Luxury is in the details, especially regarding the beverages served at your wedding. Just Imagine clinking glasses filled with the finest champagne as your closest friends toast to your forever—sounds like the perfect start to a luxury wedding, right? There’s something just unexplainably special about sharing beverages with your closest friends and family on your wedding day. Whether it’s a hot day and you’ve got an ice-cold beer or a delicious red wine over dinner, everyone is sure to have a great time. However, there are ways of elevating your special day into a luxury wedding by enhancing the opulence and beverage package for everyone to indulge in. At Markovina Estate, our open bar beverage package already gives your guests that luxury feel, with an open bar of beer and wine for 6 hours with no bar tab limit. There are ways to go above and beyond this and elevate this beverage experience further.
Here are five ways to raise the stakes and host the luxury wedding of your dreams.
#1 Wedding Beverage Package Upgrade
With a standard package, you get access to our house wines and beers, which are all great and easily drinkable that you and your guests will enjoy. We have an upgrade package available at Markovina Estate, which increases the choices your guests can choose from at your wedding and gives you a taste of local beer and wine from the Kumeu area. We source wines from Kumeu River Estate for our upgraded wine package, giving you a taste of the great wines in Kumeu that Markovina Estate was once a part of producing. We also source craft beers from Hallertau Brewery, which is quite literally down the road. We’ve handcrafted this premium beverage package specifically to give your guests an extensive choice of beverages and experience a taste of the luxury Kumeu has to offer because nothing can beat a Kumeu wedding with Kumeu-produced beverages.
Wedding Cocktail Hour
A cocktail in hand, that golden hour glow, and laughter filling the air, what could be more glamorous? Enjoying an espresso martini during the afternoon's golden hour is so picturesque and chic that imagining it isn’t enough; you must make it a reality. As everyone knows, cocktails are a crowd-pleaser and often not something people expect to have available at a wedding. That’s why it's perfect to organise cocktails to be served! Your guests will be in absolute awe of having an open cocktail bar for a portion of your wedding and elevate their mood right from the start of the reception.
Champagne
Moët, Vevue Cliquot, Pol Roger. A glass of champagne, anyone? Yes please! Champagne is just delicious and perfect for all very special occasions, especially when it's wedding Champagne. Hailing from the Champagne region of France, it’s the pinnacle of sparkling wine. If you have the budget for champagne to be enjoyed by all your guests for the entire reception, go ahead. However, we understand that isn’t feasible for everyone. A great way to have champagne service for guests is to have it for a specific moment. For example, have champagne served after the wedding ceremony, meaning guests start their afternoon with a top-shelf treat. You could also have champagne reserved just for the bridal party, putting aside some bottles to celebrate your union and your bridesmaids/groomsmen who helped organise the event.
Bar Tab
Nothing says luxury more than having a curated spirits selection for your guests who have a refined taste. To make this happen, add a bar tab for your guests to choose from. A wide selection of spirits and RTDs will enhance everyone’s experience of your wedding reception. From your uncles and grandparents enjoying a whiskey to shots with your bridal party, it can be great to get the party started on the dance floor and the night-long discussion and mingling. If you set up a bar tab, a tip from us is to consider setting some restrictions, such as only starting after the first dance or being limited to specific spirits or certain guests. This means it's well controlled, and your bar tab doesn’t drain out too fast, meaning it lasts the entire night and everyone drinks responsibly. (We will update you about the status of your bar tabs throughout your wedding night at Markovina Estate)
Non-alcoholic mocktail station
Now, we haven’t forgotten about those who don’t drink. It’s essential to make everyone feel that opulence and luxury at your wedding and in your available beverages, including those hosting a non-alcoholic wedding or having sober guests. At Markovina Estate, we have mock-tail stations that can be added to your package, meaning your guests have these delicious bottomless mocktails that everyone will enjoy, even those drinking as they sit a round out to stay hydrated. It’s sure to be a hit with your guests and capture some create pictures of luxury.
And that’s what a luxury wedding is all about: pushing your guests' expectations above and beyond, making your wedding special, and showing your close friends and family appreciation for them. With these elevations, your guests will feel the luxury and extravagance of your wedding. Just ask one of the team members at Markovina Estate about upgrading or enhancing your beverage package and experience, and we will be happy to help. No matter what you choose, you will be sure to have a great time, and we will be sure to fulfil our obligations to ensure everyone drinking is doing so safely while still having a good time.
