Gourmet Gift Baskets
Just about everyone loves gourmet food and wines, so what better gift than a whole basket full of mouth-watering gourmet goodies? There are gift baskets available for every taste, whether you are buying for a wine connoisseur, a cheese fanatic or someone who just loves to sample new flavors. What's more, you can choose the size and cost of the gift basket and vary the contents as much as you like.
Whether the occasion is a birthday, sympathy gift, thank you gift, Christmas, Valentine's Day or "just because," this type of gift will be truly appreciated for sure. Gourmet gift baskets are suitable as a corporate gift or something for relatives or even for your partner.
The baskets are reusable and they will come trimmed with decorations and a personalized card. You can order online, from a stockist or get creative and make your own from a selection of gourmet produce. In fact, making your own basket is probably more fun! You will need a selection of wines, cheeses, and anything else you fancy including, some cellophane and a decoration such as a bow. Put the cheese in last and deliver it soon so it stays chilled!
Gourmet Fruit and Wine Baskets
This is one of the most popular selections. Fruit has a limited shelf life but wine keeps for a relatively long time. You can choose from organic fruit, exotic fruit, fruit with nuts or a smorgasbord of fruit, cheese, nuts, and wine.
You might perhaps decide to choose a basket containing a sharp Pinot Noir with some Fuji apples and sweet dessert pears or how about a continental basket full of a Californian fruit selection, Trefethen Napa Chardonnay and some ripe pistachios? The sky is the limit with fruit and wine baskets and you can get pretty much any selection you can think of.
Wine and Cheese Gourmet Gift Baskets
Cheese and wine go beautifully together. A glass of rich port and a platter of cheeses are heavenly at the end of a delicious meal. Baby Swiss cheese and Asti Spumante go beautifully together, as do Monterey Jack and Reisling. A wine and cheese basket takes away the guesswork factor and gives you something to dive into and savor.
Gourmet Wine Gift Baskets
If you are not worried about the fruit or cheese but just want to give a gift of gourmet wine, you have plenty to choose from here too. You can choose from a Champagne gift basket or an "Italy Weekend" basket, packed with the best wine Italy has to offer.
Often, gourmet wine gift baskets come with savory crackers or garlic crisps, fine patés and cheeses such as Camembert or Brie. Alternatively, you can get gourmet wine baskets (which are often reusable wooden wine boxes) containing two gourmet reds and two gourmet whites or any other variation.
You can choose which type of wines you prefer, depending whom your wine gift is for and what they enjoy. You might opt for a sweet wine, two mediums, and a dry one or four French or New World wines, for example. There are plenty of different wine gift baskets to choose from or you can design your own. You can also choose from wine and spirits, just wines or wines with matching chocolates or entrées.
Whatever the occasion, a gourmet gift basket shows that you have put thought into the gift and chosen a fantastic present, which will be enjoyed and savored at leisure.
Author: California Wine Guide Staff Writer
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