Manousakis Winery Wedding Location
Table of Contents
- A winery in Crete as your wedding location
- A winery offers outdoor and indoor space
- People like wineries because of the romance
- Music and dance in the winery
- The bar will be top-notch
- Caterer for your wedding dinner and wedding cake
- Hire a florist for the wedding gazebo, or your romantic flower arch
- Hire a Wedding Planner
- To summarize
If you like to have your wedding in a romantic and private environment then a winery could be the right choice for your wedding ceremony.
A winery in Crete as your wedding location
You might think that the people who get married at wineries must all be crazy about wine … most brides and grooms are not. The Manousakis Winery in Crete offers the possibility to have it all under one roof and to be completely private. Aside from your wedding ceremony, it’s also the location for your wedding dinner and late-night party.
This huge property has more than enough space to accommodate over more than 100 guests to celebrate your wedding. There’s more than one location to set up your wedding ceremony on the property. Either in front of the old winery building or the garden completed with the white mountains in the background. I truly suggest visiting the winery well before your wedding date to make your plans. It’s a great opportunity to view the winery and taste the excellent wine.
A winery offers indoor and outdoor space
In my blog article “wedding and weather in Crete” I suggest always have a plan B in case you run into bad weather. Rain can infest your whole wedding party. But, with the Manousakis winery, you can play it safe because of the indoor possibilities. This location has a plan B included.
There’s more than enough space to quickly move the ceremony or your wedding dinner to a roofed location. So, if you plan your wedding in Crete early in the spring or in late autumn, you are safe with this winery.
People like wineries because of the romance
The wedding dinner can be set up underneath the olive trees in the centre of the winery. A specialist company can place lighting in the trees giving the whole location romantic scenery. This type of lighting allows you to continue your party way after the sunset.
Large table blades are placed on king size wine barrels to store decorations. Whether you love wine or not, you as a wedding couple want that wow factor for your wedding more than anything else that day.
Music and dance in the winery
Adjacent to the dinner location an elevated terrace can be fitted with a wooden floor to act as a dancing floor. The backside of this terrace is mostly used by the DJ and when requested can have disco lights installed. DJ Stelios is the person to contact for all your music and audio requirements.
Upon request, this DJ can even play live saxophone while the bride walks down the aisle. I experienced this a couple of times and I can highly recommend this.
The bar will be top-notch
No standard Chardonnay here. Your wedding at a winery means your guests will be treated to an impressive (and local) wine list for dinner and any other wedding events.
Impress your guests with the best of the best Crete offers where it comes to wine.
Caterer for your wedding dinner and wedding cake
The Manousakis Winery has no kitchen. If you plan to have your wedding dinner at the winery a caterer needs to be hired. Either the Manousakis management or the wedding planner of your choice can make suggestions of which caterer to use.
The caterer can also be used to facilitate;
- The welcome drinks upon arrival of the wedding party at the winery and the toast drinks right after the wedding ceremony.
- The bar during the wedding party. You can negotiate a fixed price upfront, so you don’t run into unexpected high costs afterwards. You can add any amount of money for the remaining time of the party. In most cases, the expensive liquors are excluded from the list of available drinks. The quest who still want to drink the expensive liquors has to pay for themselves.
- And of course the wedding cake.
Hire a florist for the wedding gazebo, or your romantic flower arch
Many florists in Crete can provide a gazebo or the arch of your choice. I would suggest contacting a wedding planner to make sure you end up with the right florist. For the choice of your flower decoration, it’s important to know which flowers to take. Crete is a small Island in comparison to the mainland countries providing flowers.
Choosing exotic flowers can mean that they have to be flown into Crete. No problem if you have money to spend, but it can be a cost saver if you choose your flowers carefully. Always contact your florist upfront and find out which flowers to order and the availability with the season in mind.
I’ve seen occasions where the florist used the flower decoration from the gazebo or arch in the table decoration for the wedding dinner. Right after the wedding ceremony the flowers are still in good condition and by that a cost saver if used twice.
Hire a wedding planner
Although I wrote a blog of “can I organize my own wedding in Crete?” I highly recommend hiring a wedding planner who is familiar with organizing weddings in the Western part of Crete.
The logistics and good contact with catering definitely require an experienced person. I suggest contacting the Gamos Crete organisation that has experience with organizing your wedding at the Manousakis Winery.
To summarize
When you book the Manousakis winery for your wedding day, the property is yours. The winery will not host any other events or weddings on the day of your wedding.
As a surprise to your guests, you can combine a wine tasting of the Manousakis wines during the wedding party. A separate building on the property is dedicated to wine tasting. The Manousakis professionals will explain all about the making of and the wine’s history.
You and your guests leave the party with more knowledge about Cretan wine than ever before.