Toasting drink?

Sarah,

We're having an informal wedding too, and personally I hate anything with alcohol in so I'm having orange or something similar.
I'm having a few bottles of Cava chilled for those who want it, but if they wanna toast us with their lagers that's fine by me!

End of the day it's your wedding, and you should do it however you want! ?

Hi sarah!

i found out just before xmas that the drinks in the wedding package i have only included 1 glass bucks fizz on arrival and a glass wine with the meal (i had been told when booked the venue it also included a glass of sparkling wine for the toast too.) the venue want £24 a bottle for sparkling wine which i think is ridiculous (considering its probably only going to be one of £5 bottles from TESCO) there is going to be a cash bar at the venue but i am leaning towards supplying some more wine for the meal and hope they keep some in their glasses for the toast just so they don't think i'm tight but i'm not having sparkling wine for the toast.

I've been to a couple of weddings that have had "a drink of choice" for the toasts and I don't think there is anything wrong with this. Its probably better than forcing people to drink something that they might not like.

This is probably what we'll end up doing.

I wouldnt have a problem if I went to a wedding where this happened - sometimes I think that there are things done at weddings just because its expected or its 'tradition'.

(I know that no one in my family drinks sparkly so there will be about 20 glasses going spare at our wedding. I wanted to just have pitchers of lager on the table instead (I know, Im classy!) but OH wants sparkling wine. He very much likes the traditions....!)

Sid xx

I have a similar problem.

Most of my family dont drink, and I think if I was to get wine or fizzy, my family would be parched & OHs would be rolling about...

Dilema?...

I was thinking of having fruit punch for practically everything & if they want something else they can pay from their pocket

Nx

We didn't have wine on the tables at our because only 3 people coming actually drank wine!! Some people just do it because it's the done thing but what's the point if people don't like the stuff? Same goes with the toasting drink i suppose.

We had pink champagne for the toasting which was nice but instead of wine we allowed people to order whatever drink they wanted from the bar. Everybody loved this! Their orders were taken at the table. Some Men had pints, my Nan has a Whiskey and non drinkers had Orange juice and Lemonade etc. It actually worked out cheaper than putting wine on the tables so my advice is do what you want. Drink of your choice is fab!

Hi Sarah,

We're having a big wedding, but our toast drink is a cocktail (same one for everyone which I get to choose!!) rather than the traditional champagne, or sparkling wine, it's all included in our package price as well!!! Lxx

As my H2B is scottish and doesnt drink wine or champagne we are thinking of offering our guests the choice between a glass of champagne or a tot of whisky for the toast, but at the moment i am struggling to try and guesstimate who will have what!

We're not having wine on the table, same as Spring, their isn't all that many people coming to the ceremony that drink wine so it will be a waste.

We are having a drink of choice for the toast so people can order whatever they want, wine, soft drink etc and then we are doing the same for a drink for the meal, that way everyone can drink what the actually want and it's not wasted!

A 'drink of choice' is a fab idea. Definitely think that's the best option for us. Who knows, maybe i'll have a pimms and lemonade ?

I haven't signed up for bottles of wine yet, i do like this idea though, mostly because i did worry about the non wine drinkers, i must get a drinks price list and check it out asap!!!