Real Wedding – Sonoma Winery Style … “Whatever Train You Came On”
“Whatever train you came on, is the train that I’ll take home. Your head upon my shoulder as the sun is sinking low. I always am reminded when the stars come out to shine. You bring joy, joy, joy and peace of mind.” {grateful dead}
Tiffany of Adeline and Grace Photography sent us Megan and Jason’s gorgeous wine-country wedding at the beautiful Cline Cellars winery. The winery is 45 minutes north of SF and is totally perfect … “Cline Cellars is such an expansive and diverse property: 6 ponds, a replica of an old Spanish Mission, barrel room and a guest house villa all surrounded by vineyards.“ Sounds perfect …
These flowers are so striking. Really makes me want to study floral design!
The event was designed by Beth Lipin of BA Lipin Event Design. Apparently, her team transformed the immense Barrel Room into an intimate gathering positively glowing with 750 votives and candles! Now that’s AWESOME.
Since Jason’s family is in the baking business in Buffalo, the cake was of paramount importance. Michelle Bommarito (… of Food Network Challenge fame) created a 5 tier cake which incorporated her signature scroll design and also included chocolate fondant bands that echoed the large wine casks in the Barrel Room.
Wedding papery was created by Lysa Goodman Poore of Demby+Solomon. LOVE the Save-The-Dates!
Guests were greeted before the ceremony with glasses of fresh-squeezed lemonade.
{did you notice the ‘fly’ in the bouquet … }
A little more info from Tiffany of Adeline and Grace Photography …
The wedding team that Megan and Jason chose played a key role in the outcome of their final vision, which in turn made my job very fun! The girls had a relaxing morning at the villa before the ceremony started. Halfway into their final prep stages Catherine Conlin and Beth Lipin brought the girls their incredible flowers. Catherine surprised Megan with a small fly (as in fly fishing) attached to her bouquet, as Jason loves to fish. These little fly details were carried over into the groomsman boutonnieres as well. Before we knew it the ceremony was about to start. The ceremony took place at the end of Cline’s great lawn. As guests arrived they were greeted with glasses of lemonade donning “I do” flags. The guests also had their first taste of Megan and Jason trivia. Throughout the wedding, picture frames with fun tidbits about the couple were placed in common areas: program tables, cocktail hour, the bar and guest book barrel. Megan walked down the aisle through 2 inches of red, light pink and yellow rose petals. There were tears all around, including Jason. After the 30 minute ceremony concluded guests enjoyed cocktails on the lawn before entering the barrel room. Beth outdid herself! Over the past few hours over 750 candles were lit across the wine barrels transforming a massive space into a cozy elegant affair for Megan and Jason’s 136 guests. The head table was set with a rich gold linen with a contrasting purple runner. Every table had a different feel, but all within the same color palette of golds and purples. Megan and Jason were announced by Big City Revue who knew how to get the party started! After their first dance they immediately cut their 5 tiered cake created by Food Network Challenge star Michelle Bommarito. The cake was amazing! Just afterwards Megan’s grandfather serenaded the crowd with “Sunrise, Sunset” As soon as their meal was finished EVERYONE hit the dance floor. The bridal party and family members sang with the band on stage! It was a reception to remember!
Just a quick not about Tiffany Fosnight and Erica Mancini of Adeline and Grace Photography … They document weddings in a photojournalistic style on the west coast and the east coast. Tiffany photographs weddings in the Napa Sonoma Wine Country as well as the San Francisco Bay Area. Erica documents weddings in Rhode Island and throughout the Southern New England area including Newport, Providence, Boston MA and Hartford CT.
A HUGE thanks to Tiffany for sending us Megan & Jason’s absolutely breathtaking wedding!
ALSO … be sure and take a look at Deirdre and Jay’s beautiful Connecticut wedding (all 7 posts) on Style Me Pretty.
Wedding Vendors
Photography: Tiffany Fosnight of Adeline and Grace, Second-shooter~Nicola Borland
Papery: Lysa Goodman Poore of Demby+Solomon
Event Design: Beth Lipin of BA Lipin Event Design
Florals: Catherine Conlin of Wiggy Flowers
Venue: Cline Cellars
Catering: Wine Valley Catering
Cake: Michelle Bommarito
Entertainment: Big City Revue
Absolutely stunning! Beth, Lysa and Michelle.....the ultimate dream team! Beautiful photos Nicola.
Beautiful. Such rich colors. It's nice to see gold making a comeback. Stunning Work!
those BM shoes are simply gorgeous. what designer?
This was a wonderful wedding to work on and be a part of - I loved working with Megan and the venue is just gorgeous. One of my favorite projects of the year!
Clear case of discrimination ...the shoes got more ink than the handsome groomsman and ring bearer...
Wait for the shots Jason has in next months Guns and Ammo Mag.
What a beautiful wedding! Those images are gorgeous.
What a beautiful wedding. Everything looked perfect.
Loved every pic!
Hi - The Bridesmaid shoes were by Capparos. Funny story, actually - we had to search all over the country to find the shoes. We must have called 150 shoes stores to find the last pairs of Size 7s in the country! Well worth it though, I'm a shoe fanatic and I fell in love with these upon first sight!
What stunning pics, really inspirational.
I love the theme and the colors are so gorgeous!
I love the shot of the bridesmaid's feet!
All the vendors were superb & all aspects of this most beautiful Wedding were stunning & well executed.--The Cline Winery outside Sonoma was the perfect West Coast Place to meet all the new East Coast Relatives. It was so impressive as the sun set on the unique outdoor setting to step into the big barrel room & see it transformed into such a warm & romantic indoor setting.
My Dad's voice rang out like never before & the photo team was probably dancing to the great & lively band--a thrill to be on stage & a thrill to see all the flowers & feeling captured in these beautiful photo's.
I love your wedding pictures and your shoes! I'm having a hard time finding shoes. Where did you find your bridal shoes?
I actually bought the shoes at a wedding boutique store here in Philadelphia
MARIA ROMIA BRIDAL COUTURE
2100 WALNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
215-564-1011
the shoes are by Grazia "Valentine" ... they are stunning as soon as you slip your feet in them and are true to size!!!
But they also are available on this site or google grazia valentine shoes and you'll end up w/ lots of sites that sell them...
www.graziashoes.com/
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Good luck ladies !!
The shoes are beautiful! and you are Gorgeous!!! The pictures made me beam inside :o) I'm also loving the parasols with the wooden handle, where did you get them?
[...] 110 to 350 people for a ceremony and reception. One of our weddings last year was featured in Style Me Pretty magazine, which includes exquisite photos of our Great Lawn and Barrel Room taken by Tiffany [...]
was wondering if your bridal shoes were in the pearl ivory or the diamond white - trying to decide which color to order... and your color seems pretty much perfect ... please let me know ... my email is acndeb@gmail.com
thank you,
deb
Great pics and it looks like a beautiful wedding, but the song "Joy Joy Joy" was not written by the Dead. It was actually written by Robert Hunter - who did compose a lot of music for the Dead, but not this song. Joy Joy Joy was performed by Jim Lauderdale.