Brunch is more than a meal, it is a social touchstone for family and old friends, as well as those who will hopefully become new friends. As a staple of the brunch menu, champagne helps keep the tastes, as well as the discourse, light and bubbly. How can you ensure your guests are having a satisfying time in body and spirit? Follow these four ideas to create an event whose memories your guests will want to revisit time and time again.
- It’s not about serving the best bottles of champagne. Mimosas and other champagne cocktails may be the stars of the show but it is important to offer a range of beverages that all your guests will enjoy. Rather than the most expensive, focus on finding a wine that is consistent in quality which can be enhanced with a variety of mixers such as kir royale, creme de cassis, and more. Here’s a collection of champagne cocktails to get you started: French 75, Champagne Cosmopolitan, and Bellini. Choosing unexpected bottles also allows you to tell the story behind the fizz, such as how you can support local vintners by showcasing a grower’s champagne.
- Pair with bite-sized marvelous mouthfuls. You can easily elevate your approach to entertaining with seafood such as shrimp cocktail and oysters on the half shell. As well as spectacular taste, they go beautifully with the featured beverages and give your guests a treat that they often don’t frequent themselves. Let this be an opportunity to make everyone feel special just by giving them the opportunity to take in this exquisite and delicious duo.
- Say it with flowers. Not only do they bring color and fragrance to your table, flowers evoke an elegance that frames the entire meal. Don’t simply relegate them to a centerpiece, rather use them across your table to help delineate the different serving stations of your brunch – giving a visually exciting and practical road map for your guests to follow on their culinary adventure. Don’t forget that flowers also make for an extra special garnish to your platters and your cocktails. The photography gallery from Fluerish provides inspiration for incorporating flowers into your tablescape.
- A room with a view, with some great tunes! As essential at the brunch table itself is, the room in which it is placed also needs your attention to carry through the vision of the event you ideate for your guests. Whether your plans are pastoral and bucolic or dynamic and beguiling, choose spaces that enhance that mood. You’ll need a soundtrack to carry those feelings so be sure to curate a playlist that evokes the same bubbly emotions one gets when taking in the view. Be sure to keep everything moving by interspersing your space with several iced champagne filling stations. Weston Table offers an extraordinary collection of glasses and champagne buckets to elevate your event.
Let your champagne brunch be so much more than what is in the fluted glass. Create an enveloping and engaging experience where each sip, bite, and word will excitedly take place. Your guests will enjoy themselves so much more than they anticipated and eagerly await their next invitation.