Toast to the gals with woman-owned wines!

Ultimate Galentine’s Party: Owned & managed entirely by women, we at Le Grand Courtâge raise a glass to the leading ladies in our lives, the friendships we hold dear! Translating to The Great Courtship, we celebrate the courtshipbetween French and American wine culture, grapes from different regions, old and new world wine styles, and of course relationships between people that truly make our lives meaningful.

We’ve curated some chic, elevated ideas to celebrate Galentine’s Day with your gal pals.

♥ Make an adorable galentine-inpsired snack board.
♥  Just for fun: a wine and cheese tasting party.
♥  Create easy, fruity ice for an elevated cocktail garnish.
♥  Work together to mix up a besties cocktail recipe.
♥  Keep it light and fresh with a heart shaped caprese salad.
♥  Have 187ml bottles of bubbly for table settings or individual champagne toasts.
♥  Host a card making and cocktails night in with friends.For more ideas, follow along on  Pinterest!
♥  Paint & Sip – How about some ‘bubbles & brushes’ to let your creative juices flow?
♥  Rom-Com Movie Night – Gather your girls together for a night of binge-watching your favorite romantic movies. There are plenty of options to keep your ultimate Galentine’s Party night going (including the heartfelt yet ill-fated love story of Jack and Rose from The Titanic.

Menu

Hosting an elevated brunch? Or maybe a ladies night in? Keep it simple! Prepare a few items ahead of time and have each guest bring something they love – you’ll save time and there will be more time for fun!

Garnishes

Get creative! We love simple cotton candy on top of a glass of bubbles. A simple lemon twist is always chic, and you can really add a touch of elegance with lovely florals.

Playlist

Music really sets the mood at any party. We’ve curated some of our favorites for our favorite stations we love for any occasion but below is all about empowerment for the ladies! Sing along or have a lip sync battle to really add to the party!

Colbie Caillat’s “Try”
Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire”
Rachel Platten – Fight Song
Demi Lovato’s “Confident”
Beyonce’s “Run the World”
Hailee Steinfeld’s “Love Myself”
Selena Gomez’s “Who Says”
Martina McBride’s “This One’s For the Girls”
Katy Perry’s “Roar”
Destiny’s Child “Independent Women”
Robyn’s “Dancing on my Own”
Cher’s “Strong Enough”

Details: Pop, Fizz, Clink! The Universal Sound of HAPPY! An affordable, award -winning line up of woman-owned French wines celebrating courtships is the ultimate detail! Cheers to the gals!

Simple, Easy, & FUN!

White & Milk Chocolate Fondue By Christina Lang of Dessert For Two

Ingredients

Chocolate fondue:

♥  5 ounces chocolate (chips or chopped chocolate)
♥  1/3 cup half and half

White chocolate fondue:

♥ 5 ounces white chocolate (chips or chopped chocolate).
♥ 1/3 cup half and half

For serving:

♥ Baguette cut in cubes
♥ Pretzels
♥ Fresh pineapple
♥ Strawberries
♥ Cream cheese cut in squares
♥ Marshmallows
♥ Cookies
♥ Your favorite things!

Instructions:

Place each type of chocolate chip into serving container. Heat the half and half in a microwave-safe dish until boiling. Keep an eye on it so it doesn’t boil over! Pour the half and half over each dish. Let it sit for 1 minute without stirring. Stir the mixture together until it is smooth and creamy. At first, it won’t look like it will come together, but it will! Keep stirring! Serve each fondue with fresh fruit, cookies, and marshmallows. Enjoy!

Special Galentine Delivery

Separated by distance but never in heart! Send a sparkling Galentine’s Gift to your besties who can’t gather for a party using our wine lover’s gift guide:

Embrace the French spirit of joie de vivre, share some sparkle, & spread JOY!

Gift giving should be fun, easy, & thoughtful and you can’t go wrong gifting award-winning, elegant, French wines.

Each scoring 90+ points, these bottles make beautiful, elevated gifts everyone appreciates, especially if shopping for the wine lover in your life!

 “Maybe we could be each other’s soul mates. And then we could let men be just these great nice guys to have fun with.” – Charlotte York, SATC

Chanel Dror of Camille Styles and Eric Tarlo’s Wedding at a Château in the Loire Valley

Post dinner, everyone moved into the orangery—where a dessert and cheese spread was waiting—for the reception. “In lieu of a wedding cake, we kicked things off with a tower of Le Grand Courtâge Brut Rosé, with Sam Feldt’s ‘Show Me Love’ playing on blast,” says Chanel. Read more.

