Hostess Gifts - How to Express Your Gratitude

If you're heading out to a friend's place for thethrilled they'll be to get such a thoughtful gift.
evening, and you're just thinking of taking a bottle ofAnd since you're giving a bottle of wine, why not
wine as a hostess gift, why not give that a littleinclude a bottle opener as well? For about twenty
more thought?dollars, you can buy an awesome electric opener. In
I'm not saying that a bottle of wine isn't anfact, if you know that others will be taking wine to
acceptable gift for the occasion, because it is, but it'sthe event, why not be a bit different? Instead of
also been done to death, and it probably isn'tshowing up with yet another bottle of wine, why not
something you put a lot of thought into. After all,present your host/hostess with an easier way of
you likely just grabbed a bottle from your own wineopening those numerous bottles?
rack on the way out the door, right?Let's take this a little farther. Depending on how
Show your host/hostess how much you reallymuch you want to spend, you could also consider a
appreciate his/her hospitality by adding a littlewine gift basket. A basket with wine and a variety
thoughtfulness to your gift.of gourmet foods, cheeses, and perhaps some wine
So, how can you do that? Well, first the bottle ofglasses, would certainly be a step away from that
wine itself. Wine comes in a myriad of differentplain old bottle of wine you were thinking of taking.
bottle types; from the plain old ordinary bottle, toAnother suggestion is all the small accessories you
bottles that can be downright funky. When choosingcould add to the bottle. You may want to add drip
a bottle of wine as a gift, don't just consider thestoppers, wine charms, decorative corks or wine
contents. Try to find a bottle that also matches thestoppers.
style and personality of your host/hostess. See how