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Short answer: Order 4-6 weeks ahead for standard wines, and 3+ months ahead if you want specific vintage champagne, large-format bottles (magnums or larger), or anything from a small-production house. The wine itself can often be delivered same-day or next-day — what actually takes time is deciding quantities, getting tastings done, and securing limited stock before it sells out.
This is the most common misunderstanding in wedding wine planning. Fast delivery solves a logistics problem — getting bottles to your venue quickly. It does nothing to solve the supply problem — whether the specific champagne or vintage you want is even available when you need 60 bottles of it.
Popular champagne houses and sought-after vintages can sell through their allocation weeks or months ahead of a wedding season, especially around June-September (UK wedding season) and December. A retailer might have same-day delivery capability and still be unable to get you 8 cases of a specific bottle with only a week's notice, simply because the stock isn't there anymore.
3+ months before — if you want something specific
This is the window for: vintage champagne (a particular year), large-format bottles (magnums, jeroboams — these are lower volume and sell out fastest), any wine from a small or well-known producer, or a fully custom selection across multiple wine styles for a large guest list. If any of these apply, start here.
6-8 weeks before — tastings and final selection
Most couples aren't choosing blind. If you want to taste options before committing (sensible for anything beyond the house Prosecco), this is the realistic window to arrange it, get feedback from whoever's paying, and lock in your final choices.
4-6 weeks before — standard order for widely available wines
If you're going with well-stocked, popular options — a recognisable Bordeaux, a standard Brut NV champagne, a crowd-pleasing Sauvignon Blanc — 4-6 weeks gives enough buffer for any last-minute quantity changes as your final headcount firms up.
1-2 weeks before — final quantity confirmation
Guest lists shift right up until the RSVP deadline. This is when to lock in final bottle counts based on confirmed numbers, not when to place your first order.
Same-day/next-day — genuinely last-minute or top-ups
This is where fast delivery earns its keep: correcting an under-order, replacing a damaged case, or adding extra bottles when more guests turn up than planned. It's a safety net, not a planning strategy.
A commonly used planning formula: half a bottle of wine per guest for a reception with a meal, split roughly 50% red / 50% white unless you know your crowd skews one way. For a champagne toast specifically, one bottle serves about 6 glasses, so divide your guest count by 6 (and round up).
Example for 100 guests:
Always round up rather than down — running short mid-reception is a far worse problem than having a few bottles left over.
In our experience, it's rarely delivery speed. It's almost always one of:
Building in a 3-month buffer for anything specific, and treating fast delivery as your contingency rather than your primary plan, avoids all three.
We deliver wedding wine and champagne orders across London and UK-wide, with the flexibility to handle both advance bulk orders and last-minute top-ups. Browse our champagne collection and wine collection, or get in touch directly for help planning quantities for your guest list.
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