His rosé pour was pale pink, strawberry-scented Domaine de Triennes from southern France. The estate’s owners are Burgundy stars Jacques Seysses of Domaine Dujac and Aubert de Villaine of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Double magnums (3L, the equivalent of four bottles) of the 2018 can be had for about $70. The Azur, recommended above, comes in 3L bottles for $155.
And, hey, big bottles are also great for Instagram shots.
You can never have too much wine
The worst scenario is not having enough. No big surprise there. To calculate what you’ll need, consider how long you’ll be pouring, the food, and how many guests and how much they usually drink. Will most be wine-loving friends? Or relatives who nurse one glass for hours? At one wedding at Meadowood Resort in the Napa Valley, estate sommelier Monica Zanotti found that about half the people were non-drinkers, something that’s becoming more common.
Nick Porpiglia, who oversees food and beverage outlets at Brooklyn’s hip Wythe hotel, a bastion of natural wine, estimates anywhere from two glasses to a bottle per person. The consensus among my informants was three glasses per person if the event includes a cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing.
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