Ten weddings, photographed in full.
We publish ten weddings a year. The photographer chooses; we ask the couple's permission; we run the gallery in full. Every one of these weddings includes the actual budget, the actual guest count, the actual vendors. No hedged ranges. No "investment from $X." The numbers are the numbers.
If you are reading these to figure out what your wedding might cost, the answer is in front of you. If you are reading them because you want to see what a Saturday at Olivara actually looks like — also in front of you.
Camille & Luca / September 21, 2024
Brooklyn graphic designer marries a Portland-Italian software engineer. Aperitivo on the veranda, ceremony on the hill at 4:30, family-style in the barrel room, bocce by the olive grove at nine.
Read this wedding → Summer 2024 · 98 Guests · Budget $36KEliza & Theo / July 13, 2024
San Francisco couple, both lawyers, both wanted a small wedding. Sixteen-piece string ensemble for the ceremony. Jazz trio for dancing. Lavender in bloom along the olive grove.
Read this wedding → Off-Peak 2024 · 86 Guests · Budget $28KMarisol & James / January 27, 2024
An off-peak Saturday with candlelight in the barrel room. Three estate vintages paired with five courses. The quietest reception we have ever hosted. They cried at every toast.
Read this wedding → Harvest 2023 · 141 Guests · Budget $52KAnya & Mateo / October 7, 2023
Argentinian-Russian couple from Vancouver, BC. Two-language ceremony. Empanada station at cocktail hour. The first wedding we hosted in October rain — the barrel room held up beautifully.
Read this wedding → Summer 2023 · 120 Guests · Budget $44KPriya & Rohan / August 19, 2023
Indian-American wedding from Seattle. Family-style dinner with Annika's adaptation of Priya's grandmother's korma. Three estate vintages paired with the heat. Bhangra on the veranda at midnight.
Read this wedding → Summer 2023 · 76 Guests · Budget $32KLila & Wren / June 24, 2023
Two writers from Brooklyn. Small wedding. Long dinner. Diego's three-pour pairing ran ninety minutes because the toasts went long. Bocce until 11.
Read this wedding → Harvest 2022 · 145 Guests · Budget $51KHana & Toby / September 17, 2022
The largest wedding we have ever hosted. One hundred forty-five exact capacity. Hana's mother flew in from Osaka. Toby's brother gave a toast in three languages.
Read this wedding → Off-Peak 2022 · 92 Guests · Budget $30KSasha & Devon / December 3, 2022
A December wedding with mulled wine on the veranda and a pine bough installation in the barrel room. The rain held off for the ceremony by twenty minutes.
Read this wedding → Summer 2022 · 110 Guests · Budget $40KRenata & Cole / July 30, 2022
Portland couple. Backyard photographer (Ana Lui's first wedding at Olivara). The aperitivo went so long the ceremony started fifteen minutes late and nobody minded.
Read this wedding → Harvest 2021 · 88 Guests · Budget $39KMarc & Daniel / October 16, 2021
The first same-sex wedding at Olivara. Both grooms in cream linen. The ceremony aisle was the curving sixty-foot arc we had only ever mowed once. Diego cried during the vows.
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Tours are Thursday and Saturday afternoons. About ninety minutes. Includes a tasting with Diego.