Having supplied wine for a number of weddings over the past few years we have found the following selection to be most popular in that it satisfies three criteria, i.e. Price , Quality, pleasing the majority of your guests.
Considerable savings can be obtained by providing the wine for your wedding yourself. The average corkeage charge ( fee charged by the Hotel per bottle) is Euro 4.00 to 10.00 per bottle for still wine & Euro 8.00 for Champagne or Sparkling wine. Many hotels do not charge corkeage for the Champagne reception and this should be noted when booking your reception, if you do not ask for it you won't be offered a reduction. The wines are French, which suits most people ( a proven quality product) as supplied to Fine Hotels & Restaurants around the world.
Roland Thévenin Blanc or Rouge @9.25 inc. vat. A blended French wine sourced from the Rhône valley & the South of France.
Roland Thévenin Chardonnay Vin de Pays d'Oc (White) @Euro 10.00
Roland Thévenin Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon or Syrah (Red) @ Euro 9.50
These wines are the next step up in quality rating bottled in Nuits Saint Georges, Burgundy, France.
To calculate how much wine you need the following may be usefull:
There are approx. 60 glasses (6 and 2/3 fl oz size glass, average glass size ) of wine in a case of 12 x75cl bottles.
Please phone us at +353-45-868425 or Fax +353-45-861441or e-mail info@merchantwines.com