Our Mini Wine bottles are perfect for every Wedding occasion!

For a chic way to celebrate at a bachelorette party or wedding, we suggest serving our Mini Wine bottles or as we like to call them our Courtâge Cuties! They are the perfect single serving indulgence for you and those you love!

Pre Game Necessity

Each adorable 187 ml mini wine bottle is the perfect size of sparkling wine for you and your guests to enjoy in the suite while getting ready, in the limo on the way to the party, or anywhere your festive plans may take you! Light and easy to carry, our mini bottles of Blanc de Blancs Brut and Brut Rosé to add a dash of glamour to your fete.

Smudge Proof Drinking

Serve in a glass or with straws that match your color scheme. Colored paper straws are a nice addition to your theme, and also prevent make-up and wardrobe faux pas. Fabulous!

Wedding Favors

Indulge guests further with personalized name cards to show them how special they are to you! Or, personalize each bottle with your name and that of your partner, as well as the date of your wedding for a memorable wedding favor that will make everyone “Cheer!” See an example that a bride did for her guests on our instagram here.

Speaking of the morning of your wedding day and getting ready with your best girls… you can’t forget the mimosas to properly toast to your wedding day! Champagne from Le Grand Courtage (I always love rosé!) or white wine from Speak Wines are two favorites: not only are their labels and packaging both beautiful and occasion-appropriate, but most any bridesmaid would love to be gifted a bottle or mini-bottle of champagne or wine. And with mimosas, you can’t forget the toasting flutes! Naturally, Chic Gifts, based out of Raleigh, creates personalized champagne flutes (I’m a fan of the stemless ones!) and wine glasses in an array of metallic colors for your best girls.

Read More

Are you in a season of party and event planning? Need to know how much wine to order for a wedding? If you are trying to calculate how much alcohol to order for an event, we have some simple tools to help.

There’s always something to celebrate! From small intimate dinner parties to retirement parties, college graduations, engagements, baby and bridal showers, birthdays, anniversaries, promotions, launch parties, & our personal favorites: weddings, bachelorette parties, & bridal showers.  We aim to offer Effortless Entertaining and/or Planning Tips and even a Drink Calculator for events!

No need to get overwhelmed! We’ve got you covered with a party drinks calculator to make your event effortless AND elevated!

The Great Courtship

The name of our French sparkling wines translates to “The Great Courtship”, making them a best wedding wine choice & perfect meaningful detail for celebrations of love and friendship! Available in classic Blanc de Blancs brut and brut rosé, at weddings and celebrations of all kinds. Nothing gets the party started like the POP of the cork! (Or as we call it, The Universal Sound of Happy!).

How To Calculate How Much Alcohol Or Wine You Need For Your Event Using The Party Drink Calculator.

Wine Party Calculator FAQs:

How many bottles of wine for a wedding? How much alcohol is in wine? How much wine to order for 100 guests? Here is an easy drink size calculator to use as a beverage calculator for events. In an average event setting, you can expect each guest will drink one alcoholic beverage per hour. Likely drinking more during cocktail hour, and less during the meal. One drink per hour is a realistic benchmark to begin planning. Below is an easy wine calculator formula.

Use this standard drink calculator for a party as an example: For an event with 50 adults over 21 for four hours you’ll need 150-200 beverages depending upon time of day and how much of a drinking crowd there is.

Using this wedding alcohol calculator or any ‘ole event calculator, you can estimate how much alcohol to order for a wedding, party, or other event with this Evite Drink Calculator.

As a general rule, 20 bottles of wine and sparkling wine/champagne = 100 servings (we recommend 75% wine and 25% sparkling for the event.

How Many Cases Of Champagne Will I Need For Toast?   

When party planning, the menu is the first priority, and then the adult beverages served are a close second priority. Time of year your event is planned, time of the event, the menu being served, cashless or cash bar. Whether just beer and wine are served or if cocktails are offered, whether specialty cocktails are offered, and lastly, the preference of drinks & alcohol tolerance of the guest list all factor into the estimating process.

When trying to answer some of the most common Wedding Alcohol Questions, we also liked this article from Brides magazine: How Much Alcohol Do You Need for Your Wedding?

Additional Ideas for how to incorporate timeless, elegant yet modern, and romantic wines as an elevated detail for your event.

