The wine ceremony is one of the beautiful unifying wedding ceremonies, which remains in the memory and lays a brick in the strength of the future relationship of the newlyweds. There are various options for carrying out this ritual, many of which involve letters to the future from the newlyweds to each other and the printing of letters after a certain number of years. In this embodiment, the ceremony can be called a time capsule.
In the article you will find information about:
- What options for a wine ceremony for a wedding exist?
- Where and at what time is the wine ceremony held?
- Who conducts the wine ceremony
- What you need for a wine ceremony
- Which wine to choose for a wine ceremony
- Combining a wine ceremony with wedding bulls
- What to write in letters
- What else can you put in a capsule?
- What to choose as a time capsule
- How to seal a time capsule
- Where to store wine from a wine ceremony, and who stores it
- When to open a time capsule
- Wine ceremony as a wedding gift
- Poem and video for the wine ceremony
What options for a wine ceremony for a wedding exist?
There are two main options for a wine ceremony at a wedding. In the first, the newlyweds mix two types of wine in one decanter; the resulting new type of wine is immediately poured out to the newlyweds and their parents, and often to guests. Mixing wine in this case symbolizes the union of the bride and groom, the unification of two families, strengthening due to the traits and abilities of each, the birth of new properties and qualities in the resulting delicate bouquet. It is possible for the bride and groom to pre-taste several wine options and each choose one wine, and then mix the two selected options. Then the result will be less predictable, the more interesting it will be to check how suitable the choice of the newlyweds was for unification. Of course, initially the wines must be combined with each other; checking this is the task of the organizer and host of such a wine ceremony. After pouring the wine into glasses, the presenter announces that a new wine with an extraordinary bouquet was born in the new union.
In the second option, the newlyweds seal the wine in a time capsule along with their letters to each other with a promise to open the capsule on a certain day. Usually a time capsule is some kind of box, chest or case.
The result obtained in the first option can not be drunk during the wedding, but only tried, and the rest can be sealed in a specially prepared bottle and placed in a time capsule, that is, combine the first and second version of the ceremony into one.
The first option is merging
This option best suits the characteristics of unifying ceremonies. It will require:
- Wines of two varieties
- Glasses
- Decanter
The process itself is simple - gradually, under the solemn speech of the host, the newlyweds fill the decanter with wine. After this, the resulting wine is filled into a glass, from which the groom drinks the bride, and the bride drinks the groom. Parents and guests are also invited to try the resulting drink. The new young wine should symbolize the merging of two families and the creation of a new young family.
There are certain risks associated with this ceremony, and the main one is the likelihood of ending up with a completely indigestible drink. Agree, it won’t be very cool if someone around you spits out the resulting wine. Or your facial expression will make it clear that the taste of the drink is closer to vinegar than to wine.
Where and at what time is the wine ceremony held?
A wine ceremony can be held at almost any time during the wedding. The ceremony at the field registration of marriage looks very convenient and colorful; it can also be carried out at the registry office during registration, if time permits and there is a leader for it or the registry office employees offer a similar additional service.
You can also hold ceremonies during a banquet in a restaurant during the celebration.
The second option is sending to the future
The symbolism of this ceremony differs from the first version. It carries the meaning that some things only get better over the years, for example, wine acquires a richer taste and notes. The same goes for the family, which should become strong and strong over the years.
This version of the wine ceremony is not so spectacular; it can generally be held in an intimate setting, without devoting anyone to the details. For it you will need:
- A bottle of wine
- A box, preferably wooden, that can hold not only a bottle, but also some additional accessories
- Two or three small candles, a lighter
- Several sheets of paper, two envelopes, pens.
The essence of the ceremony is very simple. The wine is intended for newlyweds - but when their family is, for example, ten years old. Or when their child is twenty-one years old - the date must be set and chosen together. Letters addressed to each other are written separately. Naturally, you need to write something important, warm, and sincere in them. The letters are placed in envelopes, which are sealed and sent to the wine. Next comes the turn of paper. It needs to be cut into strips one and a half to two centimeters wide, and on each strip write some quality that characterizes each other. For example: “Strong”, “Tender”, “Protector”, “Beloved”. Then, using a ruler or the edge of scissors, roll it into loose spirals. Pour these spirals into a box, and place a bottle of wine, envelopes, candles and a lighter on top of them, and a corkscrew just in case.
