For the person who could actually explain the function of a decanter
Photo: Fox It can be intimidating to find the right gift for a wine lover, especially if you don’t think of yourself as a wine person. But you don’t have to be able to tell the difference between a Beaujolais and a Lambrusco to give a wine gift that’s more elegant than an oversize wineglass and more thoughtful than whatever you first see at the corner store.
$427 at Amazon Buy $525 at Wine Enthusiast Buy Best wine decanter Luigi Bormioli Magnifico 35-ounce Decanter With Punt Design $29 Marissa Copeland, head sommelier at Junoon, suggests a much less expensive decanter, which also happens to be her personal favorite. For those on the hunt for a Riedel dupe, this one costs a fourth of the price of Villafañe’s preferred Riedel O decanter and looks nearly identical.
$20 for 12 at Amazon Buy $20 for 12 at Amazon Buy Best wine cooler Crate & Barrel Wood Marble Wine Cooler $40 $40 Hughes keeps this marble-and-wood wine cooler chilled at all times and mostly uses it for dining and sipping en plein air in his backyard. It’s also very similar to the beloved and very functional soapstone wine cooler Peter Mondavi Jr., co-proprietor of Charles Krug Winery, received as a gift decades ago.
$20 at Williams Sonoma Buy Best giant icicle that chills wine fast Corkcicle Pour $25 You could also gift them the Corkcicle, a little gadget that chills white wine fast. All you have to do is store it in the freezer and then pop it into an open, unchilled bottle of wine when you need it. According to writer Leah Bhabha, “It’ll begin cooling down the wine immediately, chilling from top to bottom, and keeping it icy for up to an hour without watering it down.” Hughes is also a fan.
From $9 for 4 at Amazon Buy From $9 for 4 at Amazon Buy Best corkscrew for vintage wines The Durand $125 If your wine enthusiast has an extensive collection of older bottles, surprise them with a Durand corkscrew. It’s “the best corkscrew in the world to open even the most mature bottle of wine safely,” says Roth, the winemaker at Wölffer Estate.
$11 at Amazon Buy $11 at Amazon Buy Best wine rack Home-X Keepsake Wine Cork Holder $20 “I received from a friend of mine a very cute way to collect corks: Corky metal wine-cork holder,” says Carrie Lyn Strong, wine director at Casa Lever. “If you like to recycle corks like I do, it’s a decorative way to collect them before bringing them to be recycled,” which you can do at most Whole Foods through a program with Cork Forest Conservation Alliance.
$17 at Amazon Buy $17 at Amazon Buy Best books for wine lovers The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste: A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe $40 now 40% off $24 “Wine books are always welcome for anyone interested in wine,” says Villafrañe. She says Rajat Parr’s The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste is a great book for those who “already have wine knowledge but would like to go deeper into classic regions, highly regarded producers from those regions and to dive more into tasting theory.
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