Another swift recap, from parts 1 and 2. We’re buying wine for my sisters wedding. We need a white, a red and a fizzy.
We’re buying local, from either Bubble Brothers or Curious Wines, or both.
I’ll try to explain how we chose the wines. These are totally subjective choices, purely down to what we like and what we felt would best suit the wedding. All the wines were nice and the decision was very difficult in the end.
We tasted the whites first. We had a total of 3 to taste and choose from. We opened all three after dinner one night, and tried a sample of each.
We eliminated the one from the selection process early on. It was lovely, but we wanted something a little more mellow. We had a total of 8 people (family and neighbours who made the mistake of walking past the house) offering opinions on the other two, and the winning wine won out with a 5-3 majority.
The choice of reds came down to a really close run thing. Either wine would have suited admirably, and this was a very tough choice.
Finally we had to chose the fizzy for the toast. This was the big surprise of the night for me. We had a choice of 4 – one Rose and 3 Cavas. We opened the Rose first and after one taste it was declared the winner. It ticked all the boxes of look, sound and taste. It’s what we wanted for the wedding. I demanded to try one of the other Cavas but the executive decision was made.
If I had to say one thing about the experience, it’s that the sellers have lovely wines, right on whatever the price point. It’s very hard to chose between the wines. We made the decision purely on subjective grounds – what do we like, what do we want for and from this wedding experience. You’ll have to do the same.
Both sellers offer delivery to the venue. With a standard bottle weighing in at around 1.5kg, you’d be transporting a significant weight in your car. It’s much easier to have the wine delivered a week or so ahead of time – it’s one thing off the stress list!
Oh – and the three we chose are:
Les Cinq Pattes Bordeaux rouge, Les Cinq Pattes Bordeaux blanc and the Veuve du Vernay Brut Rosé.
My thanks to Matt, Mike, Julian and Valerie.
