PLANNING GUIDES

A vineyard wedding in France can mean very different things. For one couple, it means having rows of vines behind the ceremony and photographs at sunset. For another, it means getting married on a working wine estate, serving wine made on the property and introducing guests to a part of France through what they eat and drink. For another, the real priority is an entire wedding weekend built around long lunches, local markets, wine tastings and regional restaurants. Those are

“South of France” sounds like a location. For wedding planning, it is closer to a collection of very different destinations. A stone farmhouse in the Luberon, a waterfront villa near Cannes, a wine estate outside Montpellier, and a château in the countryside around Toulouse can all fit someone's idea of a South of France wedding. But they create very different weddings once you consider where guests will fly, how they will reach the venue, where they will stay, what happens i