Shopping for your loved ones at Christmas can be hard for anybody, but what about if your loved one is a wine lover? What do you get somebody that has a passion for wine? Hopefully, I can assist you with that with this list of presents any wine lover would be glad to receive.
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Sure, your beloved wine lover probably already has a wine bottle opener of some sort, but that does not mean that there are not still tools for them. A look through many of your stores will result in Wine Accessory sets that usually feature bottle stoppers, a corkscrew, and a drip ring. This mightn’t be used every day by your wine lover. However, his is a great addition to a wine bar.
If your wine lover is a big fan of the great outdoors, a Wine Picnic set is a great way to encourage them to spend time outside, and to enable them to take wine with them. Most of these feature at least two wine glasses (normally made of durable plastic), a corkscrew, a cheese knife, some small plates, space for a period of at least one bottle of wine, napkins, and an attractive carrying case that’s easy for you to transport around a park, lawn, or wherever your wine lover likes to take advantage of the outdoors.
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A wine fridge is perfect for anybody that keeps a great deal of wine on hand and wants it to be done at the perfect temperature at all times. This present can be very affordable or quite expensive depending on the way in which much you are willing to spend. Ranging in size from less than 10 bottles to upwards of one hundred, wine refrigerators are perfect for keeping wine in a central place and at the perfect temperature.
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Another wine and bar accessory is a wine chiller that will cool the wine down to the right temperature in a matter of minutes. This isn’t possible in a refrigerator. A wine bottle rack is a systematic way to maintain your wine bottles hassle-free. Wine racks made of solid pine or redwood cedar wood are the best. These are available in a wide variety of styles. Besides these, the wine glasses must be plain, simple and colourless. The bigger the glass, the more exposure the wine has to air helping in awakening the hidden aromas of the wine. It is a thumb rule, that the younger the wine, the bigger the glass that you drink from should be.
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Wine decanters have played an important accessory to wine drinkers and therefore play an important role while serving the wine throughout history. It is commonly a glass serving vessel into which a full bottle of wine is emptied. Basically, they’re used to remove all sediment in the wine, aerate the wine, help in pouring the wine as well as give a visually elegant picture. These vessels are specially important when older wines are served as they’re most likely to accumulate potassium bi-tartrate which is a crystal sediment and a by product of the aging process. The sediments that would accumulate in the lower part of the wine decanter can then be removed by the sedimentation process.
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Decanters also aid in aerating the wine with its flared bottom. This large surface of the the decanter helps in wine-air interface to the maximum. This introduces more oxygen which will enhance the taste of the wine. Also, due to its shape, wine pouring is better without the dribbling of wine being poured from a bottle. As it is made of glass, wine decanters display the color of the wine elegantly. Connoisseurs of wine must own a decanter.
The gift that keeps on giving. Receiving wine every month will give your wine lover something to look forward to every month, and it can expose them to new wines that they have either expressed interest in and have not had the opportunity to try, or varietals that they have not even heard of. Coming in a range of prices and options, this is a great present for every level of wine enthusiast.
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