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It lists a phone number and address in London. I am afraid to respond to the email if it is some kind of weird thing. Also the email was not addressed to me but had the same to and from addresses which immediately seems suspicious. Has anyone else gotten anything like this before? Does anyone know how I could verify the phone number or address in London to see if this is real or not?

Do you offer wedding photography? Do you have a wedding photography gallery on your web site?
Is this how they found you?

For me it would be a scam as I don't offer wedding photography.

i think there is one thread here about similar email, everything that needs you to pay first is a scam..

Looks and sounds like a scam, though a bit more 'personalised' than usual.
I do tend to distrust all unsolicited emails, though.
First of all, check their email address. If they're bona fide wine retaillers, probably they have a website. That could also be fake, of course, but without that, you've got nothing to go on.
If they've got a site, google it and see if you've got any references to it.
(Once I saw an advert in a paper magazine which sounded far too good to be true. It didn't really matter to me, but it was so scam-like, I checked it out online and it seemed to be genuine. Subsequently, I've heard about the featured company from various other sources as genuine, so maybe I'm too cautious.)
Triggers in the email you received, however are the To and from email addresses. Can't imagine a good reason why they'd be the same, and the 'where are you so that we can estimate how close' - why don't they tell you where they are to allow you to decide if you'd be willing to go out that far?
They are relocating to the States on the 12th and are having a wedding anniversary celebration on the 15th with 12 family members? H*ll, they must be millionaires. In real life, wouldn't they either hold their celebration beforehand or postpone their relocation. Three days after moving country, they're having an anniversary party? Well, I guess it's possible. 
Anyway, would you want to work with someone who refers, to a total stranger, to their 'lovely daughter Debbie', no matter how lovely she might be? 

Same scam with same wording also also eg - here and here.

Ya, they have been in business for many years. From telemarketing, to sending prosperous proposition to professionals with bait of big money. Next step is to ask your price and they offer a bonus on top to reward your speed. Aks you for your bank account to deposit overnight your advance in full + extra cash.
If you delay, you get  phone call to sweeten you.

It's big business

This is a scam!!!  That type of emails always are!

Check this out!

http://alojedaphotography.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/photographers-be-aware-of-e-scams/


This scenario comes in many forms, whenever being in doubt...  Simply google a part of the main text and then google will return something like this:

http://www.google.dk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=scam+I+came+across+your+contact+information+on+the+internet+after+a+search+for+a+professional+photographer+and+I+hereby+write+to+request+if+you+will+be+available+to+offer+4hours+of+photographic+services+for+the+celebration+of+our+5th+wedding+anniversary+on+our+arrival+to+the+States.+Myself,my+wife,my+lovely+daughter-Debbie+and+about+12+family+members+and+friends+will+be+present.

And basically... NEVER trust anyone who "found" you and offer something where YOU need to do any sort of payment / money transfer!   

Yes this is a very old scam.

Everybody in the UK knows you can't have a wonderfull (sic) wedding event without an 'america' photographer.  

Be careful witth  those.

I was on another forum , an illustration forum.
not in here. and someone got the same type of email, with different names tho,
different request, but it was along these lines.

There are a lot of scammers getting creative now...
If that is a scam, I wonder how that would work.

it sucks ...

They mail a check to you and you deposit it. The check clears because it is a fake using a real account number of a corporation for example, but appears to be real. You get the money, send the excess to a drop box. (which is usually Wells Fargo for example) Or they have an "agent" pick up a check... one way or another the person who gave you the check and the person who get the money are also duped into handling transactions but not the perpetrators.

Two weeks later the corporation discovers the fake check, the funds are reversed and you owe the money back to the bank.

The person who has the money has vanished.

That's roughly how it works.

The easy part is someone who sends a check for more than they owe and needs you to somehow send them the excess. It's a scam!

Yes it's strange isn't it?   I opened some new bank accounts a few years ago in the UK, and found I didn't automatically get a cheque book.  The bank was really surprised when I asked for one.  I never really need one, but I like to make sure I have all bases covered, just in case.

It's easier to make a bad argument using a false premise. For example, see above.

The US doesn't not rely heavily on almost all payments using paper checks. In fact most payments are electronic, not with checks. I write two checks a month. One for the rent and one to my auto mechanic, when I get service. Everything else is paid by electronic payment, and my pay comes via direct deposit, except one source that mails me a check. Far from relying heavily in almost all payments.

Another one:
All someone needs is a scanner and printer and they can make paper money. All someone needs is a hammer and they can break a window and steal from a car and enter a home. All someone needs is a gun and they can rob a bank.  The fact that someone can print a fake check doesn't mean they can easily print money without getting arrested. Criminals and fraud are not based on available equipment, but on integrity, honesty and individuals. The problem isn't checks, it's the criminals!

Hey look, how stupid are photographers. I can steal images for free off the web, all I need to do is right click and save. If that's blocked I just use a screen capture. How dumb can photographers be putting anything up on the web that's so easy to steal!  Just because people can do something, it doesn't make it right.