Jade & Kyle
Riverbank Estate wedding

A long Swan Valley afternoon at RiverBank Estate — vows under a pampas grass arch, a walk out into the vines, and a reception that ran well past dark.

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Jade & Kyle married beneath an arch of pampas grass, with a dried floral bouquet, and signed the register at RiverBank Estate.

Then we went out into the vines. RiverBank is a working winery, so the vine rows sit a short walk from the room you eat in, and they read best with the sun low and behind them. That is where most of this gallery lives: the two of them walking the rows, a drink handed over between the vines, a kiss in a vine row at dusk, and a leap into his arms with the veil flying.

Just past the vines there is a field of golden pampas, and at sunset it lit up from behind. Guests wandered out through it with them, which is the kind of thing you can’t plan — you just have to be standing in the right place when it happens.

Inside, the toasts went up along the reception table, the LOVE sign came on, and the live music took the evening from there.