How Much Wine?

janedoe1113a

We're having red, white, and blush.  How many bottles of each should I get?  I'm estimating that 20-25 people at the max will drink wine.

sarah0725

Well, you get about four glasses of wine out of a bottle, so how much do you think each of those guests would drink? I think that rather than even proportions, I might split red and white evenly and then a little less on the blush wine, but I'm not sure if it matters.

Here's a drink calculator if that helps:
http://www.evite.com/pages/party/drink-calculator.jsp

ETA: Hm, that calcular looks like it's suggesting 10-15 total bottles... so maybe 6 red, 6 white, and 3 blush?

janedoe1113a

I just used the drink calculator and it said 20 bottles of wine.  So do you think half a case of each would do?  Or do you think I need more?

sarah0725

A case is twelve right? So if you had a half case of each of the three, that would be 18 total bottles, which I imagine would be enough unless your 20-25 wine drinkers each want their own bottle.

janedoe1113a

Yea, a case is 12.  So, half a case of each sounds good.  Thanks for your help Sarah!

If anyone else has an opinion, please let me know!

sarabellam

Navy, this is a case where you really have to know your crowd. In my case, if my entire family (including in-laws) got together, you would be looking at 10 wine drinkers, 9 of whom would choose red wine. LOTS of red wine.

janedoe1113a

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[QUOTE]Navy, this is a case where you really have to know your crowd. In my case, if my entire family (including in-laws) got together, you would be looking at 10 wine drinkers, 9 of whom would choose red wine. LOTS of red wine.
Posted by sarabellam[/QUOTE]

Sadly I'm not really sure what most people drink.  Normally when there's a party, we really only have beer and liquor.  That's why I'm just estimating 20-25 are wine drinkers.  I could not tell you which kind of wine though.

squirrly

Am I crazy, or did this come up a few months ago?  It really depends on how long your reception is, too.  1 per hour plus 1 extra every 4 hours is average, but you need to include non drinkers in that calculation to make the "average" work out. 

tlv204

Do you drink wine? I guess I think with something like wine I'd rather over buy than not have enough, and then you'll just never run out of wine afterwards   But I don't have advice for specific numbers, because a whole case of each seems excessive even if you're a huge wino.

janedoe1113a

squirrly -- I think I asked a few months ago, but now our numbers have drastically changed so I figured I'd ask again.  My grandparents are picking up the wine for me tomorrow.

tlv -- I only really drink blush and I'll drink white once in a while.  I never drink red. 

I guess half a case each it will be!

squirrly

Ahh. . . ok.  It's cool, I was just very confused.