A Summer Vineyard Wedding in the Jacuzzi Courtyard

A Vineyard Terrace Ceremony at Jacuzzi, Sonoma

The ceremony was outside on the estate's terrace, white folding chairs set in rows facing a wide-open view — vineyard rows, a scattered tree line, and the low Sonoma hills stretching out under a completely clear blue sky. Wine barrels dressed with greenery and clusters of deep red roses marked the aisle.

Robert came in first, his mother and father walking him down, one on each arm. A young flower girl in pink went ahead. Then Juliete came in flanked by two women — one in sage green, one in burgundy — carrying a full bouquet of white and blush roses shot through with deep burgundy blooms and greenery, her veil down over her face. Their closest family and friends filled the chairs, some of the guests shading their eyes against the late-afternoon sun. It's the kind of setting that does a lot of the work on its own: warm light, open air, and the vines just past the last row of chairs.

“They started the day dancing in their robes and ended it out on a terrace with the whole Sonoma valley open behind them.”

Portraits Through the Villa and Vines

After the ceremony came family portraits and a walk out into the vineyard for couple photos. Juliete and Robert took some of theirs along a garden path against the estate's stone walls, past an arched wood door and citrus trees, the villa architecture giving them a whole run of settings within a short walk. The piazza at the heart of the winery was modeled on the Jacuzzi family's ancestral home in Casarsa, Italy, so the arches, the stonework, and the tile are the real thing, not a set dressing.

They took portraits out among the rows while the summer light held long into the evening, then rejoined everyone. One of the bridesmaids stood for a photo of her own in a blush gown with 3D floral appliqué, holding a small cluster of cream roses and baby's breath, the vineyard soft behind her.

Dinner in the Courtyard

Dinner moved inside as the day cooled into evening, the room warm-lit, toasts going around the tables. There was a cake and Sonoma wine on the table, and the dancing that had started in the morning robes picked back up on the floor once the plates were cleared.

It was a Sonoma winery summer wedding at exactly the scale they'd wanted — the villa, the vines, and the people who mattered most, together for one long summer evening.