What welcome/arrival drinks are you having? - I'm stuck

What about sparkling wine? More interesting than normal wine but no as expensive as full on champers! Although you have said theres a bar so if theres anyone who doesn't like what you've provided they can just buy their own so I wouldn't worry too much about it, you'll never please everyone!

Yeah that true! Its funny How much you over think things when a wedding is involved....

Ours is "pomegranate scented fizz" which translates to cava with pomegranate juice!

Ooooo that actually sounds lush!

As ouros is a summer wedding, we're having real ale (part of the reason our reception is where it is.. he loves real ale) and if like me, people don't want real ale, it'll be pimms o'clock! :-) Another option was to have fruity sparkling wine - but these were all sweet which I'm not a fan of! So thought I'd go for my favourite summer drink instead. Pick something you enjoy, it's your day!

We're having kir royale, but with sparkling wine instead of champagne!

What time of year is your wrdding Miss Sunshine?

We're having a choice of Pimms, Buck's Fizz and Bubbles as ours is a summer wedding. For a winter wedding you could have Pimms to, but the winter recipe which is lush, or maybe mulled wine. Just some ideas as I dont actually know what time of year your getting hitched! ?

Pompey Paula

You live in the same place as me and are going to be Mrs G too! Sorry...Simple things...

Hooray! Always nice to find a fellow Pompey lass on here!

Its end of June so summer wedding.... I love the ides of pimms but its up to us to sort out the drinks they just serve them so we would have to provide all the pimms, cut fruit and lemonade etc etc... prob isn't an issue for many people but one more thing to add on to the list to sort in the couple of days leading up to the wedding! I don't know.... Originally I was thinking pimms, then bucks fizz.. so maybe I should go with both!

We had bellinis made with prosecco (as they should be!) or just plain prosecco.

We had a choice of Bucks Fizz, sparkling wine or Pimm's

Sparkling wine with creme de cassis is great.

I think we're going to have Pimms.

I wouldn't think Bucks Fizz is boring. I love it and you're right, a lot of people will be want something less alcoholic at that point. Also means orange juice for those not drinking and they won't feel as 'different' as everyone else. Use freshly squeezed if you want to make it more special (that will be a headache to get off the glasses though!). One wedding I went to also had jugs of G&T! I love this and planning to do the same. It is my signature drink!

At a wedding last winter they had lots of prosecco and sparkling elderflower made with cordial and sparkling water. It tasted really nice and had the bonus of looking similar to the prosecco.

We're just having red and white wine, and orange juice as the welcome drinks at our reception. We are providing champagne for the toasts, and see no need to do anything more since it's a laid back barn affair - hog roast, ceilidh etc. There will be a cash bar for anyone wanting anything else to start with, and for people to buy their own drinks through the evening.

We just had cava (or prosecco - not sure) and orange juice with canapes for our welcome. Honestly I wouldn't worry too much about what it is ?

We're probably going to have pink cava/prosecco. I'd be a bit more creative if I could afford it but the bar will be open for anyone who wants anything different.

We'll do orange juice for the non drinkers (I can't see there being many!).

We are having cocktails including Pimms, Kir Royale and Alabama Slammers. We might also do some bottles beers for the lads yet.

We are having passionfruit mimosas. Which are sparkling wine and passionfruit juice. And its lush. I've just bought Martini Asti from tescos wine online for under £4 per bottle. I thin k they had martini prosecco on offer too.

We had prosecco and elderflower presse for those who didnt want alcohol. Im sure your guests will appreciate any drink you give them, especially if theres going to be a bar open too.