Château Taillefer Lafon: A Picture-Perfect Wedding

A first look in the vines, a ceremony read by a relative, and a wedding that COVID had already postponed once.

Wedding at Château Taillefer Lafon Vineyard near Montreal

A vineyard wedding north of Montréal for a couple I had already photographed twice before, whose patience through two years of delays was repaid in a single very good day.

By the time Simone and Jordan reached their wedding day I had photographed them twice already — once for their engagement session, once for their engagement party. That history changes the work. You arrive knowing how a couple stands together, what makes them laugh, and how long they need before a camera stops being a camera.

A vineyard wedding within reach of Montréal

Château Taillefer Lafon is a winery and cidery in Sainte-Dorothée, Laval, and it is the first vineyard in Quebec authorised to use the "Château" appellation traditionally reserved for European estates. Practically, it means couples get vineyard scenery, a château-style building and formal gardens without asking guests to drive two hours into the countryside.

The backyard and the rows of vines carried the ceremony and the portraits; the reception moved indoors. Having both on one property is what keeps a day like this unhurried.

Patience, and a ceremony that meant something

The wedding had already been postponed once because of the pandemic — a sentence that covers a great deal of disappointment in very few words. What survived it was the part that mattered: an intimate first look, and a ceremony officiated by a relative rather than a stranger. Those two moments carry most of the emotion in the gallery.

The team behind it

Planning and design were by Chic by Nicole, whose coordination is the reason the day ran the way it did. Florals came from CK Studio, film by Fleur Sauvage Films, rentals from Diva Locations, cake by Sweet Savour, music from Trio Nu Trio, transport by Nite Life Limo, beauty by Janet Persaud, and the film was developed at Photovision Prints.

Considering a vineyard wedding near Montréal?

The advantage of a working vineyard is that the landscape changes character through the day: green and open in the afternoon, then low and golden between the rows in the last hour. Build the portrait window around that second version rather than the first.

If you are planning a vineyard wedding in Quebec, I would love to hear what you have in mind.

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