If you want to share all the details with all the gathered guests, then all the components for the ceremony need to be prepared in advance, and at the wedding itself the host will explain what is being done and why. The newlyweds will solemnly pack the wine into a bottle and tie a ribbon around the box. Witnesses or parents of the newlyweds can write on a separate card the date or conditions when this parcel needs to be opened.
Who conducts the wine ceremony
A wedding wine ceremony is usually conducted by the wedding officiant, off-site wedding registry host, one of the newlyweds’ relatives, friends, or a person specially invited for this purpose. The main conditions for the leader of the ceremony are the availability of the necessary props, a special speech, and for a paid service - experience in conducting similar ceremonies. And then the choice is yours who to invite to this role. Sometimes loving and faithful friends or relatives of the newlyweds conduct a ceremony so beautiful and touching as no professional can.
What you need for a wine ceremony
For a wine ceremony according to the first option, you will need two or more bottles of wine and a beautiful decanter; often they take a round jug with a large base at the bottom, it is called a decanter. You can use a crystal decanter or any other beautiful vessel. It is advisable that this vessel be transparent so that everyone can see the process of mixing wines. You will also need glasses for the newlyweds and wedding guests.
For the wine ceremony according to the second option, you will need a box, one or several bottles of wine, letters from the newlyweds to each other, perhaps you will also need a small lock and a key to it, depending on the method of sealing the box.
Why several bottles of wine may be required - in some wine ceremonies, the capsule contains several cells and they are opened at different times.
To seal the capsule, you may need rope or tape, sealing wax, a candle, a seal for sealing wax, a metal container for heating the sealing wax, and sealing oil. Nails and a hammer will be needed to hammer the box into place. It all depends on the type of time capsule and how it was sealed.
Decor and decoration for a wine wedding
For a wine-colored wedding, you need to choose not only shades, but also complement them with appropriate decor. Among the main decorative elements of wine weddings are:
- Wine or champagne bottles;
- Barrels and wooden boxes;
- Traffic jams;
- Grapevine (artificial or real);
- Wine glasses of different sizes and shapes.
Barrels are used as stands for flower arrangements in wine bottles. A small barrel or decorated wooden box with straw is suitable for cards with wishes from guests and gifts. Romantics will add candles.
Of course, collecting such a variety of things and turning them into a luxurious setting for a wine-themed wedding is not easy. However, you can always rely on the excellent taste and creative approach of the designers of the MONA Boutique Hotel. Our designers will prepare the room and create an original wine wedding decoration in accordance with your wishes. Boutique Hotel MONA makes dreams come true!
Which wine to choose for a wine ceremony
If the ceremony is carried out according to the first option - mixing two varieties and drinking immediately at the celebration, you need wines that combine with each other and give a pleasant bouquet when mixed. The process of mixing different wines is called blending in a professional environment, and the result of mixing is a blend. You can combine different varieties; many wines, when mixed, give a very interesting and richer bouquet than individually. You can mix two types of white wine, two types of red, or red and white wines together. In the latter case, the result is not always predictable; it is better to try the resulting blend in advance of the wedding. They also mix wines from different years of production, creating both vintage and non-vintage blends. There are also wines that are traditionally mixed with each other, for example, pear wine with a unique taste becomes much more pleasant when blended with sweet wines.
For a wine ceremony according to the second option, you will need wine that improves its properties during long-term storage. By the way, sometimes it is not wine that is placed in a time capsule, but cognac, martini, champagne or other types of alcohol. The choice of wine for the ceremony will depend on the number of years for which the time capsule is intended to be sealed; not every wine, for example, will last twenty-five years without losing its properties. But strong vintage wines, Madeira, and port are perfect.
