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Personally, a glass is a glass is a glass ;) The only thing I'll say is the reason champagne flutes are quite long and skinny is to limit how fast the bubbles escape, the larger the area of champagne exposed to the air in the glass, the faster the bubbles go.
Are you just having champagne for the toast or are you serving champagne throughout the evening? If champagne is one of your cocktail options, you could divide your wine glass allotment and do half flutes and half wine glasses. Just a thought!
Eh, while technically a glass is a glass, PP was right about champagne glasses being flutes for a reason. Also, serving champagne from wine glasses is something people are definitely going to notice. It may be smarter to cut back somewhere else where no one would ever in a million years know the difference.
i love champagne in flutes, but honestly, at home, we drink it out of regular glasses (not even wine glasses--juice glasses). don't worry about it, you don't need flutes--regular wine glasses are just fine, particularly if you are concerned about the budget.
Yeah, flutes are flutes for a reason, so that the bubbles don't escape and the champagne doesn't get flat. It depends on your crowd, but I would totally notice this. I would try to spring for it or cut back elsewhere.
yes, i'd cut something out somewhere else, or cost-share with another Orlando bee... maybe you could hit ikea and get some cheapies and sell them and make half your money back? I would notice and not like my precious champagne bubbles bubbling out.
No one will remember 10 minutes later that you served champagne out of wine glasses.
If budget is a problem, why not skip the champagne and just do a toast with whatever people happen to be drinking? They've done that at plenty of weddings I've been to and it always seemed smart since most people only end up having a sip and wasting the rest of their champagne anyway.
People would notice, but it really isn't that big of a deal. If you can spring for it, awesome, but if not, meh. I snapped at my wedding planner and my best friend the other day (
) because they were telling me how using the basic folding chairs at me site will impact the look and feel, and I was like, "duh, but I am not made of money." You just have to draw the line somewhere.
I, personally, wouldn't remember & no one watching would remember or care either. That's just me personally though.
Wow, I think this one is pretty evenly split down the middle. The thing is, my side of the family doesn't even drink, so theoretically I would only be getting the champagne for FI's side. I'm offering sparkling grape juice so no one feels left out, but I'm sure my side will want the same kind of cups as his side...UGH. The wedding is 2 months away so now I'm dealing with these irritating issues that I personally will not remember a week after the wedding but am afraid that other people will focus on.
I'll see if the budget allows for champagne glasses, but if it comes down to it, I'll probably just begin the toasts and screw the champagne rather than doing it half-arsed. That was a super good suggestion, monitajb, and one that I may definitely use!
I'm surprised your venue doesn't have these things - are you doing somewhere less traditional?
Yea, it'll be at a clubhouse that is virtually unfurnished. It was cheaper for us just to rent what we needed rather than pay outrageous prices to rent a place out for a few hours. We live in Orlando where everything is very...Disney, haha. :)
If I were a guest at a wedding, I would definitely notice this. As other bees mentioned, the glasses are a specific shape for a scientific reason, not just an aesthetic one.
You might consider not doing a champagne toast at all. We were going to do this and have heard of many others who did this- just have people toast with whatever they have from the bar (soda, wine, beer, a cocktail). I actually realized as we discussed this with the venue that I had gone to a wedding that did this and didn't realize until then!
i would do ikea - http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50015122 . If you bought enough for 100 people, it'd be $85. You could sell those after the fact. Or you could post a wanted ad in the classifieds, or cost share with another bride. It's just not a champagne toast without the glasses. If you don't get them, i'd skip it entirely and have the toast seem more spontaneous so people use their water or current drinks. But it's nice to have a toasting glass so that you know it's full for everyone during the toast.
i dont know how formal your wedding is but i am going to get mine at dollar store. $1 for 2. then you can sell them afterwards if need be
We aren't doing a champagne toast (it will be available if someone wants it of course, but we aren't passing it out to everyone for a toast)...BUT if you are set on it, I would really suggest the Dollar Tree...you can get champagne glasses for a dollar there, and you can even buy them in bulk from their website!
Also, I don't know how you feel about it, but the Dollar Tree also sells packages of maybe 6 or so plastic champagne glasses; you could buy a bunch of those and spend just a few dollars...they would be one time use, but they would serve the purpose of a champagne toast...
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It's getting down to those last few months for me and as I am going over my budget for the umpteenth time, I realized that I didn't exactly budget to have champagne glasses- only wine glasses. Are people going to look at me funny when they realize that they must drink their champagne out a wine glass? I mean, I personally would cheer if someone filled up my wine glass with champagne...it's a bigger cup!
I just can't convince myself to have to pay another 50-100 bucks for glassware. Maybe someone here can!