No matter you are choosing a western or eastern style of wedding, wine is a media to share the joy with all your guests. Our wine expert has already selected a list of wine that is suitable for different style of weddings. The list inclues wine from France, Italy, Australia, Chile, Isarel, Spain, etc., ranging from premium grade to econmic level. Below are some of the tips from our experts regarding the wedding wine tips,

• Trial is a must. Get a bunch of friends together and taste your way through the wines. Taste it on their own and with food. Remember that the wine serve your guests/friends and their opinion matter. You certainly wouldn't want bad wine to define your marriage .
• Don't leave it to the caterers/banquets, they usually only offer a limited list of available wines and they're looking to make the biggest margin on their wines. Although this might incur the dreaded "corkage fee," weigh the cost difference as well as the enjoyment difference. Remember that corkage fees cover the overhead costs a caterer incurs with servers setting up and pouring the wine, but corkage fees are also an infamous gouging area and highly negotiable.
• Label is only for gimmick. Some of the supplier featuring the newly marrieds' names on the label. Hoever during the banquet, most of the time the servers will block the label when pouring the wine. Also to process the label, the bottle may undergo additional procedure which potentially damage the quality of the wine. If the wine is good, why not show the original label to your guests.
• For the red wine, avoid ballsy big red with too much attitude. Select a Merlot. It's lighter in body than a Cabernet Sauvignon and appeals to wine drinkers of all levels.
• If you plan for a toast, go for a sweeter sparkling wine rather than a brut. The sweetness of the cake will render a dry brut helpless and flat. Look for sparklers that say "Extra Dry" or "Demi Sec" on the label.
• To determine how much to buy, it differs for the style of wedding. For the Chinese wedding banqet, you can estimate at least 2 wine bottles per table. For a western style remember there are approximately five glasses in each still wine bottle and about six in a sparkling. With dinner, on average, people will consume about one glass of wine per hour.
• Arrange the wine delivery to the venue 1 day in prior of the ceremony. Bubbles may accumulate dring the transportation and distort the texture.

Our wine list will be available in our online shop which will be open in the late June. If you are interested in it, please send an email to finewine@hotohoto.com with your mobile phone number. Our staff will call back you soon for more detail.