Need some inspiration for stocking fillers or Secret Santa gifts? Have a look at these stocking filler ideas, perfect for any wine lover...
Wine gifts: Stocking fillers
Moët & Chandon ‘Mini crackers’
Treat someone this Christmas with a Moët & Chandon mini cracker in their stocking – or even use on the dining table for your Christmas lunch! Each mini cracker contains a 200ml bottle of Moët & Chandon Champagne NV, either Blanc or Rosé and a festive Christmas hat.
Price: £19.99 (Blanc) £21.99 (Rosé) John Lewis, Selfridges, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Fortnum & Mason *Extra charges for US delivery
Corkcicle Air
Serve your wine at the ideal temperature, and make pouring easy with the Corkcicle Air, perfect to slip into any wine lover’s Christmas stocking this year. Just put the Corkcicle Air into the freezer for 90 minutes, then insert into your bottle to cool reds to room temperature in 15 minutes, or keep whites chilled for an hour. As your pour, the Corkcicle Air also helps to aerate your wine.
Price: UK £19.99 Firebox// US $24.95 Corkcicle
Decanter Events
A lavish stocking gift for any wine lover, include an envelope with tickets to one of our upcoming events in 2016, such as Discoveries from Greece, Italy and Bulgaria or the Spain and Portugal Fine Wine Encounter, both in February. A chance to taste fine wines from exciting regions…
Price: Greece, Italy & Bulgaria – £25 (Consumer tasting). Spain & Portugal – £50 (Grand Tasting ticket)
Wine Notebook
Keep all of your tasting notes in order in 2016 with this stylish wine notebook from Fortnum & Mason. With separate sections for different styles of wine, you’ll have an easy record of your favourite wines, in a beautiful black leather bound book.
Price: £40 Fortum & Mason *Extra charges for US delivery
Champagne Charlie Candles
Include a unique gift in someone’s stocking this year, with these candles from Champagne Charlie, made from used Champagne bottles. Pay a tribute to their favourite Champagne, with styles including Dom Pérignon, Laurent Perrier and Veuve Cliquot. These handmade products are a great way of recycling used Champagne bottle and contain high quality soya wax with a fragrant vanilla scent.
Price: £30-£38 Champagne Charlie *Extra charges for US delivery
Unwined
A convenient four-in-one wine gadget means you have all you need to open, pour and preserve your bottles of wine. As well as a corkscrew, the Unwined includes a foil cutter, aerator pour and stopper – everything you need to enjoy your favourite wine.
Price: £19.99 House of Fraser *Extra charges for US delivery
Decanter subscription
Why not give a year’s subscription to Decanter magazine to the wine lover in your life. Save 40% and every month get the latest Panel Tastings, wine features, travel guides, expert recommendations and opinion, straight to your door or on your iPad.
Price: UK from £35.99 (print) // US from $57.50 (print)
Charbonnel et Walker cracker
Another cracker option for Christmas stockings or your Christmas table this year, is from Charbonnel et Walker. Filled with pink Marc de Champagne truffles, in a charming Harlequin print or festive red and gold cracker.
Price: £7.50 Charbonnel et Walker, John Lewis *Extra charges for US delivery
Tanners mini Prosecco set
If you’ve got a lot of stockings to fill, a dining table to decorate or just a crowd to entertain, pick up the Tanners Mini Prosecco set. Contains six 200ml bottles of Tanners Prosecco, and comes in a green gift box.
Price: £23.30 Tanners
Meaning of Wine/ The London Cheese and Wine Guide
Bring a smile to any wine lover’s face with the Meaning of Wine book – full of amusing wine related quotes from figures including Oscar Wilde, Samuel Johnson and Frank Sinatra. Or for a London resident, by The London Cheese and Wine Guide, full of the best spots for wine and cheese in the capital.
Price: £6.95//$11.50 Meaning of Wine *Extra charges for US delivery
Price: £11.95 The London Cheese and Wine Guide *Extra charges for US delivery
