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Anniversary Gifts:
Wines & Champagne
 Wines
and champagne make special anniversary gifts if a bit of thought
goes into the selection...
Make sure
you know the favorite wines or champagnes of the anniversary
couple. Do they prefer red or white wines? Do they like sweet
or dry wines? Once you have those facts you can make you selection...
- For one of the first few anniversaries, if you plan ahead,
you can get a bottle of the wine or champagne served at the
wedding. This will be a great gift since the couple probably
were so busy that they didn't get to enjoy their wine selection
at the reception. The thoughtfulness that goes into this gift
will be appreciated when they do get to share a glass of their
wedding wine, or their wedding champagne, without having to
stop for the wedding's social obligations.
- If the wine served at the wedding is not one that ages well,
you can substitute another wine with the vintage
year matching the wedding date. If the couple was married
in 1975, you may be looking for a very expensive gift. Wines
that age well enough to last that many years in storage
are generally expensive and they get more expensive each year.
Unless you are very friendly with a collector, or collect
wines yourself, you'll probably want to find other alternatives
for your anniversary wine gift.
- Another anniversary gift option for a couple who have been
married more than a few years is to give a more recent vintage
of the wedding wine or champagne. For instance, if the wedding
reception guests toasted the anniversary couple with a Mumm,
Moët
& Chandon, Roederer or Taittinger's in 1975, stop by
your local wine shop or go online to pick up a modern day version.
You can do the same for wines... if Bordeaux, Merlot or Reisling
was the drink of the evening, a nice recent vintage with a note
reminding the anniversary couple that you remember the wedding
day is a gift that will be a winner.
- If no one
can remember what wines were served to the wedding guests, there
is another way to make an anniversary gift of wine stand out.
Create a special label for the gift. There are many places on
line that will print individualized labels for wine bottles
for special occasions, but you can make your own. You'll need
a picture of the couple, scissors, paper, glue and a pen. If
you want to get fancy, you can add some flowers or other small
illustrations from magazines to the mix. Put it together and
glue it to the bottle. Don't forget to add the wine info as
well so they know what type of wine it is, unless they enjoy
guessing!
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Find
out where the anniversary couple spent their honeymoon and
which are the best wines from that area. There are wineries
all over the world, so even if they honeymooned in a place
that you don't associate with wine, you can still find
a winery or two to provide local wines.
If none of
these wine gift ideas appeal to you, there are an amazing variety
of wine
accessories that make great anniversary gifts for any couple
who enjoy wine. Goblets or wine glasses for toasting can be engraved
with the wedding date or the couple's names for a different and
special anniversary gift. Fancy corkscrews and wine bottle stoppers,
wine racks and coolers, wine tasting kits and lots of other different
and useful items for the wine drinker make great gifts as well.
Just make sure that you get the date right and the rest is easy!
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