Inside NetflixDating AroundCouple Heather Rose and Ernesto Posadas' 'Fairytale' Sicilian Wedding (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Netflix Dating Around Couple Heather and Ernesto.Photo:FRANCESCO RIMMAUDO

FRANCESCO RIMMAUDO

Heather RoseandErnesto Posadasfrom Netflix’sDating Aroundhave tied the knot!

After finding love on the dating show, the pair tied the knot in a romantic, three-day wedding in Taormina in Sicily, Italy. The couple tells PEOPLE was “everything we could’ve wanted and more.”

The couple’s event kicked off with a wedding welcome event at Villa Zuccaro, a local family owned restaurant in Taormina celebrated for its pizza, before continuing at a sky rooftop overlooking the ocean. The couple’s guests received welcome gifts from jewelry cleaning brandShineryand other goodies.

Netflix Dating Around Couple Heather and Ernesto.FRANCESCO RIMMAUDO

Heather tells PEOPLE that she and her groom-to-be wanted to “bring to life that ‘dolce vita’ Italian summer vibe” for their nuptials and worked with their wedding planner and Italian wedding expertMichelle Durpettito give their wedding and table decorations a “Sicilian feel.”

“The vision was always intimate and organic,” Heather tells PEOPLE. “It was important that each of the details represented the feel of Taormina, Sicily, but had an essence of both of us.”

Netflix Dating Around Couple Heather and Ernesto’s wedding in Italy.FRANCESCO RIMMAUDO

Ernesto tells PEOPLE, “My mother who is a floral designer actually made Heather’s bouquet and my lapel flower and that was so special for us!”

That wasn’t the only important soundtrack included in the ceremony as Ernesto tells PEOPLE that he grew up “listening to Mozart and classical music” and so adding “Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 4 in F Minor” was “such a fun part of the ceremony for me.”

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He said another moment he was looking forward to was his dance with his mother to the song  “Meditarraneo - Serrat,” which he had listened to since he “was a boy,” adding, “we finally got to dance on the shores of the Mediterranean - a dream come true.”

“For me the wedding was so much more than what I had ever dreamt of,” Ernesto says. “It was a fairytale. It was epic and it was perfect. I am so extremely happy with it all.”

Netflix Dating Around Couple Heather and Ernesto’s wedding in Italy.COLLIN PIERSON

COLLIN PIERSON

The couple had a plated dinner with all of the Sicilian classics and a two-layered cake with traditional cannoli filling and a casata — or classic Sicilian sponge cake soaked in liqueur — at the top.

Taormina holds a special place in the hearts of the couple, as it was the location where Ernesto popped the question, exactly a year before their wedding during a wine tour on Mt. Etna. The pair even had their first looks at the location, paying tribute to the place where they decided to entwine their lives.

“The first look for me was going to be such a special moment and it was! I cried at how beautiful Heather looked in her perfect dress,” Ernesto recalls. “I feel so lucky.”

Netflix Dating Around Couple Heather and Ernesto’s family welcome dinner.COLLIN PIERSON

He tells PEOPLE that the ceremony was the perfect way to begin off their new life together starting with their upcoming honeymoon in Thailand and move to New York City next year.

“My parents have been married for 40 years and I have seen the life that they’ve created through commitment and sacrifice. Heather means that to me,” Ernesto says. “She and I together can and will overcome any obstacle.”

source: people.com