Awarded again!! Brides Choice for 2012

Dallas, Oregon – February 24, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce BeckenRidge Vineyard has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for wedding venue!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, BeckenRidge Vineyard was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

BeckenRidge Vineyard is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate BeckenRidge Vineyard for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that BeckenRidge Vineyard is one of the very best wedding venue within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at www.weddingwire.com/biz/beckenridge-vineyard-dallas .

To learn more about the Bride's Choice Awards™, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire™, the nation's leading marketplace serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 reviewed wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. WeddingWire also offers a comprehensive suite of online planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire is the only all-in-one marketing platform for businesses online and on-the-go. WeddingWire offers one simple solution to build a professional network, improve search visibility, manage social media and reach mobile consumers. Businesses that advertise with WeddingWire appear on WeddingWire.com, ProjectWedding.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), Brides.com and Weddingbee.com.

Dallas Chamber Awards 2012

We couldn't of asked for a more beautiful start to the day. Greeted with sunshine and crisp slight breeze. The rains are to return this afternoon, but we will take the sun while we can.




Mt. Hood and Mt. Jefferson continued to play peek a boo with us till about 4pm. You may have to zoom in on the pictures, but tried to capture them when they were really profound.







The annual banquet is to award individuals and businesses in the community for their excellence in continued work to support Dallas.






The room setup is a sea of tables & chairs. BeckenRidge setup all the guest tables, bistro tables, food tables inside & out along with black & tapestry padded chairs.





Capricorn Catering www.capricorncatering.com supplied all linens and food. Same as last year the buffet table was placed outside to maximize the space inside for more guest seating. This year there was seating for 140 guests.



The Chamber www.dallasoregon.org crew, lead by Chelsea, did all the decorating to the this years theme of "Dazzling Diamonds". As always did a fabulous job.



They brought in a stage from the local high school and placed BeckenRidge podium on it. Chelsea used BeckenRidge microphone for announcements throughout the evening.


Documenting this wonderful event was local resident Dani Mouser www.danimouser.com, who is also spreading her wings to other forms of photography such as weddings (snatch her if you can). It is a pleasure to work with her and show off some of her work. I hope you can tell which pictures are hers, if you are not sure I will be happy to tell you.



All the winners were pleasantly surprised and had a wonderful time.

Wedding Wire Bride's Choice Award for 2011

January 26, 2011 ~ WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce BeckenRidge Vineyard has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Venues!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

BeckenRidge Vineyard stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud BeckenRidge Vineyard for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that BeckenRidge Vineyard is among the very best wedding venues within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/beckenridge-vineyard-dallas/75fca5150f2136bb.html.

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.



About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire.com, the nation's leading technology company serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 local wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives local businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. Businesses that join the WeddingWire Network appear on WeddingWire.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), ProjectWedding.com and Weddingbee.com (both part of eHarmony), and Celebrations.com (part of the 1-800-Flowers family of brands, NASDAQ: FLWS).

October 16th Wedding

The day started a little chilly but lots of sunshine.





You tried to find a sunny spot to warm yourself with a high of 65 degrees it was pleasant, but you would get goose bumps if you stood in the shade. Though we all were moving fast during the morning getting things ready so not to many opportunities to feel the chill until later.






Tables and padded chairs were placed inside and on the covered patio. They brought their own linens rented from Special Occasions in Corvallis. However, they did choose to rent our mirror tiles and vases for the centerpieces, then added their floating candles, marbles and a red rose.



Like many before them they chose to setup a candy buffet on the bookcase, using BeckenRidge's rented vases to put the candy in. The candy also became the favors as little boxes were placed on each table for guests to fill their box.




The ceremony was preformed by Johanna http://johannarespini.com with a short and sweet since they had already been married before they were both sent to Iraq years prior. Now living on the east coast, they had a more formal affair home with family and friends.



The reception was full of laughter, dancing and food. Catering was taken care of by Steve at Capricorn Catering, www.capricorncatering.com local to Dallas.






The toasts were loaded with stories leading to lots of laughs.






