Three Wedding Drinks Packages - Castle, Gold & Champagne
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Craig y Nos Castle Wales Wedding Drinks Packages
Castle Wedding Drinks Package
"On 70 guests you save £380 buying the Castle Drinks Package compared to buying bottles individually."
Welcome Drinks are served in the Nicolini Lounge here.
Serving Canapes with welcome drinks is suggested if having a late wedding banquet.
For Table Wine
We recommend 20 bottles for 50 guests. We allow 1 bottle of table wine per 2.5 guests. Table Wine is £21.50/ bottle (2022). A table of ten needs 4 bottles of house wine, typically two red and two white.
If you bought wine by the bottle it works out at £8.60 / guest. However for Castle Wedding Drinks Package, Table Wine is £7.58 a guest as we've not increased the 'Drinks Package' tariff in line with wine bottle prices.
For Toasts
We recommend 2-3 bottles Sparkling Wine, Prosecco or Veuve, per table, depending on number of guests at each table.
Within the Castle Drinks Package, our Sparkling Wine is costed on the old £21.75/ bottle tariff, i.e. at 2018 prices.
On 2022 tariff, Sparkling Wine is £28.00/ bottle if purchased separately. Castle Drinks Package savings will increase in later years (2024 - 2025) as the rate per bottle goes up each year, but our Castle Drinks Package has lower rates.
There are 6 glasses per bottle and you need up to two glasses per guest for the toasts, which makes two bottles per table of 6-7 or 3 bottles per table of 9-10.
So for Castle Wedding Drinks Package, Sparkling Wine =£7.25 a guest (2023) compared with (£28.00/3) £9.33 a guest on 2023 tariffs if you bought sparking wine by the bottle.
Saving Made on Castle Drinks Package
If Wine and Welcome Drinks were purchased by the bottle separately, you would pay in 2023: (A) Welcome Drinks @ £7.00/ guest, (B) Wine £8.60 / guest and (C) Toasting Drinks £9.33. This comes to £24.93 a guest.
The Castle Drinks Package @ £19.50/Guest (2023) offers far better value for you, saving you £5.43 over-stand alone rates.
- On 70 guests you save £380 buying the Castle Drinks Package in preference to buying bottles individually.
For Drinks Package rates for future years, see under 'Drinks & Beverages' on our Standard Tariff.
Distribution by table size
If you have less than ten guests on some tables, the distribution of house wine is altered from 4 per table to, say, 3 per table, to provide no more than 20 bottles of table wine for 50 guests, or no more than one bottle per 2.5 guests.
If you wish to supply additional bottles of wine, these can be offered in addition, at the applicable cost for each extra bottle supplied.
Under our Drinks Packages we will provide bottles of wine on tables for guests, from which guests may serve themselves. Individual glasses of wine are not poured for guests and are not waitress-served or topped up during the meal.
You may upgrade to the Gold Drinks Package
or the Champagne Drinks Package if you prefer.
Castle Drinks Package
(£19.50 per person in 2023)
For Drinks Package rates for future years, see under 'Drinks & Beverages' on our Standard Tariff.
Selections
Welcome Drinks - Choose from the following:
- Pink Sparkling Wine: Fabio Ceschin Rosé Vino Frizzante, Veneto
- Plain Sparkling Wine: Frizzante
- Peroni Lager
- Magners Cider
- Pimms with Lemonade and Fresh Fruit
- Mulled Wine
- Corona Lager
- Budweiser Lager
- Becks Blue (alcohol free lager)
Table Wine - Choose from the following:
White Wines
1. Ladera Verde Sauvignon Blanc, Valle Central 2018
2. Amanti del Vino, Pinot Grigio, Terre Siciliane IGT 2017
3. Ladera Verde Chardonnay
Red Wines
1. Ladera Verde Merlot, Valle Central 2018
2. Wide River Shiraz, Robertson 2017
3. Jean Balmont Cabernet Sauvignon, IGP Pays d'Oc 2016
Rose Wines
1. California Creek Zinfandel Rosé 2017
2. Amanti del Vino, Pinot Grigio Rosato, Veneto IGT 2017
Toasting Drinks - Choose from the following:
1. Pink Sparkling Wine: Fabio Ceschin Rosé Vino Frizzante, Veneto
2. Plain Sparkling Wine: Frizzante
Gold Drinks Package
(£22.50 per person in 2023)
For Drinks Package rates for future years, see under 'Drinks & Beverages' on our Standard Tariff.
Selections
Welcome Drinks - Choose from the following:
1. Prosecco Ami
2. Captain Morgan's Rum & Coke
3. Selection of Spirits & Mixers, such as Archers & Lemonade, Malibu & Coke, or Vodka & Orange Juice.
Or choose from Castle Drinks Package if preferred
Table Wine - Choose from the following:
White Wines
1. Asti Martini (Sparkling Wine)
2. Pask Sauvignon Blanc, Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay 2018
3. Rioja Vega Viura Blanco, Rioja 2017
4. Wide River Chenin Blanc, Robertson 2018
Or choose from Castle Drinks Package if preferred
Red Wines
1. Tanners Argentinian Malbec, Mendoza 2018
2. Amanti del Vino Primitivo, Salento IGT 2017
3. Rioja Vega Tinto Rioja 2018
Or choose from Castle Drinks Package if preferred
Rose Wines
1. Primitivo Rose Salento San Marzano
Select from Castle Drinks Package
Toasting Drinks - Choose from the following:
1. Prosecco Amori - roughly 2 Glasses per guest
Or choose from Castle Drinks Package if preferred
Champagne Drinks Package
(£31.00 per person in 2023)
For Drinks Package rates for future years, see under 'Drinks & Beverages' on our Standard Tariff.
Selections
Welcome Drinks - Choose from the following:
1. Tanners Champagne Brut Extra Réserve
2. Flavoured Gin Selection such as Parma Violet Gin, Blood Orange Gin, Strawberry & Lime Gin, Unicorn Gin & Cherry Bakewell
3. Various Cocktails made to order, such as Cosmopolitan, Mojito, Woo Woo (peach snapps, vodka, lime juice and cranberry juice)
Or choose from Castle or Gold Drinks Package if preferred
Table Wine - Choose from the following:
White Wines
1. Sancerre, André Dezat et Fils 2017
2. Chablis, Les Valery 2017
Or choose from Castle or Gold Drinks Package if preferred
Red Wines
1. Fleurie, Domaine de la Viroylette, Jacques Charlet 2016
2. Kate Radburnd Pinot Noir, Wairarapa 2016
Or choose from Castle or Gold Drinks Package if preferred
Rose Wines
1. Chateau Tour de Mirambeau Reserve Rose (France)
Or choose from Castle or Gold Drinks Package if preferred
Toasting Drinks - Choose from the following:
1. Tanners Champagne, Brut Extra Réserve - roughly 2 Glasses per guest
Or choose from Castle or Gold Drinks Package if preferred
Wedding Tips: Wedding Toasts
Ensure all those who are giving speeches and toasts have prepared in advance and are aware of the timings and time allowed for their toast. When will you have the toasts - between which courses of the Wedding Breakfast? How does the cake cutting ceremony fit in with the Toasts?
Read more on the scheduling for wedding toasts here.
Day | Min No's | Wedding Packages |
Sat Fri | 70 60 | |
Sun- Thu | 50 | |
Any day | 75 | |
Any day | 50 | |
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