The Best Wines & Spirits To Gift This Holiday Season

Holiday gifting, something so simple to do, is also the hardest. While not everyone can be the most comfortable person to buy gifts for, a nice bottle is always a gift that will be enjoyed. Whether you’re unsure if someone is a wine lover or a gin aficionado, we search for the best bottle of wine and liquor to gift just about anyone over 21. Raise a glass and say cheers to the holidays.

Saddle Leather Maxi Bar $1,295 (Copy)

This piece is equipped with all your drinks cabinet essentials, ideal for dinner parties or as an exciting addition to a home bar. Inside the hinged lid, you'll find all the barware accessories you need to make your favorite drink. There are also four compartments for bottles of wine, or a spirit and mixer, two at the front and two at the rear.

Woodford Reserve 2020 Holiday Bottle by British architect Nick Hurst

Ahead of the holiday season, Woodford Reserve announces the release of its annual holiday bottle, which this year features the festive artwork by renowned UK-based architect Nick Hirst.

The one-liter bottles are on sale across the United States and the globe with a retail price of $49.99.

Hirst’s serene painting “Winter Slumber” captures the contrast between the warm, wooden interior of the historic warehouse at Woodford Reserve, and the stone exterior of the building. This snowy scene, recognizable to all guests who have visited Woodford Reserve over the last 24 years, celebrates the fact that whiskey ages year-around, regardless of weather.

imited-Edition Holiday Kit by Anwar Carrots & Grey Goose

With all of 2020’s challenges, the holidays are going to look a bit different this year. Whether it’s reimagining old traditions, or leaving some in the past, Anwar and Grey Goose are encouraging others to embrace the differences of this holiday season and celebrate only the best it has to offer.

With that spirit, Anwar is saying goodbye to the requisite ugly holiday sweater and breathing new life into the time-old outerwear tradition with a custom-designed crewneck. Emblazoned with Carrots’ signature orange accents and veggie logo, Anwar’s limited-edition holiday sweater will make you excited to skip the seasonal suit and tie. Exclusively available in the Grey Goose Limited-Edition Holiday Punch Kit feat. Anwar Carrots, the sweater comes complete with everything you need to celebrate in style at home, including custom drinkware and cocktail ingredients to batch Holiday Punch, such as signature bottles of vodka, prosecco, sweetened tea and pomegranate juice.

12 Days Of Christmas With Cos d’Estournel.

Esteemed Bordeaux winery, Cos d’Estournel, released its new Michel Reybier 20th Anniversary Case on October 20, 2020. The collector’s item pays homage to Cos d’Estournel’s owner, Michel Reybier, and his successful 20-year tenure with the centuries-old winery. The 12-bottle case includes two of the six best vintages released under his direction and an invitation for four guests to visit the winery for an extravagant lunch. 

“I am proud to say that year after year, the dedication of our teams and the quality of the work we carry out in the vineyard and the cellars have always paid off,” says Reybier. “It is a labor of love, one that requires patience, determination and precision, day in and day out, to bring our remarkable terroir to its fullest form of expression.”

Back in 2000, Reybier was taken with the estate’s history and found himself seduced by the idea that its chateau was entirely devoted to winemaking. Most of Michel’s investments over the last 20 years have been aimed at equipping the estate with the most advanced techniques possible. A selection of the 20th Anniversary Case vintages were made using the first-ever vinification cellar with a gravity system.

Rémy Martin XO

This  extra-old Cognac is  the  signature  of  our  Cellar  Master who uses his expertise to blend  up  to  400  eaux-de-vie from  the  two most-sought  after vineyards  of  Cognac -Petite  and  Grande  Champagne.   XO is  the ultimate expression of Fine Champagne and a tribute to our passionate commitment to time,  tradition  and  respect  of  the  land.  Serve Rémy Martin XO straight, with a large ice cube or in classic cocktails. $179.99

The Marvelous Ketel One Martini

Ketel One Vodka has partnered with Bushwig, purveyors of drag, love & unity, to bring marvelous moments to all when cheersing with a Ketel One Vodka cocktail this year. Inside your kit, you will find a special message from the Bushwig queens, demonstrating how to make the cocktail at home.

ABERFELDY 18 YEARS OLD ($130

Initially spending 18 years in a combination of refill casks, the whisky has undergone a finishing period of around 4-5 months in First-fill Pauilliac wine casks, a rich and complex red wine from Bordeaux. Stephanie carefully monitored maturation and flavor development in the casks until the desired flavor profile had been achieved. Pauillac is a robust wine, so the goal was to use this cask type to complement and elevate the signature character of ABERFELDY, not mask it. ABV 43%

Teremana Tequila

Available in Blanco ($29.99) and Reposado ($32.99), Teremana is made from mature naturally sweet agave slow roasted in small traditional brick ovens and distilled in handmade copper pot stills. The smooth finish of Teremana is meant to be savored one sip at a time or added into your favorite cocktail to give it a fresh flavor profile.

Personalization Emporium

Dewar’s gives people the option to add a thoughtful addition to their bottle through their Personalization Emporium. Customization is available to the Dewar’s 12 year, Dewar’s 15 and the 1.75L bottle of Dewar’s 12. Labels can be received through the mail just in time for the holidays when ordered.

The Personalization Emporium can be accessed through the link here.

Salcheto "NOBILE Vecchie Viti del Salco" Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2015 (SRP: $85)

This wine is made from the oldest vines of the Salco vineyard – with a vine age of over 30 years. The grapes are slightly overripe, and following fermentation in wood, it is aged for two years in botte and tonneaux barrels and another two years in bottle before release. This wine is dedicated to the Alliance Vinum project, the union of six great Vino Nobile producers, aimed at the growth of the Vino Nobile appellation. The 2015 vintage proved to be a year with a balanced climate for the territory, characterized by an extremely hot August which greatly calmed the acidities: the resulting wines are meaty and decidedly soft, “to eat and to drink.”

Mondoro Asti

Made from D.O.C.G. level White Moscato grapes, sourced from the Langhe hills of Piedmont. The taste is fruity with subtle herbal aromatics making it versatile to pair with sweet and savory foods.

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