| The giving of wedding favors is a long established | | | | home with them to keep. |
| custom. For many years it has been traditional for | | | | Companies who produce wine bottle wedding |
| a small, personalized gift to be given to each of | | | | favors will often also supply individual serving |
| the wedding guests as a token of thanks from | | | | bottles of champagne. These make wonderful |
| the bride and groom. This also serves as a | | | | favors and can be used to toast the happy |
| memento of the happy occasion and can be kept | | | | couple. The sound of a champagne bottle being |
| as a keepsake by the guests. In the past one of | | | | opened is such a wonderful sound at a wedding; |
| the more usual wedding favors has been a small | | | | imagine lots of them being opened at the same |
| and elegantly wrapped gift of sugared nuts. More | | | | time! |
| popular these days is to give wine bottle wedding | | | | The labels for your bottles can be either designed |
| favors. | | | | by yourselves or, more often, chosen from a |
| Many companies have established an agreement | | | | selection of templates and then personalized. As a |
| with the bottlers of wines, and sometimes spirits, | | | | rule you will have your names and the date of |
| to purchase individual serving bottles without | | | | the marriage included and then a choice of other |
| labels. They can then print their own labels | | | | elements. Some will have space to include a |
| according to the bride and grooms request and | | | | photograph so you could use a photograph of |
| provide these wine bottles as wedding favors. | | | | your engagement for example. Another idea is to |
| The type of wine can be specified by the couple | | | | have the groom's family crest printed on the label. |
| and the labels chosen from a selection and then | | | | Companies that offer this usually offer the |
| personalized. | | | | service of researching the heraldic crest and |
| Although it may sound like a very expensive gift | | | | arranging the artwork for it. You would be wise |
| when you bear in mind the number of guests that | | | | to check what the crest looks like before |
| may be attending the wedding reception, they are | | | | agreeing to this. If you have never seen it before |
| actually quite affordable, especially if you would be | | | | you may not want to wait until the day of the |
| supplying wine to accompany the meal anyway. If | | | | wedding to discover that you do not like your |
| you give wine bottles as wedding favors the | | | | new heraldic emblem! Wine bottles as wedding |
| guests will have an individual bottle of wine to | | | | favors do give tremendous scope when it comes |
| drink and then will be able to keep the | | | | to the labelling. Some people take a more |
| personalized bottle as a keepsake and reminder | | | | humorous approach and have a comical logo on |
| of the day. | | | | the bottle. Remember, however, something that |
| Most companies will give you a reasonable wine | | | | you find amusing now may not be so funny in |
| list to choose from. Take into consideration the | | | | years to come when you look at your |
| menu that you will be serving and try to tailor | | | | keepsakes. Often it is better to stick with a more |
| your choice of wine to the meal. You may want | | | | traditional choice. |
| to give people a choice of red or white wine or | | | | Whichever wine you choose and however you |
| perhaps you will allow two bottles, one of each, | | | | word the label, you can be sure that having wine |
| per person. If you do decide to give both red and | | | | bottles as wedding favors will be a hit with your |
| white to each guest it will mean that they can | | | | guests and will be a romantic keepsake for years |
| have one with their meal and take a full bottle | | | | to come. |