Festive season is round the corner. Lot of gift exchanging takes place in this season. People use this opportunity to convey their thankfulness and wishes through gifts. I am sure you would like to be different and do it in a style.

Corporate gifting is a big business now a day and with my association with wine I would like to tell you that wine is catching up on the list of gifts. Over the time chocolates, scotches, whiskies etc. fell in almost everyone’s list. These have become a passé. Wine is something new and it becomes a prized possession. But for god’s sake don’t forget to give an opener if it’s a red, white or rose wine bottle. As finding an opener can be a tough task in India.

Wine gifting also reflects the standard of your firm and the way you gift it. If you are planning it in a big way you can have your logo and a personalized hand written note on your behalf. Nothing can be more pleasing than a personalized message as per my opinion.

Gifting of wine bottles can be in different shapes and different budgets. You can gift single bottles with two glasses and an opener or a champagne bottle with a flute glass. If you have more budgets then you can give pack of red & white wine.

The gifts can be given in baskets, boxes or wine bags. You can be imaginative in your approach. Silk bags, jute bags, paper bags, wooden boxes etc are some of the examples.

To get wines at more convenient rates you can tie with the companies and order them in bulk and I am sure they might help you in getting good prices. Some of the companies which I saw doing it are Champagne Indage. I guess their pack of well known Marquise De Pompadour bubbly will be great gift in this festive season.

I have also tasted and tried a Gold Wine, the golden nectar with 99.9 pure gold flakes floating inside it. You might be well aware that gold in smaller quantities has been used and recommended in Ayurveda. I guess there can’t be anything, which can beat a gift like this.

If you want to be little funny, witty than there are funny accessories like wine stoppers, champagne stoppers, in different shapes and sizes. So as far as wine is concerned it’s a bag of different choices you can have as per your requirements.

I wish everybody for the festivities coming ahead and let’s raise a toast for good times and health!

Do let me know your feedback and if you have any queries about how and where you can find these gifts.

CHEERS!


Ajay Kumar Gothwal is a Wine Educator   with experience of working abroad as well as in India. He can be reached at divineajay@yahoo.co.in for further communication.