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A wine gift basket is a very good gift for almost any occasion

Rumi — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:13:24 +0000

A wine gift basket is a very good gift for almost any occasion. They can be sent for holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries or just to say “thank you” to someone.

They are also fine for business gifts to customers or to employees. I think anyone receiving one of these baskets as a gift would be very grateful and happy to receive it.

The baskets look pretty and they are appealing. The prices for each of the different ones seem reasonable for the contents being offered in them.

Regarding that, I do prefer to send a basket of wine, crackers, cheese, and olives rather than dessert-type things like chocolate and cookies. In other words, baskets should contain ingredients that go well together for an appetizing before-dinner or cocktail hour, rather than dessert.

One other thing that would make the baskets more appealing to me is that I would like to know the vintner of the wine in the basket that I am purchasing. I do believe most people who send a wine basket as a gift want to know the name of the vineyard the wine came from.

The wine bottles are shown in a picture, but it is difficult to see the label. I think a buyer should be able to more easily see the name of the wine company they are purchasing, rather than just the type of wine.

Gift basket cheese, fruit and wine

Rumi — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:16:57 +0000

The look of this gift basket cheese, fruit and wine has an older, antique look. I think this would make a good "office" gift. This is something that you would want to give to your boss or fellow employees.

This can be given for Christmas, birthdays, or as a thank you gift. Professional ladies may also appreciate this as a "thinking of you" gift. I also think that this would make a good gift for the older people in your life.

As I said before, it has a bit of an antique feel, which some of the older generation may appreciate. I do think the items go well together, it’s just too bad they can’t ship to every state. Everything in this basket sounds so elegant and delicious, until you read "almonds." They just don’t seem to fit in with the other stuff.

I would suggest putting in something that isn’t really an everyday treat. I can go to the store right now and pick up almonds, as I know many people can and do. I can’t say, though, that I have ever bought focaccia crisps, so it just seems more elegant.

The color of the cheese fruit and wine basket and bow blends perfectly with the items inside though. This gift definitely feels like a ‘finer’ gift, for those with fine taste.

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