Wine Bottles - Wedding Favors

The giving of wedding favors is a long establishedhome with them to keep.
custom. For many years it has been traditional forCompanies who produce wine bottle wedding
a small, personalized gift to be given to each offavors will often also supply individual serving
the wedding guests as a token of thanks frombottles of champagne. These make wonderful
the bride and groom. This also serves as afavors and can be used to toast the happy
memento of the happy occasion and can be keptcouple. The sound of a champagne bottle being
as a keepsake by the guests. In the past one ofopened is such a wonderful sound at a wedding;
the more usual wedding favors has been a smallimagine lots of them being opened at the same
and elegantly wrapped gift of sugared nuts. Moretime!
popular these days is to give wine bottle weddingThe labels for your bottles can be either designed
favors.by yourselves or, more often, chosen from a
Many companies have established an agreementselection 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 withoutthe marriage included and then a choice of other
labels. They can then print their own labelselements. Some will have space to include a
according to the bride and grooms request andphotograph 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 couplehave the groom's family crest printed on the label.
and the labels chosen from a selection and thenCompanies that offer this usually offer the
personalized.service of researching the heraldic crest and
Although it may sound like a very expensive giftarranging the artwork for it. You would be wise
when you bear in mind the number of guests thatto check what the crest looks like before
may be attending the wedding reception, they areagreeing to this. If you have never seen it before
actually quite affordable, especially if you would beyou may not want to wait until the day of the
supplying wine to accompany the meal anyway. Ifwedding to discover that you do not like your
you give wine bottles as wedding favors thenew heraldic emblem! Wine bottles as wedding
guests will have an individual bottle of wine tofavors do give tremendous scope when it comes
drink and then will be able to keep theto the labelling. Some people take a more
personalized bottle as a keepsake and reminderhumorous approach and have a comical logo on
of the day.the bottle. Remember, however, something that
Most companies will give you a reasonable wineyou find amusing now may not be so funny in
list to choose from. Take into consideration theyears to come when you look at your
menu that you will be serving and try to tailorkeepsakes. Often it is better to stick with a more
your choice of wine to the meal. You may wanttraditional choice.
to give people a choice of red or white wine orWhichever 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 andbottles as wedding favors will be a hit with your
white to each guest it will mean that they canguests and will be a romantic keepsake for years
have one with their meal and take a full bottleto come.