The time has come to decide what to get your husbands best friend for his birthday. Something personal and something unusual normally works for the mans best friend. Hunting guns are out of the question and so are sports tickets and race track tickets. Trying to come up with something clever should not be so difficult. Wine is always the best answer. In fact, a red wine gift basket makes a perfect gift for a man who probably has everything.
Pay a visit to your local winery for sampling and suggestions. Wine stores have many different accessories for the wine enthusiast and even for someone who is not so enthused by wine. But they will have interesting and unique gifts in their shops. Of course, the best part of giving a red wine gift basket as a gift is sampling to find the best wine.
Gifts of red wine can run the gamut from Merlots to Shiraz. I usually select a Merlot, Zinfandel, or a Pinot Noir. What I like about Merlots is that they are very smooth with an intimation of herbs and berries. Zinfandels, on the other hand, are hearty and are the ideal wine gift for that person who loves pasta and pizza. Of the red wines, the Pinot Noir, is always a wine gift hit. Most Pinot Noirs have flavor undertones of tea leaves, plums, or cherries.
By the time you decide on the red wine gift basket and its contents you probably will have purchased a case of wine for yourself as well and really burst your budget. But if ruining your budget for the red wine gift basket has to be done then someone has to do it, and it might as well be you.
So now when the guy next door fixes my lawn mower and refuses payment, or when I suddenly remember it is a friend’s birthday, or the neighbor’s dog dies and I want to offer my condolences, I go to my gift stash, pick out an appropriate bottle of wine, a wine gift bag, and a gift tag and I am ready to go. Not only is wine a great last minute gift, it can be the centerpiece of a gift basket complete with the recipients favorite cheeses, breads, and maybe even chocolates. Putting together a wine gift basket for a special occasion is nearly as satisfying for the giver as the receiver–even more so, if they offer to share. So if you like to keep a few gifts on hand for the unexpected occasions in life, a wine gift is hard to beat.