It is also necessary to remember that storage conditions are also important: the temperature must be maintained from 8 to 12 degrees, the bottle in the box must lie at an angle.
For an alcohol-free wedding, you can not seal the letter, but put only letters in the capsule.
Combining a wine ceremony with wedding bulls
The wine ceremony can be combined with another wedding tradition - wedding bulls. Wedding bulls are two bottles of alcohol that are on the table of the newlyweds. Usually this is the groom's favorite alcohol and the bride's favorite drink. They are also often decorated, created with a special design, and dressed up as newlyweds. These bottles can be sealed at a wine ceremony. It is these bulls that are often stolen at weddings and the groom or groomsman has to pay off. It is customary to uncork bulls a year after the wedding and after the birth of the first child in the family. Usually the bulls stand and just collect dust on a shelf in the newlyweds’ house, so this wonderful tradition can be combined with a wine ceremony and seal the bulls in a container along with letters, notes from guests and even small gifts to each other.
Alternative messages
For those newlyweds who do not drink alcohol, you can leave any other memento in the box that is intended for shared use. The letter can be replaced with a flash drive with a recorded declaration of love, a disk, or choose another alternative way to express your feelings.
The place to bury the bottle must also be chosen in advance: it must be accessible and safe. Do not bury the bottle in parks or public places. Regardless of how the external component of the “Wine Ceremony” is decorated, it is a very touching and beautiful wedding tradition that will be remembered for a long time by both the newlyweds and their guests.
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What to write in letters
A wine ceremony at a wedding according to the second option involves letters from the newlyweds to each other, and the question arises of what to write in these letters, in what form they should be - handwritten or in printed format. Any options are acceptable. Of course, it looks very touching when such a letter is written by hand, but not everyone has beautiful and legible handwriting, and you may not be able to read the written text yourself after many years. Therefore, a printed version is also acceptable. The letters themselves usually contain confessions, promises, wedding vows, and describe hopes for the future; you can also write letters to your future children and read them on your wedding anniversary.
Brides usually approach the issue more responsibly and write large, beautiful letters. And the groom’s words are often not so long, but imbued with sincerity and concern for his other half.
The time capsule message can also be in the form of a handmade card. You can buy parchment paper or age the paper yourself, write a message and roll it into a scroll.
The words of a letter or wedding vow can also be composed in the form of a poem. You can order an original poem from the author of this site, poet Tatyana Agapova. The words of the poem below were also written by Tatyana. Your poem can contain names, dates, any details of your love story, as well as vows and wishes for the future.
How to write a letter
You should not use ready-made texts found on the Internet. The simpler and more sincere the message to your beloved is written, the better. It is not necessary to write typical phrases of declaration of love; you can remember the first meeting or describe some other common important events. It is advisable that the text of the letter fits on one page and is not too long or too short.
Particular attention should be paid to the paper on which the oath will be written. It should be of high quality, dense, beautiful. It is better if it is embossed or impregnated paper. The envelope must also be of high quality. It should be remembered that the letter will have to lie underground for several years, so the paper and envelope must be resistant to moisture and temperature changes.
What else can you put in a capsule?
What else can you put in a capsule? You can also seal not only letters, but also photographs or small gifts for your significant other. For example, if the capsule is opened after five years, the anniversary will be called a wooden wedding, and wooden jewelry for the other half can be put in the box - a bracelet, earrings, beads, a small wooden puzzle.
You can also put some unexpected surprises for each other in the chest, for example, a drawing. The bride can depict in the picture her life with the groom as she imagines it in five years.
Relatives and friends present at the wedding can also put notes in the time capsule; in them they can express wishes to the newlyweds, some jokes, any creativity is welcome here.
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Alternatively, this moment of your wedding can be held without the participation of the host, independently explaining to the assembled guests what you have planned.
“We want to send a package to the future. In that near and necessarily happy future, when our family will be ten (we will be thirty when the child graduates from school, etc.). When we are still full of strength and love for each other, we will open this magic box. Let's light the candles. Let's open a bottle of wine. And we will read the letters that we wrote to each other on the eve of our wedding. And, undoubtedly, the taste of this wine will be wonderful, as well as our feelings for each other!”
