Wine at Nine

A Wine at Nine get together is the perfect opportunity to showcase your style and sophistication through your choice of wines and flowers.

Floral Decorating Ideas
Ask your florist to design flowers in a champagne bucket or in a cluster of wine bottles. Decorate passing trays with flowers. When serving champagne, pierce a flower blossom and several berries with a cocktail pick and lay it across the top of the champagne glass. Place groups of flowers and candles of various heights around the room. Ceramic, marble or fabric-covered wine coolers also make decorative flower vases. (If using terra-cotta, line the inside with a plastic bag to hold the water.) Floating candles and fragrant blooms in a crystal bowl make a simple yet elegant centerpiece.

Special Touches
Decorate food serving trays with mini grape wreaths (lying flat) as "holders" for serving bowls or plates.

Suggested Flowers
A few interesting conversation starters might include cosmos, roses, lilies, anthuriums, orchids, freesia, lisianthus, callas, ranunculus, tulips, iris and gerbera daisies.

Other Party Themes

Backyard Barbecue
Perfect Patio/Garden Party
Hawaiian Luau
French Country Dinner
Mexican Fiesta
Wine at Nine