Types of Wine

I'd just have a variety of dry and semi-sweet wines. You can look up a list of each online and just find the type, not the brand. Moscato is usually sweet, so is Riesling. Chardonnay is dry, Merlot, etc. As long as you have a variety of that, you should be fine!

It's always good to have at least one red and one white. My venue provided only two types of wine so I chose Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Grigio based on talking to my family and friends. I don't think there's necessarily wines to avoid, but I think it's a good idea to try pairing a red and white with whatever entrees you're serving, rather than picking a few popular types.

According to this website: "People tend to drink white wine if it’s an outdoor wedding held during the day in the summer, and more red if it’s at night and steak is being served. Most people consume the same amount of white and red wine, and you can presume that each of your guests will drink one glass of wine per hour. Each 750ml bottle has five glasses, so for 100 guests and a four-hour wedding reception, you would need 400 glasses—or 80 bottles of wine (40 white and 40 red), which is a little more than 6 cases of wine."

Very, very helpful! Thank you!

If you want types, at least 1 red and 1 white, but if you want to be super accommodating then 2 reds and 2 whites would be great. A mild and full bodied red, like Cabernet and a Merlot or Pinot Noir, and for white a dry and a sweet like a dry Chardonnay and a sweet Pinot Grigio/Riesling.

Popular types: Whatever you can get at Costco or BJs is sufficient, and many times they let you return unopened bottles.

If your wedding is in august, I would try to include a Rose if you can, that's super fun for a summer wedding, or try to incorporate into a signature drink like a Rose Sangria!

I would just make sure to do drys as well as sweet. We are doing sparkling, merlot, moscato, a sweet red and chardonnay.

I would say 2 reds and 2 whites would be perfect.

Cabernet and Merlot

Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio

I would do two whites and two reds, a dryer and a sweeter preferably. Perhaps Chardonnay (white and dry) and Reisling (white and sweet) and then a Merlot (red and dry) and a Pinot Noir (red and sweeter). I would say the average wine drinker would consume about 3-4 glasses at a wedding reception, but it really depends how much they typically drink. I am gonna have at least a hundred bottles at mine since a lot of people are heavy/wine drinkers.

Choose a sweet red, a dry red, a sweet white, and a dry white. Whoever you are buying it from can help with varieties.

Since you aren't having a full bar, guests might drink more wine. Plan for 4 glasses per guest to be safe.

I'd choose three different kinds... a dry white, a universal red, and a sweet moscato/zinfandel. I'd trust the bartender opinion though and at the lease you want a white and red. If they don't like it, oh well.