You’ve identified the wine bottle you would like to gift, but are looking for a creative way to gift it without boring tissue paper, cellophane wrap, or a single-use paper bottle bags. Lucky for you, we’ve identified and developed over ten creative ways to give the best wine gifts!
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Gift Wine With a Pair of Socks
We love to gift wrap wine bottles with a pair of novelty graphic crew socks. Simply insert the wine bottle into the first sock, then place the second sock over the top of the bottle. Add a finishing touch like a raffia bow or decorative hat from a craft store to dress it up a bit.
Some of our favorite food and drink novelty socks come from HotSox. These socks are super-comfy without being too thick. They really do feel like premium socks one would find at a high-end store like Nordstrom.
There’s a variety of novelty socks available online with humorous themes or hobbies to pair with your friends’ interests. Don’t know what the gift-recipient is into? Simply default to these wine themed socks.
Stage Christmas Wine With LED Lights
If you’re looking for a fine wine gift presentation that’s more elegant, consider decorating an end table with a few wine items - decanter, glassware, corkscrew, and another empty wine bottle. Then, place the gift wine in front of the festive decor. Check out our list of our 50 favorite wine accessories to accompany your fine wine gift.
You may also consider placing the wine in a single bottle wine holder and decorating around it.
Books and Wine - Always a Perfect Pairing
If the wine lover in your life is also a book lover, we have the perfect gift! This handmade book-strap carrier by Hide & Drink comes with a handle that you can loop around wine. It is constructed of full-grain leather and comes with a 101 year guarantee!
Not sure what book to get? Check out our recommended wine books or this new release from fellow North Carolinian Elizabeth Schneider.
Gift Wrap Wine With a Scarf
Another two-for-one gift idea is wrapping a bottle of wine with a scarf. There are a lot of options you can consider: vintage, re-gifting an unused scarf, or a white elephant scarf.
Here’s a helpful video on how to gift wrap wine with a scarf.
Note that the scarf does not need to be small. One could use a blanket sized scarf like the one below and simply fold it in half twice before following the video instructions.
This burgundy, black and gold scarf would complement many red and white wines.
Gift Wine With a Luggage Tag
If the wine gift recipient travels frequently, placing a new luggage tag or two around the neck of the bottle may be a good way to connect their love of travel with wine. With so many luggage tag color options, one can select a tag that matches or contrasts the wine gift or complements the recipient’s luggage.
Gift Wine In a Suitcase
Does your New Year’s resolution include cooking more at home, exploring a new cuisine, and trying some new wines? Stop by your local wine bottle shop and have them select six or twelve wines that they’d recommend to try with the cuisine you’ll be exploring in the new year.
Perhaps you also plan to travel to a wine region in 2020 and want to do a little wine homework. Place those bottles in a VinGarde Valise and place the valise under the tree.
And if travel is in your new year, check out our blog on traveling with wine for more wine travel tips and tricks!
How to Gift Wine in a Gift Basket
While you could purchase a ready-made wine gift basket, it is often more personal to build the basket yourself, especially if the gift basket includes customized corporate items. Additionally, many off-the-shelf wine gift baskets include salty or sugary items with artificial preservatives. Making your own gift basket allows you to tailor the food items to the preferences of the recipient.
When selecting a gift basket, we prefer to get our basket from a craft store or a thrift store. We look for baskets with a sturdy upright carrying handle. Place a tea towel in the bottom of the basket. There are a number of funny tea towels available online. If the gift recipient is more conservative, this tea towel might be a good choice, especially for corporate clients.
With a tea towel in place, secure the wine to the basket in an upright position, and tie the neck of the bottle securely to the handle. Then arrange gift items around the wine centerpiece. You may want to use double-sided tape to secure some items to each other to prevent contents from flying out of the basket or being crushed if the basket tips over.
Gift Wine in Slippers
Keep your toes and your insides warm with this combination of wine-themed slippers and two bottles of wine. These applique slippers have grippy bottoms and the inside of the slippers are super soft!
Dress Up Your Wine in a Wine Outfits
While we prefer to gift items that will be re-used or re-gifted by recipients, we understand that sometimes you want to just have fun with dressing up wine bottles. These wine bottle outfits can be re-used year after year.
Ugly Christmas Sweater
We’re big fans of an ugly holiday sweater party - why can’t wine partake as well?
Swedish Gnomes
And of course, there are wine outfits for gnome-loving wine enthusiasts!
Holiday Formal Wear
Add a little formal whimsy to the corporate open bar.
What are some ways you have gifted wine? Let us know in the comments box below.
Cheers!