the dance floor. Grape leaf paper coasters are also a unique way to decorate your reception tables. Not only are the faux grape leaves effective as coasters they are also a great way to display cheese or other canapés on plates at each table.

Wine theme wedding favors can be as elegant as you wish. Popular favors include jars of champagne jelly, chocolate dipped grapes given in ribbon tied cello wrap, marzipan grapes given in small grape vine baskets wrapped in cellophane and tied with a ribbon and porcelain boxes with tiny grapes and leaves with tiny gifts for the wedding party members.

If you’d rather leave the planning to the professionals, consider having a destination wedding. These locations will plan your wedding down to the last detail with you and they are held at wineries or vineyards. They provide the food, wine, music, decorations and sometimes lodging. Best of all, destination weddings provide the perfect ambiance for a wine theme wedding.