Below are several ideas on how to incorporate sparkling wine into your wedding or party. As well as some tips on determining wine party calculations and how much wine you need for your event. Hosting a party or planning a wedding can be stressful.  Making sure you have enough wine on hand for guests shouldn’t be!

Party Favors & 187ml

187ml bottles mini bottles of sparkling wine as reception favors can also double as the reception escort cards! Simply add a name/place card to hang from the bottle so guests can navigate their reception seating arrangements. This creates a statement when guests arrive at a table filled with mini champagne bottles.

Or, personalize each bottle with your name and that of your partner, as well as the date of your wedding for a memorable wedding favor that will make everyone “Cheer”! One of our favorite ways to present these to wedding guests is having their names written on the bottle with beautiful calligraphy. What an elevated favor!

We hope this wedding wine calculator was helpful in making your celebration preparation easy and fun!

Cheers and bonne fête at your next event!

Bridal look book – Le Grand Courtâge translates to “The Great Courtship”, making us the best wedding wine and top choice for celebrations of love and friendship, while offering meaningful, unexpected and unforgettable details for brides looking for something special for their wedding and bridal events.

Nothing elevates a party like the POP of a cork, and there are several ways to incorporate romantic (yet affordable and simple) French wines into your wedding planning season and make for instagram-worthy events and photos.

Both award-winning sparkling varieties score 90+ points, so it makes it a top choice for an affordable champagne alternative that can serve or gift quality wines to elevate your big day to add a touch of elegance on any budget. Our French bubbly is available in 750ml & 187ml bottles.

Read below for ways to incorporate these romantic French wines into your big day!

BRIDAL PARTY PROPOSALS

POP the question to those you want standing beside you on your big day! We love the trend of curated bridesmaid proposal boxes. Remember, The Great Courtship is about celebrating all relationships, including friendships! We recommend our “mini” 187ml ‘champagne’ bottles of wine for all wedding related events as they provide for effortless entertaining and should be part of the party planning essentials list! Available in both classic blanc de blancs brut and brut rosé.

BRIDAL SHOWER

Time for bridal drinks! Mini wine champagne  bottles are a huge crowd pleaser, especially the brut rosé, at engagement parties and champagne themed bridal showers as place settings, favors, or simply a glass of sparkling wine to be enjoyed at the shower.

BACHELORETTE PARTIES

Time to party! From Hen Parties to Lingerie Showers, keep the celebration going with mini bottles of wine as bachelorette party favors or individual toasts for guests at a rosé themed girl’s weekend.

WELCOME GIFTS

Welcome out of town wedding guests  with a curated welcome bag with assorted wedding themed items – and kick off wedding weekend with some celebratory sparkling wine for weddings!

GETTING READY + DETAIL SHOTS

Time to primp and prep on the big day! Celebrate with morning mimosas or incorporate mini champagne bottles into thank you gifts for bridesmaids. Pretty champagne bottles are also popular additions for detail shots and flat lays styled by wedding photographers.

ESCORT CARDS

Affix names and table numbers to small bottles of wine like our mini sparkling party favor 187ml of Blanc de Blanc. This certainly makes a statement of romance and elegance and also doubles as a toast for guests when they arrive at their seat or during cocktail hour.

TOASTS, TOWERS, & SIGNATURE COCKTAILS

Quality wines for weddings, serve the best wedding wines on a budget. When planning for drinks for wedding reception, there are many ways to keep the wine flowing. Whether you’re planning a champagne toast, a champagne tower, or crafting a signature cocktail, use our free drink calculator to see how much you’ll need.

PARTY FAVORS

Send off guests with the ultimate thank you. Everyone loves the gift of fizzy French wine – especially in the form of mini champagne bottle favors!

Signature Bridal Shower Drink: Blushing Bride Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces elderflower liqueur, chilled
• 1/4 – 1/2 ounce grenadine
• Le Grand Courtage Brut Rosé, chilled
• Garnish (optional)

Instructions:

• Pour elderflower liqueur into a champagne glass. Add grenadine until desired perfect pink shade achieved. Top with sparkling rosé. Stir and garnish to your taste. Enjoy responsibly!

Wine Lover’s Gift Guide

Don’t forget the honeymoon & anniversaries! Add these top French wines  to your wine registry! Embrace the romance of France, share some sparkle, & spread JOY! Gift giving should be fun, easy, & thoughtful and you can’t go wrong gifting award-winning, elegant, French wines. Each scoring 90+ points, these bottles make beautiful, elevated gifts everyone appreciates, especially if shopping for the wine lover in your life!

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning