If you have a creative spark in you, consider making theme gift baskets for anyone who enjoys a glass of wine.

Purchase baskets at your local arts and crafts store. Make sure they are large enough to hold a bottle or two of wine with room for more goodies. Add a couple of wineglasses, a corkscrew and a few other items. Below is a list of ideas to get you started. If you enjoy the holiday shopping take time to browse the specialty stores including sports, arts & crafts, and kitchenware stores.

For those who don’t have the time to create gift baskets, visit area winery tasting rooms where you will often find wine gift baskets. Some wineries make wine gift baskets on demand whereas others have pre-made gift baskets.

Based on the theme for those who enjoy:

Cooking: kitchen towels, spice grinder, spices, olive oil, grape seed oil, apron with a wine saying “I love to cook with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food.”

Golfing: golf tees (personalized), golf balls, gloves, sunscreen, and hat

Tennis: tennis balls, headbands, wristbands, sunscreen

Fishing: lures, gloves, sunscreen, hat

Sewing: Rather than using a traditional basket perhaps look for a sewing basket to fill. Add knitting needles, crochet hooks, pattern books, yarn

Gardening: Think about using a watering can or a large flowerpot instead of a basket to fill. Add hand gardening tools, a package of seeds, gardening gloves.

Home Winemaking: corks, labels, airlocks, a subscription to WineMaker Magazine

After filling your basket, watering can or flowerpot, wrap the entire container and add a ribbon!