Bordeaux and the south west of France hold some of the country's most beautiful wedding venues: eighteenth-century châteaux, working vineyard estates, and a design hotel in the middle of the city. This is the region I live in, and these are the places I photograph. A guide to seven of them, from Saint-Émilion to the vineyards around Bordeaux.

She is French, he is Venezuelan, and they live in Miami. When Anaïs and Francisco chose to marry, they came to Château Gassies, an eighteenth century estate on the hills of Latresne overlooking Bordeaux and the Garonne, for a joyful, multicultural weekend built around food, wine, music, and celebration. Italian gastronomy, Venezuelan rhythm, and French heritage came together for a wedding near Bordeaux that felt entirely their own.