The evening ended with a slow exit with the bride and groom gathering up all items along with helpers. For a fall wedding it was a perfect day.

Monday, October 11th

What a beautiful fall day in Oregon. After yesterday's morning of downpours, seeing the sunshine and the crisp air again is delightful, especially for today's wedding.




Thankfully today is a small group so even if the weather was not in our favor we could of easily had the ceremony on the covered patio vs the lawn. But we do not need to worry about a plan B for this group. The sun is bright and the blue skies are brilliant.





The main room was set in BeckenRidge ivory linens and black & tapestry padded chairs. They brought in beautiful overlays the centerpieces.




The covered patio had the bistro tables placed for the appetizer hour along with the gift table.








Catering from Wild Pear was served on dishes and flatware rented from A to Z Rentals. Besides renting dishware, the bride and groom also brought in their own sound system to save some money on DJ costs.




It was great to see how much thought and care went into the wedding ceremony and reception, even with under 100 guests.

Monday, September 20th

Rain, Rain and more rain is all that we have seen in the last couple of days. It is hard to think that fall is here already when we need more time for the grapes to ripen. Where did that Indian summer go?



Today's wedding is taking their chances with having the ceremony on the lawn where BeckenRidge setup the Italian chairs. Everyone is hoping that we just have overcast skies and no rain till way after the ceremony. The ceremony is happening a little earlier than normal with a 12:30pm start time vs the average of 2p to 5p.


This will work great in saving money on the food with a lunch being served vs dinner. OSU Catering www.osucatering.com is today's choice for food and a first for BeckenRidge.




All BeckenRidge white linens were placed upon arrival along with the bistro tables on the covered patio and white chair covers for the family & head tables. They choose to use all of the black padded chairs for the rest of the guest seating.





The first to arrive was Beaverton Bakery www.beavertonbakery.com with the cake. A very simple cake with added flowers from the family and groom got his own cake too.





The family and friends arrived shortly after the cake and swung into action with only a couple of hours to decorate and get ready for the ceremony.



Everyone was very helpful and the rain held off for the ceremony. There were some sun breaks for the reception brightening up everyone's day, including the exit of the bride and groom.





They changed into some comfy clothes and were surrounded by friends & family blowing bubbles as they departed.






While guests had also a great treat of leaving with heart shaped wine stoppers, very perfect!!!

Wednesday, Sept. 15th wedding

The day started out with partly cloudy with a chance of showers later in the evening. As the bridal party arrived the clouds looked like they would stay at bay for a while. The girls got ready in the private room for the bride enjoying the Bella package, while the guys indulged in the Belvedere room (which was a surprise gift to them). Luckily the bridal party started taking pictures around 1p and was able to take pictures on the lawn and by the vineyard before the real rain came in.





At about 3 o'clock the light rain became a little bit heavier and never stopped. Bringing the plan A ceremony on the lawn to a plan C inside the main room in front of the fireplace.

Everything worked out with ceremony inside most guest sat at the tables they were assigned to, with a great theme and centerpieces that were very entertaining no matter what your age.



Each table had a city/state/country that the bride and groom had been to along with a picture of the happy couple in that location.





Instead of a traditional floral centerpiece, the engineer bride, brought in a little of herself with a Lego board and pieces for the guests to play with and make their own creations. Way cool ideas that made for great interaction with guests in getting to know the bride and groom.

The bride and groom stayed involved in announcing the bridal party, very unique. The bride announced her attendants & the groom his, saying a little about the attendants and what they meant to them. It was cool to watch and hear it from them instead of the DJ.



They also chose to only have 8 chairs per table as opposed to the usual 10 chairs per table. Each table was decorated with our white linens, which nice cover the table and almost touch the ground. Outside on the patio, they had our black padded chairs which contrasted well with our white linens, and the BeckenRidge lawn was filled with our classic Italian chairs.

On of our favorite vendors; Sassy Onion came up to do the catering. They had delicious dinner prepared for everyone by 5pm. Meanwhile, photographs were being taken by Katheryn at Photos by Orion, LLC. They pride themselves on 'Star Quality, Earthly Prices', which the bride and groom enjoyed.