What to choose as a time capsule
As a time capsule, you can choose a box or chest of a suitable size. It is important that the box for the wedding wine ceremony can be securely closed or sealed. Usually they take a beautiful wooden box or chest with a lock and key. It could also be a metal box, a chest, or even a real safe with a combination lock, the key to which will be the wedding date of the newlyweds.
The time capsule can also be sealed in the format of a postal parcel, which symbolizes the newlyweds' message to themselves in the future.
A chest stylized as a sea chest or a robber chest looks great, especially if the theme and style of the wedding echoes this theme.
The box or chest can be decorated with carvings, a monogram, it can have the initials or names of the newlyweds and the wedding date or the date the capsule was opened. You can also put the family motto or a beautiful quote on the box, for example that “Marriage, like good wine, gets stronger with age.”
It is important to know when choosing a container for storing a message that it is better to store wine in an inclined position; you should take this nuance into account so that the wine does not spoil.
Packaging options
The packaging for the bottle should also be selected with special care. Usually a beautiful wooden box or casket is used as temporary storage for the bottle and messages, but you can use any other suitable container: a globe, a suitcase, a bag made of moisture-resistant fabric. The main condition is that the packaging must be durable and moisture-proof, and also resistant to cold.
An excellent solution would be to use a custom-made wooden box, which can be decorated with an engraving with the initials of the newlyweds, the wedding date and the storage date.
Particular attention should be paid to decorating the inside of the box. You can fill it with decorative straws, finely cut paper, and wood shavings. This way you can be sure that the bottle of wine will be better preserved.
How to seal a time capsule
There are several main options for sealing a capsule - lock, nails and sealing wax. Creative newlyweds or wedding guests come up with their own options; we have already written above about such a capsule option as a safe. The lock is simply closed with a key, sealing wax is used, wrapped around a box or chest with ropes and tape, and a wooden box, especially one stylized as a postal package, can be hammered in with nails. An excellent option would be to let the bride, groom, groom and groomsmen hammer one nail each; the parents of the newlyweds can also participate, then you need to prepare nails for each. To prevent anyone from getting hurt by the hammer and nails, you should first hammer the nails a little into the lid of the box or chest so that they hold securely, and the rest of the participants will only have to hit them with a hammer several times.
The sealing wax must be melted for use, the more beautiful the ceremony will become, you can use a candle for this. Sealing wax is poured into a beautiful metal container, heated over a candle and poured onto the desired part of the box. The container should have a thin spout to pour the sealing wax into the right place. The seal may contain the initials of the newlyweds and can be given to them as a wedding gift for future use. The seal is often first dipped in oil so that it does not stick to the sealing wax, after which it can be placed on a cotton pad or on a special absorbent surface.
Where to store wine from a wine ceremony, and who stores it
Wine requires special storage conditions at temperatures from 8-10 to 15-17 degrees. Each type of wine has its own storage range, this information can be read on the bottle or obtained from a wine specialist. Therefore, it is better to approach the question of where to store wine from a wine ceremony with all responsibility. The ideal storage location would be a basement or cellar, but such conditions cannot always be created, then you can only hope that the wine does not lose its properties.
The capsule is kept by the married couple themselves, their parents, boyfriend and boyfriend (for example, the boyfriend keeps the capsule, and the boyfriend keeps the key) or the capsule is placed in a bank cell, the contents can be delivered by the desired date.
Accordingly, on the set date, the newlyweds and each other can gather to open the capsule, read the letters and celebrate the anniversary by drinking aged wine.
But how to decorate bottles for a wedding with your own hands?
In this case, handicraft elements come to the rescue and help you create a unique bottle design.
The newlyweds can come up with all sorts of interesting things - small crafts, origami, ribbon design, and anything else that comes to mind. Such bottles turn out to be very beautiful and aesthetically pleasing and will fit into any interior.
Decorating with ribbons is a hand-made item that requires special attention when decorating. You need to do everything exactly according to the instructions, since you can ruin a lot of material and still not do anything meaningful.
