On wine: what Clara pours, and why

Before she was a wedding planner, Clara was a lawyer, and through all of it, a lover of wine. She trained as a sommelier, and wine is one of the quiet ways our weddings feel different. These are a few of the things she believes.

Wine should belong to the place

Pour what grows around you. Sparkling wine from the vineyards outside Barcelona. Tempranillo in the north. In Andalusia, start with a chilled fino or manzanilla, which may surprise your guests and will delight them. Wine from the land you are standing on tells a story no imported label can.

Start bright

The welcome glass should be fresh and lively: a sparkling wine, a crisp white, something that wakes people up after their journey and gets conversations going.

Follow the menu, not the price

The best wine for a dish is the one that makes both taste better. We build the wine list with the menu, course by course, and taste them together before the day.

A good wine is remembered for the company it kept.

Pour in the right order

Light before full, young before old, dry before sweet. It sounds simple, and it is often ignored.

Do not forget the people who do not drink

A wedding should have something beautiful in every glass. Good alcohol-free options, thoughtfully chosen, are part of hospitality.

Leave space for a story

At a small wedding, there is time to say a word about a bottle: where it comes from, why it was chosen. For some couples, wine becomes the heart of the weekend: a private tasting the night before, an evening in a cellar, a bottle laid down to open on an anniversary.