If You Still Haven’t Decided, Let Us Help You With This Holiday Gift Guide

A bottle of wine is the perfect gift any time of year, but for the holidays I bet you are looking for something special to spoil that wine lover in your life. I’ve rounded up some unique, local gift ideas that will be sure to impress them.

Pizza Night Wine Gift Pack:

Give the gift of a fun DIY Pizza Night with this Bella Terra Pizza Pack. It’s full of everything you need to start a delicious homemade pizza – including olive oil, pizza sauce, an apron and a pizza dough mix. Plus, a selection of wine to enjoy alongside it. Just add your toppings and pizza party guests and you’ll all set! 

Blind Wine Tasting Kit:

How about something that will challenge your senses? The new Blind Tasting Kit from 13^th Street Winery offers a fun and tasty competition for your favourite wine lover. Each kit has three different wines that are hidden in numbered wine sleeves. You also get tasting cards to guide you through the experience and offer tips and hints if needed.

Naughty & Nice Holiday Pack:

Whether you find yourself on the naughty or nice list, this gift pack has you covered. The Naughty and Nice box from Henry of Pelham has a bottle of their Old Vines Baco Noir – made from some of the oldest grapevines in Canada – and a bottle of their Estate Riesling, plus some goodies, a corkscrew and bottle stopper. This particular Baco Noir is my go-to wine to pair with Christmas dinner. 

Mega Holiday Box:

These festively labelled wines in the Holiday Box from Megalomaniac Winery will make sure your recipient is covered for Christmas dinner and New Year’s Eve. Their 2019 Holiday Gamay is a lighter-bodied red making a good match for those delicious holiday dishes and the Sparkling Personality is perfect for popping on New Year’s Eve. The limited-edition wine labels have the winery’s signature Megalomanic looking dapper and festive. These bottles will look great on a holiday table.

Bubbly to Toast the Holidays: 

Giving a special bottle of bubbly as a Christmas gift or hostess gift is always a good choice. Popping a bottle just feels special and it’s great to have on hand to toast the holidays and of course ring in the new year. I love this Vineland Estate’s Pinot Meunier Sparkling because it’s light and fruit-forward and sure to please any palate. It’s not common to see this grape on its own — we mostly see it as one of the three varietals uses in Champagne.

Orange, Coffee and Cocoa Gin:

For the cocktail lover on your list this Collective Arts Orange, Coffee and Cocoa Gin will remind you of those chocolate orange treats that always ended up in our stockings. It’s the perfect choice for the holidays to make a winter cocktail — with a chocolately scent on the nose and a citrusy burst from Bitter Orange Peel. They’ve also released a Bourbon Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup just in time for Christmas morning breakfast.  It has notes of vanilla, toffee, caramel, charred oak, and just an ever so slight alcohol warming from the remnants of bourbon in the barrels. 

Barrel-Aged Beer:

Nickel Brook Brewing’s barrel-aged beers will impress the beer lovers in your life. They come packaged in a box with a fancy wax seal and are perfect for drinking now or cellaring for later. These beers are aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels giving them flavours like rich chocolate, coffee, vanilla, tobacco and fruit notes. Or their Zap! Cranberry & Ginger Sour IPA is also a perfect holiday sipper with tart cranberry and a zingy ginger twist.

Hopefully, these unique, local gift ideas will help you finish up that holiday shopping so you have time to sit back, pour yourself a glass and enjoy the holiday season!