Holiday Gifting Guide 2023: The Best Gift Sets
With so many options from so many locales, the paradox of choice often creeps into our holiday gifting thought process. This holiday season let us take some of the stress of choosing the perfect gift out of your mind. We have curated a list of Gift Sets meticulously curated for different types of wine lovers and connoisseurs. You truly cannot go wrong with any of these brilliant gifts, ready to be opened with radiant eyes and a thirsty palate. Here are my picks for the best wine Gift Sets to give as gifts in 2023:
The 10 Best Gift Sets To Gift This Holiday Season
Courtesy of Tank Garage Winery
Tank Garage Winery is a wine brand that comes to life in a 1930s era service station turned winery in the Napa Valley town of Calistoga, California. Small-lot red, white, and natural wines, plus rosé, orange wine, and sparkling pét-nat, each label tells a great cheeky story to reflect the wine blends. Limited-edition wines are available online and at winery - https://www.tankgaragewinery.com/Store/Wines/Current-Releases!
The winery created Tank Cares, an initiative to give back — helping people live better lives, gain awareness, and pursue their dreams. For every Tank Cares wine bottle product sold, Tank Garage Winery donates a portion of the profits towards a charitable cause they are passionate about. Since its inception, the winery has raised nearly $100K for causes that include women’s rights organizations, relief efforts in Ukraine, mental health orgs, youth skate programs, California Fire Foundation, COVID-19 relief, national parks, LGBTQ+ organizations and more!
Tank Garage Winery Boombox gift sets run from ONE to FOUR bottle options in the price range of $108-$308. Click here to see all Boombox gift options
Courtesy of Ashes & Diamonds | Photo by MIke Battey
This holiday season, Ashes & Diamonds, the Napa winery from proprietor Kashy Khaledi with winemakers Steve Matthiasson and Diana Snowden Seysess, launches a special collection of wine boxes ideal for gifting.
The 'Estate Essentials' gift collection includes the following selections, packed in the gorgeous A&D gift box:
2018 Grand Vin
A&D Tote Bag
2020 Cabernet Franc
Courtesy of To Kalon Vineyard Company
This limited-edition gift set includes 1 750mL bottle of 2019 Highest Beauty Cabernet Sauvignon and 1 photo by photographer Terry Mclaughlin in a branded gift box.
To Kalon is a myth as much as a location. It is an allegory for the generations of pride, heartbreak, and luck that have culminated in the Napa Valley as it stands now. It is a place of beauty, passion, and is an extraordinary vineyard for producing some of the world’s most esteemed and coveted wines.
To Kalon Vineyard Company is a celebration of what can happen when one of the best vineyards in the world meets winemaking at its highest level to produce exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon.
Photographer Terry Mclaughlin, known for his passion for capturing beauty, showcases the heart and soul of this magical vineyard, honors its story, and shares the beauty of autumn in the Napa Valley in a series of photographs.
Courtesy of Billecart-Salmon
Champagne Billecart-Salmon is offering a limited-edition gift set for the holidays that showcases two exceptional champagnes that epitomize the art of blending at Billecart-Salmon. The gift box features the Brut Réserve and the Nicolas François 2008, which are the house's traditional blend cuvées.
BRUT RESERVE - The Brut Reserve is a light, fine and harmonious champagne. Its blend is made with Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier from three different years, sourced from the best sites in the Champagne region.
NICOLAS FRANCOIS 2008 - This exceptional cuvée was created in 1964 as a tribute to the House’s founder. It results from the blending of Grands Crus from the classified Côte des Blancs vineyards (Chardonnay) and the Montagne de Reims (Pinot Noir). Its vinification, partially in traditional oak casks, underpins the generous character of this fine, elegant and rich wine. Varietals: 60% Pinot Noir & 40% Chardonnay. Appellation: Pinot Noir from the Premiers and Grands Crus from the Montagne de Reims and the Grande Vallée de la Marne. Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs. Aging: 10 years
The Gift Set can be purchased from Premier Champagne
Courtesy of Mount Veeder Winery
As we continue celebrating the 50th anniversary of Mount Veeder Winery's inaugural harvest, they are thrilled to unveil collections from their library of wines, complete with a Mount Veeder Winery branded gift box. Whether you indulge in their depth and complexity now or let them mature to perfection, each bottle has been impeccably stored under ideal conditions and promises a sensory journey like no other.
This three-bottle gift set includes:
- 1 750mL bottle of 2014 Mount Veeder Rosenquist Cabernet Sauvignon
- 1 750mL bottle of 2014 Mount Veeder Reserve Red Blend
- 1 750mL bottle of 2014 Mount Veeder Cabernet Franc
- A 50th anniversary Mount Veeder-branded gift box
Courtesy of Double Diamond Wines
Double Diamond, one of Napa’s preeminent wineries, collaborated with Dempsey & Carroll to celebrate and inspire the art of human connection with the Double Diamond x Dempsey & Caroll Stationary Gift Set. Double Diamond, known for its meticulous winemaking process from celebrated winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown, captures the essence of the land and believes that each bottle is a vessel for bringing people together.
