Holiday Wine Gifts for Him

With the holidays right around the corner, you know you need to find that perfect holiday wine gift for the special man in your life. Are you shopping for the guy who has everything? Or is he a wine connoisseur who needs a little spice added to his wine accessories?

Either way, A Bit of Wine has something to make your holiday shopping easier. This holiday wine gift guide has been assembled by our very own resident wine lover for the best wine gifts to buy any man this holiday season.

In no particular order, here are the top 10 wine gifts that are sure to impress that special wine lover in your life. 

1.) Glacier Rocks

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2.) Host Adjustable Aerator

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3.) 4-Piece Brandy Warmer Gift Set

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4.) Retro Truck Bottle Holder

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5.) Big Swig Wine Glass

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6.) Wine Barrel Cork Holder

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7.) 12-Bottle Wine Refrigerator

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8.) Picnic Time Barrel Moka

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9.) Vivid Wine Decanter

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10.) Hanging Wine Accessories Rack

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So, there you go...our top 10 holiday wine gifts for him. Which one will your man open this year?

Cheers!

Katie

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Top 5 Wine-Themed Stocking Stuffers for Every Day Wine Lovers

Top 5 Wine-Themed Stocking Stuffers for Every Day Wine Lovers

The holidays are here! Finding the right gifts for everyone on your list can be a daunting job. But, if you have any wine lovers on your list, A Bit of Wine can help you find the wine-themed stocking stuffers for those 'every day wine lovers'. 

The perfect stocking stuffers have to be the right size and the right price. Too big, then the wine gift won't fit. Too expensive, then the wine gift might not be right for the stocking. So, we've compiled a list of our top wine-themed stocking stuffers. 

(Be sure to comment with your favorite suggestions or visit our shop to explore more wine-themed gift ideas at A Bit of Wine.)

1. A Hand-Painted Wine Glass - Let her show off her wine style when she is enjoying a glass of wine. There are hand painted wine glasses for almost any occasion. But she may not need an occasion to let her inner Wine Diva show!

2. Wine Cork Cage Ornament - These adorable ornaments are only available during the holiday season. A miniature version of a full-size wine cork holder, each wine cork cage ornament holds a single wine cork so you can commemorate the holiday with a special bottle of wine...then save the cork for years to come. (5 wine cork cage ornament design available)

3. A Set of 6 Wine Charms - What wine lover has too many charms? None. A set of new wine charms fit perfectly into a stocking. With new themes coming out regularly you are sure to find the right set of wine charms to fit your needs.

4. Electric Push Button Corkscrew - Perhaps the most important of all the wine tools - a corkscrew. An electric push button corkscrew is the perfect size for your favorite wine lover's stocking. Want a different style of corkscrew? Shop our entire collection of corkscrews.

5. A Set of Wine Coasters - Help your favorite wine lover avoid the dreaded wine ring on her tablecloth this holiday season. Stuff her stocking with a set of fun and festive wine coasters. There are dozens of designs for any wine-themed home decor.

What wine-themed gifts will you be putting in the stockings or under the tree this year?

Cheers wine friends!

Katie

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The Best Wine Accessories for Fall

Wine accessories this fall season are all about creating warmth in your home and adding style to your wine serving needs. This year we are featuring the top wine accessories that every day wine lovers need to have on hand for their fall festivities...plus a couple of innovative new items that will make the wine lovers of the world smile.

So, stock up early on the best wine accessories for fall. Grab a few for some of your favorite wine friends and a couple more for your own wine lovin' self.

HOST FREEZE Wine Glasses These award winning wine glasses have a temperature holding gel inside the double walled bowl that keeps your white wine cool. Featured on top morning news programs, these HOST Freeze Wine Glasses will continue to be crowd pleasers into the holiday season. 

Stateroom Wine Bar New at A Bit of Wine, this 1930s inspired trunk turns any room into the party room at your house. This wine bar is elegantly designed to easily roll out whenever you are ready to party. Store up to 15 bottles of wine, your wine tools, and your wine glasses in this easy-to-open trunk that doubles as a wine serving station.

