Party Planing

Get the Party Started!

Planning a Party is serious business. You never want to run out of drinks before the party is over and you don’t want to get stuck with leftovers. We put together a “How to” for your entertainment needs. These charts show how many drinks to plan for, how many drinks per bottle, and how many bottles of wine for dinner.

How Many Drinks To Plan.

4

PEOPLE

LUNCH

6 cocktails/wine
6 glasses wine with lunch
4 liqueurs/sherry*

COCKTAIL PARTY

8 cocktails/wine
6 glasses wine (first 2 hours)
6 drinks an hour thereafter

DINNER PARTY

8 cocktails/wine
8 glasses wine with dinner
4 liqueurs/sherry*
4 drinks an hour after dinner

EVENING

16 Drinks (highballs, cocktails, wine)

6

PEOPLE

LUNCH

10 cocktails/wine
10 glasses wine with lunch
6 liqueurs/sherry*

COCKTAIL PARTY

12 cocktails/wine
12 glasses wine (first 2 hours)
12 drinks an hour thereafter

DINNER PARTY

12 cocktails/wine
12 glasses wine with dinner
6 liqueurs/sherry*
6 drinks an hour after dinner

EVENING

24 Drinks (highballs, cocktails, wine)

10

PEOPLE

LUNCH

15 cocktails/wine
15 glasses wine with lunch
10 liqueurs/sherry*

COCKTAIL PARTY

20 cocktails/wine
20 glasses wine (first 2 hours)
15 drinks an hour thereafter

DINNER PARTY

20 cocktails/wine
20 glasses wine with dinner
10 liqueurs/sherry*
10 drinks an hour after dinner

EVENING

40 Drinks (highballs, cocktails, wine)

How Many Drinks Per Bottle.

Highballs, Cocktails, Mixed Drinks (1.5 oz servings)

BOTTLES 1 2 4 6 8 10 12
750 ml.
(25.4 oz.)
16 33 67 101 135 169 203
1 lt.
(33.8 oz.)
22 45 90 135 180 225 270
1.75 lt.
(59.2 oz.)
39 78 157 236 315 394 473

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Where the calculation leaves less than a full drink, the fraction is disregarded.

Table Wines, Champagnes, Sparkling Wines  (5 oz servings)

Bottles 1 2 4 6 8 10 12
750 ml.
(25.4 oz)
5 10 20 30 40 50 60
1 Lt.
(33.8 oz)
6 13 27 40 54 67 81
1.5 Lt.
(50.7 oz)
10 20 40 60 81 101 121
3 Lt.
(101 oz)
20 40 80 121 161 202 242
4 Lt.
(135 oz)
27 54 108 162 216 270 324

Where the calculation leaves less than a full drink, the fraction is disregarded.