We'll be hosting a pre-wedding party in a couple of weeks.
It will be an outdoor barbecue (evening) with lots of veggies and then salmon, chicken, pork and maybe a few steaks.
I would like to have all the wines from Sonoma and preferably from the Russian River Valley.
We will have prosecco and booze for aperitif.
I need help on the whites. I'll screw up the reds all by myself.
Personally I like leaner chards with very little oak ; I like a bit of subtlety in Sauvignon Blanc and I am open to suggestions of other varietals.
However I will not be drinking most of the wine so I should be thinking more of my guest preferences.
About half are into wine though none to the point of reading a wine board.
The crowd will be about 50% under 50, the rest around 70. 80% eastcoasters.
Would like to stay under $25 per bottle if possible.
Thanks for any suggestions.
E