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You will need to watch master classes and read the step-by-step instructions.
The easiest way to make a decoration with your own hands is to “dress” the bottle in fabric elements that will decorate it beautifully and easily. This is less popular, but very interesting and practical, and most importantly, original.
You can choose any fabrics, colors, make different designs. This method is one of the most interesting today, which you will probably like too.
When to open a time capsule
There are many options for the opening time of the capsule. For example, you can agree that the capsule will be opened on the day of the newlyweds’ first quarrel in order to refresh their memory of their feelings and they can make peace faster. In this case, the capsule is called a chest of discord.
Also, the wine ceremony capsule can be opened after the birth of the first child.
But this is not always convenient, since the bride at this moment will be a nursing mother and, most likely, will not be able to drink wine. But on the other hand, if the birth of a baby is still celebrated, and relatives and friends are invited, it is very logical to combine this holiday with the opening of the capsule.
The next option is to open the time capsule on a specific wedding anniversary. Usually these are one year, five years, ten, fifteen years, twenty or twenty-five year anniversaries. We already wrote above that you can make a capsule from several cells and open one cell at a time for different events or anniversaries. For example, in a year, in five years and in ten years. In this case, each cell contains two letters from the bride and groom to each other.
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Of course, any professional host has more than one or two options in his arsenal for holding a wine ceremony. Perhaps they are not too different from ours, brought to your attention.
“Each person is a unique bouquet of properties and qualities of soul and character, a mixture of habits and characteristics. After communicating with a person, you can feel the aftertaste - sweet, like honey, when you are in love with him. Now we can say that two young, but already fermented wines will merge into one sweet nectar of love. And just as wine shimmers and sparkles in a vessel, may the life of the young people together be bright and full of wonderful moments. Now, give each other your wine as a sign that you accept each other in all the sweet and bitter ways. Bitterly!"
Poem and video for the wine ceremony
Poems for a wine ceremony will perfectly emphasize the solemnity and touching of the moment. This poem and video for the wine ceremony will help you decide what to say during it.
Video for the wine ceremony
Poem for a wine ceremony
Marriage gets stronger over the years, like wine, We will seal the box securely, So that after years you can print it out again. You can print those words in which it is difficult
You can’t see the full power of that love that shines in your eyes today and will bring a lot of happiness to the two of you. May this box be available annually
Remind you how valuable your union is. Let it be as sweet as sparkling wine, Let it be a strong reminder of the strength of the bonds that connected the two roads of destinies.
Having opened the wine and taken a sip, you will remember that very moment, When, like a bright flower, Love in your hearts became a revelation.
Whatever type of wine ceremony you choose, it will decorate and diversify any wedding, as well as add touchingness to the moment and allow you to joyfully remember this day after many years.
Images for newlyweds and guests in the color of wine
A wine wedding is a classic, discreet celebration. There is no place for flashy outfits here. A calm dress in light colors will suit the bride. You can, of course, choose white, but cream or champagne colors will look more appropriate. The look can be complemented with some wine-colored details. For example, jewelry with rubies, a ribbon on a dress, berry lipstick or jewelry in your hair. Fresh flowers woven into the bride’s hairstyle look incredibly beautiful.
The groom can wear a classic suit, adding some wine-colored elements to it. For example, a tie, cufflinks or boutonniere.
Guests must be warned which wedding they are being invited to. Of course, you shouldn’t demand strict adherence to the dress code, but it will still help avoid awkward situations. Bridesmaids can wear wine-colored dresses, and groomsmen can attach boutonnieres of burgundy flowers to their jackets.
Bride's bouquet in wine tones
Every bride dreams of the perfect wedding bouquet. She often knows in advance what she wants, but a stylized wedding requires a stylized bouquet.
A wine wedding does not require anything unusual from the bride’s bouquet. The choice of wine shades is huge. They can be diluted with berries and grapes. An experienced florist will be able to create a beautiful composition.
An interesting idea is to add wine corks to the bouquet. This is a great option for brides who are not afraid to be original.
