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Buying Wine doesn't have to stress the budget
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Wine Buying Tips for the Bride and Groom
You try on many dresses and several tuxedos. A visit to the hall or banquet room are imperative before you hand over your deposit. You taste several wedding cakes. You might even go to the caterer's kitchen to sample the different courses. So many things need your personal stamp of approval when planning a wedding.
Buying the alcohol for your reception is another task that needs your attention. Of course you are not expected to sample to all the liquor, the bourbon, rum, vodka, and so forth. Wine however, is a growing preference among Americans. The smart engaged couple should consider the quality of wine they are going to serve to their guests.
Fret not! You can buy great wine at $6, $5 and even $4 a bottle. The first thing to remember is to keep it simple. If the bride and groom are oenophiles, they can pour pricier wine at the rehearsal dinner, where the gathering is more intimate. Guests at the wedding don't anticipate wines of pedigree behind the bar, they just expect something tasty to go with their rosemary chicken and pesto covered ziti.
We at Albertsons Liquors encourage you to buy a few bottles of our 3 Fer Wine, mix and match, or Buy-One-Get-One-Free to figure out which wine you would like to pour at your wedding. The investment can be well worth it. Albertsons Liquors buys closeout wine by the truckload. Distribution warehouses need to make room for pallets and pallets of new wine arriving everyday. They often need to move out larger quantities to big buyers like Albertsons Liquors. Albertsons Liquors takes advantage of this excess inventory and uses their buying power to bring the wine to you below many competitors' sale prices. This is why Albertsons Liquors has an entire aisle of buy one get one free wines. With the buy-one-get-one discount, many of these wines are half the price of what other retailers charge.
Remember, Albertsons Liquors' inventory changes constantly, so once you find something you like, you should buy it as soon as possible. Storing wine is relatively easy. Avoid warm areas and direct sunlight. Keep the wine away from vibrations and keep it from freezing. Beer is treated the same way. Heating and freezing wine or beer degrades the flavor significantly and can often ruin it.
Depending on the time of year, white and red wines are fairly close in popularity. Among wine savvy people, red wine is more popular, but people who do not drink often prefer white wine. You know your guest list, so tweak your wine purchases accordingly. Cooler times of year people prefer a little more red wine, while the summer months require more chilled white wine. Breaking down the wine into a 50-50 split is often a very close guesstimate.
The standard glass of wine is no more than 5 ounces. This means you can get five glasses out of a bottle of wine. Guest appreciate a smaller glass of wine, so know it is okay to serve a standard size glass of wine. Five ounces is what many restaurants and wine bars use as their portion control.
The alcoholic consumption breakdown at a wedding follows these percentages:
20% do not drink,
15-30% drink wine,
10-20% drink spirits,
30-40% drink beer
A younger crowd drinks more beer. Realize too, if you know you will need some white zinfandel, then reduce the number of bottles of white wine in your order by the amount of white zinfandel you are purchasing.
Of course Albertsons Liquors can help you with all your selections. Having the opportunity to buy budget conscious wine before your wedding will allow you to serve your guests better quality wine, while not breaking the bank. Albertsons Liquors carries many bottles of wine well below competitors' prices. The special purchases Albertsons Liquors makes allows you to serve better quality wine to your guests, while keeping within your budget.
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