Giving California Wine Gift Baskets
With dozens of vineyards and wineries, it’s no wonder a California wine gift basket is one of the most popular gifts for birthdays, holidays, and other occasions. Visitors who break bread with or spend the weekend with good friends should take a California wine gift basket with them as a host or hostess gift to express appreciation for the hospitality they receive.
Wine Basket Contents
Every wine basket must, of course, contain wine. It’s nice to include a bottle of red and a bottle of white wine, but if you know that the recipient of your California wine gift basket prefers one wine over another, by all means give that person a basket containing only red or only white wine.
With wine, quality is always appreciated over quantity. A California wine gift basket containing just one bottle of wine is an appropriate gift if the bottle is of outstanding quality.
What you fill your wine basket with depends on the kind of wine you give. If you give a mellow red wine, a very simple California wine gift basket would be to give a bottle of wine along with several bars of rich, dark chocolate.
If you give Chardonnay in your wine basket, add savory treats like flavored crackers, cheese, and other spreads. Lightly salted mixed nuts or hazelnuts are a nice counterpart to a sweet wine like a Riesling or rose.
California Vineyards
California is well known for its fine wineries and vineyards. Most California wineries sell gift baskets in their tasting rooms and gift shops. The easiest way to give a California wine gift basket is not to put one together yourself, but to buy a prepackaged gift basket at one of California’s many wineries.
Clos du Bois, located in the Alexander Valley about an hour’s drive north of San Francisco, offers a wide range of Cabernet, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, and Zinfandel wines for lovers of red wines. White wine lovers will appreciate the winery’s Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Rose wines.
Clos du Bois offers a delightful California wine gift basket for shipment to states that do not allow shipments of wine. The basket includes four hors d’ouevre plates, olive oil, and a book on cheese.
A Sonoma Chardonnay wine gift basket from California is another gift that is sure to please the recipient, pairing fruity red wine with savory appetizers.
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