Two of the best websites to purchase wine gift basket for both novices and connoisseurs are Wine Country Gift Baskets and Cheese and Wine Unlimited. I have listed the details on ordering from these sites and offered options for both low and high budget gifts.
Wine Country Gift Baskets
Wine Country Gift Baskets is an online gift basket company that offers a large selection of wine baskets ranging from very affordable to quite extravagant. There are baskets for every taste. Wine Country Gift Baskets offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee and they also guarantee timely arrival of your gift. Wine Country Gift Baskets can only customize gift baskets if you order 75 or more of the same basket with a minimum purchase of $3000 prior to November 30, 2007 or after January 17, 2008.The details of two baskets offered by this company are below.
A low budget gift basket for the wine lover on your holiday list is the “Weekend in Tuscany” basket. This basket costs only $29.95 and includes a bottle of De Canal Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, a red Italian wine along with a selection of other Italian treats such as: Mamma Mellace’s cinnamon roasted cashews, sesame breadsticks, Italian tiramisu chocolate and almond pralines, Dolcetto chocolate wafers, penne rigate pasta and Colavita marinara sauce. This gift basket is a wonderful introduction to Italian wine and the flavors of Italy. Shipping for this gift starts at $9.95. All orders received before 6:00 PM PST Monday thru Friday will ship on the next business day or on the requested future shipping date.
For a more extravagant gift basket, Wine Country Gift Baskets offers the Dom Perignon, Grgich Hills, Jordan Exclusive Gift Basket. This basket has a spectacular selection including: Grgich Hill Chardonnay, a Chardonnay with the aromas of baked pear, lychee nuts, and wild honey; Jordan’s Cabernet Sauvignon, a deeply textured layering of black cherry, blackberry, cassis, and dark chocolate; and Dom Perignon, a vintage champagne. The selection of wines is accompanied by an assortment of wine country’s favorite snacks. This gift basket is $450 and shipping is $17.95. All orders received before 6:00 PM PST Monday thru Friday will ship on the next business day or on the requested future shipping date.
Cheese and Wine Unlimited
Cheese and Wine Unlimited is another online Gift Basket retailer that offers wine gift basket. Cheese and Wine Unlimited offers $5 flat fee ground shipping until December 4, 2007, plus up to 15% off select wine and cheese gift baskets. For your gift to arrive by December 24, 2007, you must order by December 16 for UPS ground, December 17 for UPS 3 Day Select, December 18 for UPS Second Day Air, and December 19 for UPS Next Day Air. Orders must be received by 1 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday for same day shipping. The details of two baskets offered by this company are below.
Send a classic– or two! You can afford to send several of these baskets at this very inexpensive price. The Classic Wine Basket and the Classic Wine Duo are both only $42.95 and include the option to send one or two bottles of wine, selected from several varieties. This gift basket includes a round Cocoa Midrib Bowl with choice of Pepperwood Grove Chardonnay or Cabernet, Port, Dessert Wine, or Moet & Chandon Champagne along with East Shore Specialty pretzels, Brent and Sam’s cookies, Bremner wafers and Dill Havarti Cheese. This is a wonderful, affordable gift basket to share with a novice wine lover.
For the sophisticated wine Connoisseur on your holiday shopping list, Cheese and Wine Unlimited offers the Desperate Husbands…Happy Wives Gift Basket. This extravagant gift basket includes a Cane Picnic Market Basket, Dom Perignon Champagne, 2 Champagne Flutes, Black Caviar, Bremner Wafers, Claudel French Brie Cheese, Stufffed Olives, OTC Wine Crackers, Nikki’s Shortbread Key Lime Cookies, Chocolate Covered Potato Chips, Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookies, Esther’s Chocolate Turtles, Chocolate Tipped Graham Sticks, and Butterfield’s Peachbuds Hard Candy. The price for this gift basket is $495.00.
