We plan to provide alcohol at the wedding. The venue does the champagne toast but we provide beer, wine, liquor. We are planning on vodka & whiskey for the liquor. Ideas for beer and wine? We would like it to be affordable but still taste good. Personally we lean for dos equis beer and I drink three wishes ($3 wine) or cupcake wines. Still dont want to break the bank though. If anyone had to source the alcohol, what did you choose and were you able to order case prices? What was approximate $pp?

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We are restricted to two liquors with mixers by the venue. They just dont restrict the types or amounts of wine and beer.

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Ah that’s too bad. Definitely provide a wide variety of wine then. Also the region matters. Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand or Chile can be very good and very affordable. Spain and Australia have a lot of great affordable reds. Prosecco (Italy) is a crowd-pleaser. Cheap French rosé is still usually very good. Look outside of the mass market brands everyone knows. Total Wine does have a great selection of these and with the discounts you can get great under $10 a bottle wine.

Costco (if you live in a state where Costco sells liquor)

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You can get very cheap wine and liquor at Trader Joe’s and Costco and Total Wine/BevMo. We shopped around for the best prices. Would recommend just having some of everything (Chardonnay, rose, Sauvignon blanc, Cabernet, Pinot noir, sparkling wine, etc.) even if just buying a couple $3 bottles of some types. Why not also have a bottle of tequila and gin and rum available? Some people only drink 1 thing and will be disappointed if not an option. Personally I don’t like cupcake wine because it’s too sweet for me. Make sure you have something for the dry wine drinkers 😊 and don’t forget mixers! Also if you get some lesser known brands of wine people won’t necessarily know you went with cheap options!

I used Total Wine and they will do a tasting with a price point you’re comfortable with and give recommendations. They gave a decent case discount and also you can return unopened bottles / cases. As someone who’s attended a ton of weddings, I think it’s tacky to cheap out on the alcohol. You can get reasonably priced good beer and wine.

A few of Trade joes box wine are very drinkable

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