| If you're heading out to a friend's place for the | | | | thrilled they'll be to get such a thoughtful gift. |
| evening, and you're just thinking of taking a bottle of | | | | And since you're giving a bottle of wine, why not |
| wine as a hostess gift, why not give that a little | | | | include 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 an | | | | fact, if you know that others will be taking wine to |
| acceptable gift for the occasion, because it is, but it's | | | | the event, why not be a bit different? Instead of |
| also been done to death, and it probably isn't | | | | showing 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 wine | | | | opening 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 really | | | | much you want to spend, you could also consider a |
| appreciate his/her hospitality by adding a little | | | | wine 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 of | | | | glasses, would certainly be a step away from that |
| wine itself. Wine comes in a myriad of different | | | | plain old bottle of wine you were thinking of taking. |
| bottle types; from the plain old ordinary bottle, to | | | | Another suggestion is all the small accessories you |
| bottles that can be downright funky. When choosing | | | | could add to the bottle. You may want to add drip |
| a bottle of wine as a gift, don't just consider the | | | | stoppers, wine charms, decorative corks or wine |
| contents. Try to find a bottle that also matches the | | | | stoppers. |
| style and personality of your host/hostess. See how | | | | |