Holiday Shopping at Your Favorite Winery

Holiday Shopping in Wine Country

(reposted from Discover Sonoma County Wine)

Wine Caddies at Imagery Winery include Cowboys, Firemen, Chefs, Cyclists, Golfers, Pilots, Fishermen, Pets, Boaters and many more – great selection of a unique gift item for the wine lover in your family

Whether looking for a gift for your favorite wine lover, friend, or pet – Wineries have more to offer than just fabulous wines. I went out over the weekend to find some great last minute gifts from some of my favorite spots. If you have another treasure, I’d love to hear about it. Wine Tasting while Gift Shopping is the perfect combination to reduce stress during the Holidays.

Glassware and Decanters are always a popular idea featuring seasonal or wine designs, these items will enhance any party or provide a great hostess gift. A couple of my favorite spots for glassware include J Winery (especially for sparkling stemware) an Cast Wines, both also feature beautiful decanters.

J Winery, Sparkling Wine Glassware and Carriers

Cast Wines Decanters and Glassware

Hostess Gifts, Household Designer Items, and Wine Country Souvenirs are available in both theFerrari Carano Showrooms. Their downtown Healdsburg location, called Seasons of the Vineyard Wine Shop specializes in the household & hostess gifts as well as chocolate while the Dry Creek Valley Tasting Room at the Winery has beautiful Wine Country souvenirs, large format and library wine selections. Also note the Wine Caddies featured in the opening photo from Imagery Winery – these unique items are beautifully made and feature a variety of professions and hobbies. One final location with a great gift shop is at St. Francis Winery – they feature a lot of local artisans.

Ferrari Carano Wine Country Souvenirs, Large Format Wines & Library Wines

Season of the Vineyard Hostess Gifts & Household Gifts – I Love the Glass Sushi Trays

Artwork featuring wine themes and many local artisans are featured at many wineries, especially during our Art Walks, but wineries that have regular installations for sale includePassaggio Winery and Thumbprint Cellars. I am sure there are many others and traveling displays are often featured during special events. I love to hear about your favorite as this is a gift I purchase all year long.

Thumbprint Cellars’ year-round galary of local artists is unique, they also feature glassware and candles

Passaggio Winery is current featuring Sandra Speidel’s Motion Series & Custom Chocolates

Olive Oil is another staple in Wine Country with an affinity for similar growing conditions grapes and olives co-exist well. Flavored Olive Oils, usually blood orange, lime, or lemon, and green to aged oil varieties are available directly from the source. Two of my favorite spots to pick up these goodies are the Gourmet Shop at BR Cohn Winery and Trattore’s New Tasting Room in Dry Creek Valley. Also look for other gourmet foods and vinegars.

B.R Cohn Winery and Olive Oil Company – Check out their Gourmet Shop next to the Winery

Trattore Winery & Dry Creek Olive Oil Company have a beautiful new Tasting Room in Dry Creek Valley

Finally, if you are a Sparkling Wine fan and have taken up the saber to learn The Art of Sabrage for New Years, then get ready for modern designs to traditional Nepoleon inspired styles at many of our Sparkling Tasting Rooms and Wineries, including Sigh Sonoma, Cast Wines, andBreathless Wines.

Sigh Sonoma features Laguiole (French) sabers as well as domestic and international bubbles

Breathless Tasting Room features Sabrage Demonstrations during events with Italian blades

If we make it through Hanukkah, Christmas and New Years, I guess we can start looking for chocolates for Valentines Day. I’m always ready for Chocolate.