Ravenscroft Crystal Bordeaux Grand Cru Wine Glasses A classic wine glass never goes out of style. Ravenscroft Crystal wine glasses are made of 100% lead free crystal and feature the perfect large bowl design you want in your red wine glasses. This set of Bordeaux Grand Cru Wine Glasses are the perfect way to stock up on your wine glasses for your next wine party. They also make elegant wedding gifts for the newlyweds getting married this fall.

Limited Edition Screwpull Lever Corkscrew Gift Set 
Every wine lover needs a good corkscrew. Make wine opening easy with the Limited Edition Screwpull Lever Corkscrew Gift Set. Add one to your collect to replace your outdated and overused corkscrew. Give a set as a gift for a birthday, anniversary, or special occasion this holiday season.

Chateau Style Varietal Wine Charms 
New antique finished wine charms have arrived at A Bit of Wine. The antique finish is warm and inviting for your next wine party. Plus, these wine charms will make sure no one is sharing a wine glass at your fall festivities. Stock up on all the new wine charm sets in time for your holiday stocking stuffer ideas.

Country Cottage Wise Owl Cork Holder 
You are one smart wine lover when you start collecting corks in this country-chic cork holder. The Country Cottage Wise Owl Cork Holder features an rustic yet modern design that will sit perfectly on your counter or mount to the wall nearby. It's the wisest way for you to collect your corks for all those cork crafts on Pinterest.

Wine Enthusiast 18 Bottle Dual Zone Wine Refrigerator 
No wine lover's collection is complete unless you are storing your wine in a top-of-the-line wine refrigerator. This 18 bottle dual zone wine fridge from Wine Enthusiast makes your favorite bottle perfectly accessible at just the right temperature.

So, tell me wine lovers, what wine accessories will you be stocking up on this fall season?

Cheers wine friends!

Katie

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Beer Gift Sets for Dad

Father's Day is right around the corner. Dad works hard for us every day. One day a year, we should celebrate dad the way he deserves. So, for Father's Day this year consider one of the following beer gift sets from A Bit of Wine.

Knowing how much most dads love beer, we wanted to create new beer gift sets your dad will love this Father's Day.

A Bit of Beer Gift Set - This beer gift set comes with a set of 2 Hopside Down beer glasses, a magnetic fridge bottle opener, and a pack of 12 Beer Bottle Bands to mark your beer when friends are over. This unique and fun beer gift set can only be found at ABitofWine.com

Only $59.95

The Ultimate Beer Lover's Gift Set - This beer set comes with 4 Hopside Down Beer Glasses, a magnetic fridge bottle opener, a 12 pack of Beer Bottle Bands, and one Mr. Beer Premium Brew Kit. This beer gift set is a great starter pack for the dad who has always wanted to try his hand at brewing his own beer.

Only $149.95

The GrillMaster Gift Set - This beer gift set is perfect for the dad who loves his beer while he is grilling. This personalized gift set comes with a GrillMaster apron that includes an oven mitt, bottle opener, and beer holder. Also, this beer gift set has a flight of 4 pint glasses on a wooden paddle. Both the flight set and apron can be engraved with dad's initials. A personalized gift that he will cherish every time he fires up the grill.

Only $139.95

Consider adding an awesome Craft Beer Club membership to your dad's Father's Day gift and he will get micro-brewed beer from all over the country delivered to his door so he can enjoy his new beer gift set from A Bit of Wine.

These beer gift sets are exclusively packaged at A Bit of Wine and have big discounts when bought as a package. We've created tons of wine-themed and beer-themed Celebration Wine Gifts that give you options for finding the perfect wine gift for the special people in your life.

What are you planning to get your dad for Father's Day?

Cheers wine friends!

Katie

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38 Reasons You Can Never Have Too Many Wine Charms

At A Bit of Wine, we love our wine charms. But, we are constantly have the same debate...can you ever have too many wine charms? I don't think it is possible. In fact, I came up with my best 38 reasons you can never have too many wine charms.

How many of them do you agree with? Can you think of more? Comment below this post & tell us your thoughts.

