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YOU'LL NEED ABOUT
94 bottles
(425 glasses, includes a small buffer for pours and breakage)
41
red
40
white
13
sparkling
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A standard 750ml bottle pours five 5oz glasses. We multiply your wine-drinking guests by the reception length and pace to get total glasses, divide by five, then add a small buffer. The sparkling toast is reserved separately — about one bottle per eight guests — so you never come up short for the speeches.
A good rule of thumb is about half a bottle of wine per guest for a standard reception, plus sparkling for the toast. For 100 guests at a 5-hour reception where most people drink wine, that's roughly 55–65 bottles of still wine and about 13 bottles of sparkling for the toast. The calculator above gives an exact count for your guest list and reception length.
For 100 guests at a 5-hour reception with about 85% drinking wine, plan on roughly 55–65 bottles total — split between red and white — plus around 13 bottles of sparkling if you're doing a toast. Adjust the guest count, hours, and toast option above to match your reception.
Budget one bottle of sparkling wine for every 8 guests for a single toast pour — a 750ml bottle fills about 6 champagne flutes. For 100 guests that's roughly 13 bottles. Keep the toast sparkling separate from your dinner wine so you don't come up short; select "add a sparkling toast" above and it's reserved for you.
An even split works for most weddings. Lean toward more white and sparkling for a summer or daytime wedding, or a seafood-forward menu; lean red for a winter reception or a heartier menu. Use the wine-style option above to weight the split, and remember guests tend to drink more white in warm weather.
Buy once your final guest count is locked — usually two to four weeks out — and ask the retailer about buy-back terms on unopened cases, which many offer for large wedding orders. Order a little extra rather than cutting it close; the calculator already includes a small buffer for generous pours.
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