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(This could be sparkling cider)
Red wine and white wine in a small carafe is placed next to an empty carafe with a wineglass on a small table
near the couple. The center carafe, called the Marriage Carafe is sometimes a bit larger than the two
outside individual carafes. Alternatively there would be 2 carafes and one empty glass. If the ‘individual
carafes’ are carried in the Wedding Processional the Marriage Carafe or Wine Glass is already sitting on the
table and only the two individual filled carafes are carried forth.
Option: Music can be played during and or after the Wine Ceremony.
The Wine Ceremony can be divided into two parts. The presenting of the two individual carafes filled with
red and white wine to be placed on the table near the larger empty carafe during the processional. Or a bit
earlier the parents of the couples come forward with a bottle of wine and fill the smaller carafes already on
the table just before they are seated and then the wedding processional starts.
Then part two the pouring of the two separate wines into the empty carafe and drinking the combined wine
by the wedding couple.
Part two follows the exchange of vows.
The ceremony can be one part with the wine already sitting on the table and the couple just combining the
wines before drinking them.
Ceremony A:
After the vows the Officiant announces We Now Shall Perform the Wine Ceremony The couple goes to the
table and each takes the individual carafe and pours some wine into the larger carafe. The groom then
takes the larger filled carafe with the combined wine and pours some in a glass for the bride. The bride then
takes the Larger Carafe with the combined wines and pours some into a glass for the Groom. He may now
toast his bride with, Now Our Lives Are One and drinks from the glass she responds the same. They place
the wineglass back and face back to the Officiant, who says:
‘This Ceremony represents the two individual lives are now combined like the two wines into one single life.
The drinking of the combined wine signifies the commitment you now make to live your lives as one family.
May you remember this day of commitment you have sealed with drinking of the new wine joining your lives
as one.
The Officiant may also announce that immediately after the service others may drink the new wine of their
commitment to one life if they so desire. Another option is Rose wine to be served at the reception to mark
this ceremony.
Ceremony B
Upon the Bride’s mother being escorted to her seat, she and the Groom’s mother will go to the ‘wine table’
and each will fill a glass with wine and at the time in the ceremony following the ring exchange Bride and
Groom will take each of the glasses that their mothers filled and pour into one unity glass that we will both
share a drink from.
The Officiant says:
The years of our lives are as a cup of wine, poured out for us to drink. As grapes, when they are pressed,
give forth their juices for the wine, so under the wine press of time, our lives give forth, their labor, their
honor, their love.
Red wine is covenantal, sweet, and alluring. It begs for a meltdown of love, for association to become
assimilation. Beautiful red wine, glassed and swirling, reflects the spellbound love in the eyes of two lovers
whose optical glasses runneth over. Here are waiter and waitress serving the only customers that matter:
themselves.
Groom and Bride, often in the days to come you will sit at the same table and break bread together. Drink
now, and may the cup of your lives be sweet and full to running over.
As you shared from this one cup of wine, so may you draws contentment, comfort and delight from this one
cup of life. May you find life's joys heightened, its bitterness sweetened, and all things hallowed by your
companionship and love.
Looking at the mothers the officiant says:
Above you, below you, forever surrounding you shall be the pledge you make unto each other today. The
pledge of the truth and purity of your every breath develops the friendship of your hearts. The passion and
fire of your spirits and the deepest love your souls have to give. It is the pledge of all that is within you. The
only true pledge that one heart can offer to another.
Red wine and white wine in a small carafe is placed next to an empty carafe with a wineglass on a small table
near the couple. The center carafe, called the Marriage Carafe is sometimes a bit larger than the two
outside individual carafes. Alternatively there would be 2 carafes and one empty glass. If the ‘individual
carafes’ are carried in the Wedding Processional the Marriage Carafe or Wine Glass is already sitting on the
table and only the two individual filled carafes are carried forth.
Option: Music can be played during and or after the Wine Ceremony.
The Wine Ceremony can be divided into two parts. The presenting of the two individual carafes filled with
red and white wine to be placed on the table near the larger empty carafe during the processional. Or a bit
earlier the parents of the couples come forward with a bottle of wine and fill the smaller carafes already on
the table just before they are seated and then the wedding processional starts.
Then part two the pouring of the two separate wines into the empty carafe and drinking the combined wine
by the wedding couple.
Part two follows the exchange of vows.
The ceremony can be one part with the wine already sitting on the table and the couple just combining the
wines before drinking them.
Ceremony A:
After the vows the Officiant announces We Now Shall Perform the Wine Ceremony The couple goes to the
table and each takes the individual carafe and pours some wine into the larger carafe. The groom then
takes the larger filled carafe with the combined wine and pours some in a glass for the bride. The bride then
takes the Larger Carafe with the combined wines and pours some into a glass for the Groom. He may now
toast his bride with, Now Our Lives Are One and drinks from the glass she responds the same. They place
the wineglass back and face back to the Officiant, who says:
‘This Ceremony represents the two individual lives are now combined like the two wines into one single life.
The drinking of the combined wine signifies the commitment you now make to live your lives as one family.
May you remember this day of commitment you have sealed with drinking of the new wine joining your lives
as one.
The Officiant may also announce that immediately after the service others may drink the new wine of their
commitment to one life if they so desire. Another option is Rose wine to be served at the reception to mark
this ceremony.
Ceremony B
Upon the Bride’s mother being escorted to her seat, she and the Groom’s mother will go to the ‘wine table’
and each will fill a glass with wine and at the time in the ceremony following the ring exchange Bride and
Groom will take each of the glasses that their mothers filled and pour into one unity glass that we will both
share a drink from.
The Officiant says:
The years of our lives are as a cup of wine, poured out for us to drink. As grapes, when they are pressed,
give forth their juices for the wine, so under the wine press of time, our lives give forth, their labor, their
honor, their love.
Red wine is covenantal, sweet, and alluring. It begs for a meltdown of love, for association to become
assimilation. Beautiful red wine, glassed and swirling, reflects the spellbound love in the eyes of two lovers
whose optical glasses runneth over. Here are waiter and waitress serving the only customers that matter:
themselves.
Groom and Bride, often in the days to come you will sit at the same table and break bread together. Drink
now, and may the cup of your lives be sweet and full to running over.
As you shared from this one cup of wine, so may you draws contentment, comfort and delight from this one
cup of life. May you find life's joys heightened, its bitterness sweetened, and all things hallowed by your
companionship and love.
Looking at the mothers the officiant says:
Above you, below you, forever surrounding you shall be the pledge you make unto each other today. The
pledge of the truth and purity of your every breath develops the friendship of your hearts. The passion and
fire of your spirits and the deepest love your souls have to give. It is the pledge of all that is within you. The
only true pledge that one heart can offer to another.
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