Gift Guide:
The Wine Lover
A super modern, unique wine decanter
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$25-525
1) Twist Decanter $25-45
2) Trevi Aerating Wine Decanter $50
3) Lemi Luxury Decanter, $95
4) Touch of Modern Boa, $525
5) Set of 2 stemless wine aerating glasses, $50
Outdoor wine table
04
$58
“Grassy glades are perfect for picnicking, but definitely not ideal for keeping wine goblets and open bottles upright. Michael and Ania Shepler's clever collapsible table is designed to hold all the elements of a classic picnic: two glasses, a wine bottle, and a plate full of your favorite pairings. The Baltic birch plywood design folds flat, locks in both open and closed positions, and incorporates two convenient handles. The fiberglass spike lets you plant the table securely in grass or sand, but isn't sharp enough to poke picnickers. Wine bottle, glasses, and plate not included. Handmade in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.” – Uncommon Goods
Wine tea towel(s) by Stuart Gardiner Design
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$13.50 or $25 (or $38.50 for all 3)
Stuart Gardiner Design out of the UK designed 3 perfectly giftable wine tea towels: the wine towel ($13.50) & a guide to pairing wine with food tea towel set ($25). The wine towel covers a wide range of wine topics, celebrating the history, terminology, & science of wine. Obviously, since it’s made by a design duo, it’s beautifully laid out & illustrated. The pairing set is made up of 2 monochromatic chart-style tea towels: one focusing on pairing red wine with food & the other on white wine. All 3 are 100% organic cotton and made in Britain. They also come as prints if your recipient is more of a wall art than tea towel person. We picked the tea towels here because they’re useful to have on hand and can still be framed if someone doesn’t want to use them functionally. Or mix it up and get them the infographic-style wine guide as a print ($43) & the pairing charts as the tea towel set ($68 total).
Get the wine towel or wine pairing set from Stuart Gardiner.
A bottle of wine from ONEHOPE, Relief Wines, or The Dreaming Tree
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$20-125 for a bottle of ONEHOPE, $16 for a bottle from Relief Wines, or $15 for a Dreaming Tree bottle
Wine that supports charity – that’s a winning combo.
ONEHOPE was founded by 8 friends who claim to be equally committed to quality wine & the causes they support. To date (as of May 2020), they have made nearly $5 million in donations, planted 105,172 trees, helped 65,267 pets to find a forever home, helped provide 2,758,428 meals for children, and delivered 190,802 vaccines to end Neglected Tropical Diseases. On their site, you can filter wines by cause: animals, children, education, environment, global, health, veterans, or women. 50% of each sale goes to the charity associated with the wine.
Relief Wines is a registered nonprofit organization from Waugh Family Wines. They support 3 causes: the Napa Valley & California rebuilding effort following the 2017 fires & ensuing damage, Camp Esperanza, and Transitional Youth.
The Dreaming Tree is a collaboration between musician Dave Matthews and kiwi winemaker Sean McKenzie. They focus on sustainability in production & delivery, and so far (as of May 2020) have donated over $1,500,000 to environmental organizations, including The Wilderness Society, Living Lands & Waters, and International Rhino Foundation.
Get a bottle from ONEHOPE, Relief Wines, or The Dreaming Tree.
Wine bottle topper serving set
08
$50
How cool is are these bamboo table tops that create stylish tabletops around wine bottles? Designed for picnicking al fresco & made in Pennsylvania, these lightweight set is a beautiful, unique gift for wine drinkers.
Wino socks
12
$9-12
For women, your options include: 1) “My favorite salad is wine” by Blue Q ($11), 2) Knee-high Winosaurus by Sock it to Me ($9-12), & 3) “Save water drink wine” by Sock Guy ($11). For men, get “You had me at merlot” socks in grey or blue by Hot Sox ($12).
Get a women's pair (one from Blue Q, two from Sock Drawer or Sock It To Me, or three from Sock Guy) or a men's pair (in grey or blue from The Sock Spot).
The Ultimate Adirondack Chair for Wine Lovers
15
$349
This Adirondack chair not only features a wine class holder, but it’s also handcrafted from reclaimed oak wine barrels once used by Napa California vintners. Each chair takes on a unique look from the toasting of the barrel & the aging of the wine (and is oiled & sealed with 4 coats of durable marine varnish to ensure years of beauty). A set of 2 is $649 if you really wanna get fancy.
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Books
Wine Folly – Magnum Edition: The Master Guide by Madeline Puckette & Justin Hammack
17
$22-28
This has to be the most beautiful wine guide ever created, filled with illustrated charts & detailed information for every type of grape. The James Beard Award Winner covers more than 100 grapes & wines color-coded by style, a wine region explorer with detailed maps, a wine labeling & classification 101 for wine countries, an expanded food & wine pairing section, and tasting tips. This epic book is great for any wine lover at any knowledge level.
Get it from Alibris or Better World Books.
Wine Tasting Notebook by Steve De Long
18
$15
This notebook is great for tracking wines and learning to take proper wine tasting notes. The tasting pages have sections based on the senses: sight, scent, & taste, along with conclusion & style. This little booklet also comes with a handy wine tasting terms booklet to better describe what you are tasting.
This Calls for a Drink! A Sommelier’s Guide to the Best Wines and Beers to Pair with Every Situation by Diane McMartin
19
$1-15
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace
20
$25
“The New York Times bestseller, updated with a new epilogue, that tells the true story of a 1787 Château Lafite Bordeaux—supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson—that sold for $156,000 at auction and of the eccentrics whose lives intersected with it.
Was it truly entombed in a Paris cellar for two hundred years? Or did it come from a secret Nazi bunker? Or from the moldy basement of a devilishly brilliant con artist? As Benjamin Wallace unravels the mystery, we meet a gallery of intriguing players—from the bicycle-riding British auctioneer who speaks of wines as if they are women to the obsessive wine collector who discovered the bottle. Suspenseful and thrillingly strange, this is the vintage tale of what could be the most elaborate con since the Hitler diaries.” – Goodreads
Natural Wine for the People: What It Is, Where to Find It, How to Love It by Alice Feiring
21
$12.50-18
“James Beard Award-winner Alice Feiring sets the record straight on the growing category of natural wine through this illustrated intro to natural, organic, and minimally-invasive wine.” – Napa Valley Wine Country Staff
Get it from Alibris or Better World Books.
The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste: A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe by Rajat Parr & Jordan Mackay
22
$26-40
“The first definitive reference book to describe, region-by-region, how the great wines of Europe should taste. This will be the go-to guide for aspiring sommeliers, wine aficionados who want to improve their blind tasting skills, and amateur enthusiasts looking for a straightforward and visceral way to understand and describe wine.
In this seminal addition to the wine canon, noted experts Rajat Parr and Jordan Mackay share everything they've learned in their decades of tasting wine. The result is the most in-depth study of the world's greatest wine regions ever published. There are books that describe the geography of wine regions. And there are books that describe the way basic wines and grapes should taste. But there are no books that describe the intricacies of the way wines from various subregions, soils, and appellations should taste. Now, for the first time ever, you can learn about the differences between wines from the 7 grand crus and 40 premier crus of Chablis, or the terroirs in Barolo, Champagne, and Bordeaux. Paying attention to styles, winemakers, soils, and the most cutting-edge of trends, this book explains how to understand the wines of the world not in the classical way, but in the modern way--appellation by appellation, soil by soil, technique by technique--making it an essential reference and instant classic.” – Goodreads