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Gifts for the Wine Lover in your Life

11/25/2020

The Holiday season is here and I wanted to bring you a guide of some gifts you could get the wine lover in your life, or just send this list along to someone getting gifts for you! Small businesses are hurting right now, so I wanted to focus on gifts where you would be supporting a Small Business this holiday season. I hope this gives you some good ideas as you search for that perfect gift!

Art from Elysia Myers Wine Art

Wine art from Elysia Myers is at the TOP of my list this year. She uses real wine as a paint to make different paintings. All of her paintings are gorgeous and she even does virtual painting classes. Both would make great gifts for any wine lover!

Rewined Candles

My brother bought me some of these candles for my birthday and I am a HUGE fan! Made from recycled wine bottles, these candles are made to resemble the scents of all your favorite varietals of wine. Buy them directly from the seller to maximize your support for this company, but they can also be found on amazon and other online retailers.

Virginia Wine Pass for 2021

This would make a wonderful stocking stuffer for my fellow Virginia Wine lovers! With this pass, you receive exclusive discounts and deals at participating wineries. It pays for itself with all these special deals.

If you live in Maryland, here is their wine pass!

Wine Style Shop

Get all the cute wine apparel you need from this Black owned small business. I am loving all the festive gear, like this shirt! So many fun things to choose from including but not limited to tee shirts, pajamas, sweatshirts, mugs, face masks, ornaments and more!

Gift card/gift set from your local winery

It may sound simple, but getting a gift card or a gift set from your favorite local winery would be a great way to support them. Many wineries do fun packages of 3 wines for the Holidays or something similar that would make a great gift. Especially if you are not seeing people you normally would spend the holidays with, you could easily ship the wine straight to them.

Good Trouble Wine Glasses

I am OBSESSED with these wine glasses from Good Trouble. This woman owned company creates gorgeous wine glasses of different styles and with different colors on the stem. This picture is the white wine glass dipped in blush.

Wine Lovers Gift Basket

Looking for a gift for a wine lover that has a little of everything? Well this gift basket from Becta Design, a small business, is perfect for that! It has all the self care things you need such as bath bombs, wine lover socks, wine stoppers, a wine tumbler, and more! This would be a great gift for birthdays, celebrations, the holidays or just because. You can find it on amazon!

SipShield Mask

Ever go somewhere where you wish you could take a sip of your wine, but also keep your mask on? Well SipShield solved this problem! It has an invisible zip that you can use to take your sip of wine without removing your mask. Then you can zip it right back up!

Vino Vinyasa Yoga Apparel

If you know me, you know that two of my favorite things are wine and YOGA! I love the apparel from Vino Vinyasa Yoga. They also offer virtual and in person yoga classes. It would be a great gift for any wine and yoga lovers in your life!

Bottle Stopper Garden Kit

Do you need a reason to finish a bottle of wine? Well I can give you one. Once you finish your bottle of wine, you can use this garden kit to grow plants inside. This is a great way to repurpose your wine bottle and make a fun activity out of it. This is from Uncommon Goods, which supports small makers giving them a chance to showcase their products.

Personalized Wine Flight

If you enjoy comparing different wines and doing at home wine flights, this would be a fun gift! You can feel like you're at the winery while at home with this customized board.

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Colder Weather Charlottesville Wineries

11/11/2020

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The winter weather is coming and that means wineries with indoor spaces are even more desirable. I've gotten many messages recently regarding good indoor and covered spaces given the pandemic and different regulations. Therefore, I thought I would create this handy blog post to help you out! Bookmark it for later so that you can easily save this for later.

If there are any wineries in the C'ville area that fit these qualifications but are not on this list, send me an email or instagram message so that I can add them!

*Wineries with an asterisk: Make a reservation for this space! Find details on the wineries website as some are only for an indoor tasting.

Wineries with an Indoor Space

Glass House Winery
Afton Mountain
Early Mountain*
Pollak*
Veritas *
Barboursville
Thatch*
Mount Ida

Wineries with a Covered Space Outdoors

Early Mountain *
Pollak *
Veritas *
Eastwood Farm and Winery
Knights Gambit
12 Ridges
Mount Ida

Wineries with a Fire Pit

Veritas* - fire pit with full table service.
Early Mountain* - socially distanced tents that have full table service and a private fire pit.
Eastwood Farm & Winery* - can even add a smore's kit to your reservation!
Wisdom Oak* - free reservations online for the seating with the fire pits.
Hark Vineyards - from my understanding, they are first come first serve!
Stinson Vineyards* - free reservations online, I'm not sure you are guaranteed a fire pit, you may want to reach out to them separately to ensure one!