So you have a friend, relative or partner who’s completely head-over-heels in love with Italian wine – it’s all they ever talk about. This person happens to be a really nice human being too. So you think: I know what – I’m going to get them a present, because they’re lovely and they deserve it.
Allow me to suggest the following ideas.
IDEA 1: Organise a surprise wine-tasting party for them. Invite their closest friends and family, get everyone to bring along a bottle of their favourite Italian wine, have nibbles laid out – olives, bread, cheese, dips, etc. It’ll be like a birthday, but not! Who said you have to wait ‘til someone’s birthday to celebrate who they are, anyway!
p.s.: If you REALLY want to surprise them, organise two wine-tasting parties! Just when they couldn’t thank you enough for being so thoughtful in setting up one unexpected party for them last week, what you should now do is set up another one the following weekend! Now that’s a surprise within a surprise if ever I did hear one, and the look on their face, once they realise, is sure to be priceless!
IDEA 2: If they love a nice bit of cheese with their Italian wine, why not take them to a farmers’ market one Sunday morning and treat them to what they’d like? You could also prepare a surprise picnic and hide it in the boot of the car before you leave for the market. Then when you’ve bought the cheese, drive them to a secluded spot and whip out the picnic basket!
IDEA 3: Don’t shy away from taking the simple and practical route either. Here’s an example: how many wine glasses has the wine lover in your life broken in the past year? Be the one to replace it for them. They’re bound to appreciate the gesture, especially as playing it safe by drinking wine from a plastic cup is certainly not an option!
Part 2 coming soon…
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