Dempsey & Carroll's legacy in bespoke stationery is a testament to the power of thoughtful communication. The perfect gift for your long-distance wine lover, this gift set serves as a reminder that genuine human connections are the true luxury in life.
Courtesy of Sonoma-Cutrer
The Connoisseur's Gift Set from Sonoma Cutrer, featuring The Cutrer and Vine Hill Pinot Noir, is an ideal pairing for the tech-savvy connoisseur because nothing complements lines of code and debugging like a beautiful glass of wine. The Cutrer Chardonnay is as intricate as finely written code and perfect for those who savor the details, with flavors like caramelized nuts, ripe pear, and baking spices. The Vine Hill Pinot Noir features intense, bright fruit aromas and elegant tannins, creating a dynamic balance between structure and flavor like the sommelier's equivalent of a well-designed app. This allows us to celebrate The Duckhorn Portfolio's recent acquisition of Sonoma-Cutrer!
Courtesy of Flora Springs
Every holiday season, Flora Springs releases new holiday bottles, meticulously etched and painted by hand, with capsules and back labels applied one by one. This season, the award winning winery presents the Holiday Cabernet Sauvignon 3-Bottle Gift Set featuring three designs and three delicious Cabernets fit for celebrating the season. This sophisticated trio has been crafted with the utmost care and attention to detail, poised to meet a variety of gifting needs from wine enthusiasts’ refined taste to holiday hosts’ joy for the season.
The Wine
2018 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon combines fruit from two outstanding, sustainably-farmed vineyard sources: the Komes Vineyard in Rutherford and our Crossroads Vineyard in Oakville.
Fragrant, fruit-driven aromas of black cherry, purple plum and currant introduce this plush, polished Cabernet, with similar flavors joined by notes of vanilla, dark chocolate, cola and licorice. The wine is lithe and velvety on the palate, with fine, well-integrated tannins. A bright streak of acidity keeps the mouth fresh and balanced, with a flourish of orange peel and toast on the finish.
This limited-edition set features the 2019 Holiday Blend-Gnome Carolers, 2018 Holiday Cabernet Sauvignon-Peppermint Tree Twist, and 2019 Holiday Blend-Two Turtle Doves and is delivered in a handsome black gift box. They can also include a custom gift card. Limited gift sets available.
Courtesy of Robert Mondavi Winery
Robert Mondavi established his namesake winery in 1966 with a vision to create Napa Valley wines that would stand in the company of the world’s finest. He chose To Kalon Vineyard in the heart of Napa Valley as the home for Robert Mondavi Winery. This first-growth vineyard, located in Oakville, California, is renowned for producing some of the finest Cabernet Sauvignon wines in the world, as well as for its Sauvignon Blanc grapes, from which Mr. Mondavi crafted his signature wine, Fumé Blanc.
The Cabernet Exploration Experience includes three uniquely elevated expressions of Cabernet Sauvignon that will tantalize the palate of every fine wine lover in your life. Features Cabernet Sauvignon from Robert Mondavi Winery’s three pillars: To Kalon Reserve, The Estates, and Napa Valley.
Courtesy of SNOOT
SNOOT is a new digital wine membership designed by renegade professional artist-turned winery owner Anna Sweet of Artist Block winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley. "SNOOT is a new wine club and community that is fun, engaging, and empowering. The club draws on my experience in art, design, and, most recently, wine. Wine can be pretentious, intimidating, and overwhelming, but it's just a beverage begging to be enjoyed. Immersing myself in wine for the past five years has changed my relationship with happy hour, dinners, and travel. This newfound power of knowing wine is something I'm eager to simplify and make more accessible to the world." -Anna Sweet
SNOOT members can opt to receive either 3-bottle ($115/shipment) or 6-bottle ($225/shipment) quarterly wine shipments, which include sustainably-made, low-intervention, hard-to-find wines from around the world carefully selected by Oregon's only female Master of Wine, Bree Stock.
In addition to the special wines included in each shipment, SNOOT includes:
- Fully wrapped bottles for those who want to "blind taste," or taste without knowing the grape variety, region of origin, age, or producer
- Colorful tasting flash cards with the wine name and info on one side, and on the other, the wine's flavor profile, composition (sugar, acidity, body, and tannin levels), ideal pairings, and other famous wines and regions known for the same grape
- 1-minute videos on each club wine from Master of Wine Bree Stock
- A quarterly live Q&A with Master of Wine Bree Stock offered only to SNOOT members
- Wine buying guides and cheat sheets
- Tips for hacking restaurant wine lists
- Fun, informal wine quizzes to increase your wine IQ with each shipment
Use the code BLACKFRIDAY23 to get 50% of your first box.
