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Let me preface all of this by saying that I am lightweight, and one glass of wine is just about right for me. Usually if I have more… my head hurts. :) But, Mr. Apple Cider and I love wine. Not just your average Yellowtail grocery store wine, but we like trying out all different types of wine. We have favorites from Rhode Island, Ohio, North Carolina, Oregon and more.
(photo by the awesome Leigh Miller)Throughout our entire relationship we have made a point to wine taste together. Our love of wine helped us decide on picking the Banner Elk Winery as our ceremony and reception spot.
We don’t just like tasting the wine…”wine tasting” is all about the winery experience, from walking through the vineyards, to meeting the owners and chatting with anyone behind the counter.
Here is a list of some of our favorite wineries:
Something about wineries and weddings just go together. Here are some of my favorite winery inspired pictures.
(image from the great Laura Hooper)
(image by Abigail Seymour)
(images by the incredible Allyson Magda)
(photo by the awesome Leigh Miller)
(Photo by Jonathan Burton - this location is The Banner Elk Winery!)
Oh Miss AC, you are going to have such a beautiful wedding! I already can’t wait to see your recaps 
We are for sure taking inspiration from our surroundings. Trying to get a mix of beachy shots along with the lush, tropical greenery and flowers. I’ve even “matched” our rehersal dinner outfits to our surroundings so that we can get some great family pictures. That’s just how I am….
If you’re ever in the Philly area, you should go check out Almathea winery! It’s in South Jersey, and has some amazing — and award winning! — wines.
These pictures are beautiful!!! I love wine but hadn’t thought of incorporating it into our wedding - great idea! 
I like wine too - could you guess? Our vineyard pictures were some of my favorite!
Miss AC you’re so flipping CUTE! I think your winery inspirations are to die for. Le sigh — are you going to be using wine corks all over the place at the reception…i love love love when wineauxs do this
My fiancee and I are big on wine and wine tastings too, but neither of our families would really appreciate it at all if we made it a major element of our wedding. 
So sad.
I’m so jealous of your venue pick!
We’re talking about a winery wedding… but the trouble is picking one! Here in Southern Illinois, we have the Shawnee Wine Trail, a cluster of about 12 or 13 vineyards all within a 25 mile radius of each other. I’ve narrowed it down to three… one has our favorite wine selections, and the other two, while the wine isn’t bad, the scenery and atmosphere are to DIE FOR.
Here’s the trail map: http://www.shawneewinetrail.com/map.htm
We love wine and the whole experience as well. We do some of the festivals at our local Cayuga Wine Trail in upstate NY. I’d love to try to visit places in other states too! A winery wedding would be amazing!
I love all those pictures, that last one is my favorite!
The Fiance & I love tasting local wines too. Some of our favs have been just walking into a tiny shack of a winery and walking out with 2-3 bottles.
We’re also planning a winery wedding in the Hudson Valley area (about 1-1.5 hrs outside of NYC). We’ll be leaving bottles of Pinot Noir (his fav) and Riesling (my fav) on the tables with custom labels designed by us. The label designs will flow through the save teh dates, invites, wedding programs and the labels we’re making for the home brew that we’re going to bottle. The idea of the home brew is that we’re going to work to find the perfect brew (probably a pilsner because it’s more generic) from when we got engaged up till the wedding day. The bottle home brew will also serve as seat designations at the table. =D
Good Luck and I would love to hear some of your ideas!
P.S. My colors are white, red(for traditional chinese elements & works nice w/the red grapes for wine) and a light lime/celadon green (green grapes. =O )
We went wine tasting on T’s birthday and had brunch in the GA mountains and it was wonderful. They also had a gorgeous wedding venue there and made me go hmmmm….?
I also love your photos you shared and the ideas for the place cards with the cork. Very creative!
we got married at a vineyard but somehow our pictures didn’t feel very winery. i was hoping at least some of them would, i think winery weddings are super gorgeous!
I love the background at my venue!! I’m really hoping to get some amazing mountain shots and Garden of the Gods shots…I’m worried that the pics won’t look as good as those I’ve seen online, although the venue does give you a lot to work with! But our pictures will be taken in the morning, so the sun will be in our eyes! 
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Mrs. Apple Cider, New York/Charlotte Age and Occupation: 27, Corporate Communications Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Grad Student – Clinical Mental Health Engagement Date: September 13, 2008 Wedding Date: October 2009 Venue: Banner Elk Winery & Blueberry Villa About Me: I am a North Carolina girl with a New York City spirit. I love crafting, blogging, laughing and dreaming. I know every word to the Anne of Green Gables and Little Women movies. I own every single Martha Stewart Wedding Magazine and have been dreaming of weddings since I was little. I believe life is about doing what makes you happy. If you aren't happy re-evaluate what you are doing. You should never look back on your life and not be proud of what you are doing. If you want to travel - travel. If you want to sing - sing. If you want to start a company - start a company. If you want to blog – blog!
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