{"id":1745,"date":"2015-07-27T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T10:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanorrestaurant.com\/blog\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2023-01-03T14:40:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:40:36","slug":"wedding-trends-2016-wedding-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wedding-trends-2016-wedding-drinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Trends 2016: Wedding Drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Wedding-Drinks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Wedding-Drinks.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Drinks\" width=\"675\" height=\"449\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1746\" \/><\/a>Leave the neon drinks to the bars in Hoboken. A top wedding drink trend for 2016 is naturally-hued drinks like the browns and tans of a fine bourbon or a great microbrew beer, plus neutral-colored cocktails that delight the senses. Wedding signature drinks won\u2019t always be a bright color, although spring and summer wedding drink trends will often feature a vibrantly-hued cocktail in addition to a groom\u2019s bourbon or Scotch bar.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some additional top wedding trends 2016 for wedding drinks:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Champagne is a top wedding drink trend again, with the dramatic sabering of champagne bottles popular at NJ wedding now, and the dramatic pouring of a champagne tower. Wedding survey company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweddingreport.com\/\">Wedding Report<\/a> says that over 40% of wedding couples highly prioritize top quality champagne at their weddings, with champagne offered at the bar as champagne cocktails in addition to a generous pour for the wedding toasts.<\/li>\n<li>Smaller sips. Drink stations offer small servings of bourbon, vodka, microbrew beer flights, and tequila is a top trend for NJ weddings. These small sip drinks may be paired with foods as well, and your wedding venue\u2019s chef can assist in creating the perfect pairings.<\/li>\n<li>Locally-sourced drinks. Wedding bar menus feature microbrew beers from NJ breweries, as well as wines from local NJ vineyards, in addition to domestic and imported beers and wines.<\/li>\n<li>Garden elements. Wedding cocktails are garnished or muddled with garden-grown or farm-sourced herbs and berries for a natural taste and great color to wedding drinks.<\/li>\n<li>Sangria. This colorful fruity drink, or pale pink sangria, or white sangria is a top bar menu choice for weddings, again tying in the freshness of fruit slices in the presentation at your wedding bar.<\/li>\n<li>Multiple signature drinks. Why choose just one when the trend for wedding drinks in 2016 is a wider variety of favorite cocktails and unique signature drinks custom-created by your NJ wedding venue\u2019s mixologists? Add in the presentation flair of your signature drink menu written artistically on a chalkboard to get guests excited to try small pours of your signature drinks.<\/li>\n<li>Classic soft drinks. Several years ago, flavored sodas were a must for a wedding bar menu, and now we\u2019ve returned to the classic soft drinks, including iced tea and lemonade served in grand decanters. A great soft drink menu quenches guests at a garden wedding in the summer, and lets guests pace their alcohol consumption at the reception.<\/li>\n<li>Drinks from your love story. \u2018Your Drink\u2019 might be a wine vintage that you love to share during your romantic dinners, or the type of champagne you enjoyed when you got engaged. A particular cocktail that\u2019s your usual order when you go out to New Jersey restaurants, or your drink order from your first date. Bringing in a signature drink from your love story is a top wedding drink trend for 2016\u2019s personalized weddings, especially when you add the story of your drink to your bar list or menu card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leave the neon drinks to the bars in Hoboken. A top wedding drink trend for 2016 is naturally-hued drinks like the browns and tans of a fine bourbon or a great microbrew beer, plus neutral-colored cocktails that delight the senses. Wedding signature drinks won\u2019t always be a bright color, although spring and summer wedding drink [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[392,72,400],"tags":[516,100,522],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-drinks","category-wedding-receptions","category-wedding-trends-2016","tag-wedding-drinks","tag-wedding-reception-planning","tag-wedding-trends-2016"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}