Champane's Wine Cellars

You’ve planned the perfect reception meal, the cake is a work of art, the gowns
are breathtaking, the ideal band has been hired to play stirring renditions of all
your favorites, and yet all too often, the duties to take care of your wines and
champagne are left to thediscression of the hall staff. More often than not,
the resulting beverages are an uninspired major flop. This isn’t the time for cheap
house pours from magnums or bottles of "2 Bill Swill".

Let our experts at Champane Wine Celars help you select the finest quality wines
and champagne that will leave a lasting impression of your big day. Best of all,
you will get twice the qulaity for half the price without breaking the bank.
With the largest selection and the lowest prices, let Champanes’ be your
beverage matchmaker.

Champane’s Wine Cellars’ Wedding and Party Planners Bar Buyers Guide will assist you in selecting and organizing the right combination of adult beverages for your wedding or other event.

 The guidelines and hosting tips included will help take some of the guesswork and headaches out of planning a great event.

Champane’ Wine Cellars invites everyone to stop by Michigan’s largest wine, beer and spirits store which is conveniently located  in the Metro Detroit suburb of Warren at 7001 Chicago Road which is also known as 13 Mile Road and can be found on the north side of the road between Van Dyke Ave. and Mound Road. You may also call us at (586) 268-4900 if you have any questions.

Champane’s Wine Cellars knows you care about your friends, family and guests so we developed the Wedding and Party Planner’s Bar Buyers Guide help you plan and host an event that is stress-free and enjoyable for you and your guests.

Please note, you will find identical purchase recommendations  for 25, 50, 100 or more guests for the same type item due to the fact that you can not purchase from most retailers a half bottle or a half of a case of an item. When preparing this guide, Champane’s Wine Cellars staff editors found that it is best to round up on a quantity than to be short at the event.

You will also find that due to personal preferences and/or event considerations such as ages of guests, length of event, weather, day of week, season, an indoor or outdoor event and recent trends that some of the recommendations will need to be adjusted (increasing or decreasing quantities). For example;

If most of your guests are between 21 and 25 years old without children, you will find that you will have to increase the quantity of beer, wine and spirits to be purchased or,

If your event is having a specialty drink or collection of themed beverages, you will find an increase in the ingredients for that drink or theme beverage with a probable reduction in other adult beverages.

Nevertheless, you can trust that the information inside this Wedding and Party Planner’s Bar Buyers Guide comes from many years of experience and will accommodate most party needs. Moreover, you will find Champane’s Wine Cellars’ staff extremely please to help you with any questions regarding your special events requirements.

Champane’s Wine Cellars recommends that every host read the section on “Hosting and Your Responsibilities” include with in this guide and follow all of the ten tips listed within.

Always provide low-alcohol and alcohol-free beverages, such non-alcoholic

punch, soda pop, bottled water, coffee, hot and iced tea. 

Serve snacks with drinks and always have food available throughout the

event to avoid drinking on an empty stomach. High starch foods such as

meats, vegetables, cheese, light dips and  breads are good choice.

Do not plan strenuous activities when you serve alcohol. People are generally

 more prone to injury or mishap after drinking. 

Serve drinks yourself or better yet designate or hire a bartender, instead of an open bar,
guests tend to drink more when they serve themselves. Use a shot glass or jigger for
measurement and avoid serving doubles. 

Never serve minors or allow someone else to provide a minor with any drinks containing alcohol. 

Have a plan to deal with any guest who drinks too much. Know how guests will be going home
 from your event. Promote the use of designated drivers and keep cash and telephone numbers
available for taxis. Never drink and drive or ride with someone who has been drinking. 

Stop serving alcohol at least one hour before end of event.  Bring out non-alcoholic drinks
such as water, coffee, tea or soda pop and serve additional snacks or even better start
serving desert at this time 

The host should avoid drinking any alcoholic beverage so that he/she can stay on top of
and avoid potential problems. 

 Discourage all drinking of rounds or drinking contests. 

Plan-ahead by considering the type of event and who will be attending your
event so that it is easy to avoid problems and follow this advice.

Event Planners,

Save more by setting up an appointment with one of Champane’s Wine Cellars Event Consultants and receive special event pricing and offers.

Call 586-268-4900 and set up your appointment today.