Limited bar- champagne all night or just for toast?

FiancB

We were planning on having house wine, a couple kegs (one higher end beer and one domestic), whiskey sours, and possibly one other signature mixed drink. I  also want a champagne toast. I just sent back a food order to my venue and they want clarification as to whether I want champagne just for a toast or what. 

It turns out that champagne is actually cheaper than wine. Would it be weird to serve it all night? At every wedding I've been to, it was only served for a toast, I'm assuming in most cases because it's more expensive than wine. 

They also wanted to know if I wanted the whiskey sours only served to specific people wtf who does that. But that's another story.  

cupcait927

Well, I love champagne and would drink it like water if it wouldn't destroy my liver, but that's just me. I'm getting married at a winery and actually considering asking our venue if we can just serve champagne all night and NOT as a toast. Our venue charges $3 pp for the toast and I know that a lot of people won't finish the glass/take more than a sip, but FI and I LOVE the bubbles. If we skip the toast and can add it to our bar, it will be a win-win. So, that being said, if your venue is charging you less for champagne than wine, I'd definitely serve it all night and maybe skip it as the toast and let your guests toast with whatever they're currently drinking.

tammym1001

Would you be serving champagne instead of wine? If yes, then I would say don't do that. If it's in addition to, then no I don't think it's weird to serve it all night. We did a champagne greeting into our ceremony and then champagne was available at the bar all night if anyone wanted it. We didn't do it as a toast because we weren't expecting any toasts. MOH and BM decided to do an impromptu toast together and everyone just used the drinks that they had in their hands. It was really nice.

mysticl

Just a note champagne is sparkling wine.  If their champagne is cheaper than their house wine that makes me wonder how cheap (bad) their champagne is.  Any way you can taste it before you are stuck paying for it?

FiancB

Yeah I was kinda concerned about the champagne quality as well. I wouldn't substitute it for regular wines (not that big of champagne fan), but I figured if people drank a couple bottles of that instead, then all the better for us. I don't know anything about champagne- it's William Wycliff extra dry- any ideas? 

emmyg65

Champagne all night please! Well, as long as it's one wine option and there's also a nonsparkling red and white. We had it available all night because some people like it and some don't. People toasted with whatever they had in hand.

JoanE2012

I am not a champagne girl. Are you having a consumption bar where the champagne drinkers could possibly make a difference in the final bar tab? If so, no harm in adding that.