Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Red Fox Winery and Lounge, Hickory

A wedding at Red Fox Winery and Lounge in Hickory has the easygoing feel of a country winery, with house wines, its own brewery and a courtyard for warm evenings. For your wedding photos and video, you get a mix of settings in one place: the tasting room, a renovated banquet hall, an outdoor pavilion and the courtyard, so your photographer and videographer can move between indoor and outdoor light without anyone getting in a car.

Red Fox is set up first and foremost for receptions. The renovated space holds up to 180 guests, and the full wedding package includes six hours with a wedding coordinator, use of all four spaces and access the day before to decorate. If you'd like your wedding ceremony here as well, ask when you call, since the winery's site describes receptions and events rather than ceremonies.

Your wedding reception comes with tables, linens, chairs and a sweetheart table, a natural spot for the toasts on video. You can also borrow the winery's centerpieces, lanterns, card box, vases and easels instead of renting your own. A bartender is part of the package, the bar packages pour Red Fox wines and beer, and you're also allowed to bring in your own alcohol. The full package adds four cabins on the property for the wedding party or guests, so nobody has to drive home after the last dance. Smaller weddings under 100 guests have their own packages, and a reception-only option runs four hours.

• Contact the winery to check your date and talk through which package fits.
• Ask whether a ceremony on site is possible and where it would be held.
• Walk the courtyard and pavilion with your photographer, and ask about photo and video guidelines on your wedding day.

A little about Red Fox Winery and Lounge

In the 1990s the Red Fox was a local spot for dancing the night away, and one of the friends who danced there later came to own it. Today it pours its own wines along with four rotating beers brewed in house.