Wine for Normal People

Ep 213: Easy, Inexpensive Wine Gifts


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In this solo podcast, I give you a bunch of ideas to make gift giving and holiday pairing easy!

Here are the show notes:

1. First I talk about potential all-purpose wines that will work for a lot of different holiday foods:

The reds:

  • Sonoma, California Syrah or Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Chilean Syrah
  • Côtes-du-Rhône (or Gigondas, Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
  • Bordeaux -- specifically Merlot-based, and look for the Cru Bourgeois label

The whites:

  • Santa Barbara, California Chardonnay
  • South African or New Zealand Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc from South Africa or Loire
  • White Rhône blends from California or Rhône

Rhône producers I mentioned: E. Guigal, Chapoutier

 

2. Then I gift some questions to ask before buying wine as a gift for someone:

  • What do they usually drink?
  • What do they eat?
  • What kind of person are they -- adventuresome or less so?

3. Finally I hit on gift ideas:

  • Waiter's corkscrew
  • Sparkling wine stopper
  • Foil cutter
  • Vacuvin or just the stoppers
  • Wine accessories gift set
  • Jane Anson's "Wine Revolution: The World's Best Organic, Biodynamic, and Craft Wines"
  • Oz Clarke books, including: "Grapes and Wines", which I love as an easy reference book
  • A Wine for Normal People gift certificate!
  • An Amazon gift certificate (where they can buy the stuff above, or starting in January you can send them to my winefornomalpeople.com and link to these and more wine gifts I recommend!)
  • Plastic or stainless steel ice cubes

 

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Happy Holidays! Thank you for listening and for you being such an awesome audience! 

 

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