The way to describe this luxurious wedding in Tuscany, Italy, a long awaited celebration, would be a Tuscan affair where guests would wine and dine to the best Chianti had to offer against the backdrop of the castle vineyard. With the evening spread out against the sky – and with hearts full, the guests danced away the night under the Tuscan stars to the bride’s favorite vintage French jazz band.
This beautiful destination wedding in Tuscany has been featured on Style Me Pretty and Wedding Sparrow.
For the ceremony, the highlight is the arrival of the bride and father of bride driving up the hill in a vintage white car in a long cypress lined road, tooting their horn to the fanfare of the guests’ fanfare and cheers. Against the backdrop of two French vintage jazz singers and the band crooning La vie en rose and an Italian garden setting on the hill overlooking the castle and vineyard, the bride walked down the aisle with clouds of white florals framing the scene. The design was stylish and organic to complement the lush Italian fauna, with two aged trees framing the view of the castle as the couple exchanged their vows. A special moment would be guests participating in the warming of the rings, where they passed the wedding bands around to imbue their well wishes and love into them before the rings are exchanged against the Le Moulins de mon Coeur song. As the couple were declared husband and wife, the bride throws her bridal bouquet back to the wedding party before getting into the vintage car, driving into the sunset against Ella Fitzgerald’s From this moment on.
For the dinner reception, the bride had decided on a less traditional design with a red and white antique patterned table cloth with white framed plates and mother-of-pearl cutlery, which accentuated the fruits and wild fall floral pieces on the tables, specially designed by Fluida Designs, a floral and landscape artist. There were a few special design choices the couple made: A special design element was the seating chart were green leaf-shaped cards that were hand calligraphed and placed on individual fruits that reflected the region and season. Guests also received a burgundy colored luggage tag as gifts that stated ‘And so the adventure begins’, hung on their chairs to bring home with. The bride chose to have a canopy of fairy lights to add an additional magic flair to the terrace lawn by the castle – to truly capsulate ‘Dining under the Tuscan stars’. The couple opted to have the Millefoglie, a traditional Italian wedding cake made of crispy layers of pastry, fresh strawberries, raspberries and cream, made live in front of the guests which provided a very memorable moment. Guests have gushed that this was the best wedding cake they have eaten. The groom also specially requested to have a gelato cart where fresh Italian gelato would be served to guests for dessert. And as promised, after the couple twirled to their first dance, guests danced away the night to the bride’s favorite vintage french jazz band (Gatsby Follies by Jazz around midnight, who flew over from Paris and was decked out in full flapper dresses and suits).
Vendors and Partners:
- Fine Art Wedding Photographer: Carmen Santorelli
- Videographer: Robert Michael Films (@robertmichaelfilms)
- Wedding Planner: Italian Wedding Planners (@italianweddingplanners)
- Food, Drinks, Décor: Roland’s Florence (@rolands_florence)
- Flowers: Fluida Design (@fluidadesign)
- Hair & Makeup: Barbara Corso (@barbaracorso_)
- Stationery (Invites, Seating chart/cards, menu): Design by Laney (@designbylaney)
- Band: Gatsby Follies by Jazz Around Midnight (@jazzaroundmidnight)
- Wedding DJ: Stefano Nannicini (@stefano.nannicini.dj)
- Tuscany Wedding Venue: Castello di Meleto (@castellodimeleto)