Here are my 38 reasons you can never have too many wine charms:

1. Wine charms are fun.
2. Wine charms are whimsical.
3. Wine charms are affordable.
4. Wine charms make your wine glass stylish.
5. There are thousands of different wine charm designs.
6. There are thousands of different color schemes for wine charms.
7. You can have a set of wine charms for every season.
8. You can have a set of wine charms for every occasion.
9. Wine charms show your wine style on your glass.
10. You can use wine charms when you have a party.
11. You can use wine charms when you are at home alone.
12. Wine charms add some flair to your wine glass.
13. Wine charms make great wine gifts for your mom.
14. Wine charms make great wine gifts for your best friend.
15. Wine charms make great wine gift for a party hostess.
16. Wine charms make a great add-on to that wine gift your are already buying.
17. Wine charms are a classic wine gift for any wine lover in your life.
18. You can use wine charms on the stem of your wine glass.
19. For stemless wine glasses - you need the wine glass markers to stick to the bowl of your wine glass.
20. You can change your wine charms to match your home wine decor.
21. There are silicone wine charms.
22. There are silver wine charms.
23. There are pewter wine charms.
24. There are glass wine charms.
    
25. Wine charms can be custom made to make any event memorable.
26. Wine charms keep you from sharing your wine with someone you don't like.
27. Wine charms prevent a disastrous wine mix up at your wine party.
28. You can match a wine party guest's wine charm to their personality.
29. Wine charms can be changed to match your mood.
30. Wine charms don't take up a lot of space - they tuck nicely into the drawer of your wine cabinet.
31. Wine charms - like shoes - a lady can never have too many.
32. What will you do if your dog eats your favorite wine charm?
33. What happens if you lose your favorite wine charm?
34. What happens if your best friend takes your favorite wine charm home?
35. Just one successful wine party could eliminate your entire stock of wine charms - stock up.
36. You don't want your wine glass charm not to match your outfit {gasp}!
37. Wine charms make great home wine decor - think accessorizing your tablescape.
38. Who doesn't love a new set of wine charms?

So, what reasons did I miss? Comment on this post...then share it with your friends so tell us their thoughts too.

Cheers!

Katie

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Product Highlight: The Ocean Series Wine Aerators

Wine lovers understand the benefit of aerating a bottle of wine in order to experience a full flavor profile of the wine. {that's all the wine snobbery I have for this post}

However...who does this for EVERY bottle of wine? I'll admit that for my every day wine, I rarely take the time to let it breath the way we should. Hand me a well aged vintage paired with the right meal, then I may slow down and let my wine tools do their work...Keith will make sure of it.

So, any wine tool that can speed up the decanting process is a wine tool I make sure to have on hand. A cool wine aerator can minimize the time needed in the decanter for breathing and opening up. 

There are many styles of wine aerators you can use. Some plug into the top of the wine bottle or others allow you to aerate the wine by the glass. These are quick aerating fixes when you want to pour the wine right into the wine glass with no waiting, no presentation, no decanter. 

While these 'in-the-bottle' or 'by-the-glass' wine aerators work perfectly fine, the Ocean Series of wine aerators are a stylish and classy way to aerate your wine as its going into your wine decanter. Perhaps you are hosting a dinner party and want to show off your wine sophistication. Or you are a lover of the ocean, so pulling out the puff fish wine aerator is a tool you'd enjoy using more often. Either way, this series is a fun and whimsical way to show your wine style like a true wine aficionado.

All of the Ocean Series wine aerators are:

• 100% pewter
• Best when used with a decanter
• Inspired by the sea
• Weigh .5 lb to 1.5 lb

Choose from:

• The Puff Fish

• The Sea Horse

• The Octopus

Do you see yourself or a friend using a classic wine aerator like the Ocean Series? Why or why not? Share with us in the comments.

Cheers!

Katie

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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with A Bit of Wine Style

St. Patrick's Day is only a week away! A Bit of Wine has launched 5 new gift packs that will help everyone celebrate their Irish roots with matching t-shirt and pint glass. Each of these St. Patrick's Day gift packs come with a popular St. Patrick's Day saying on an American Apparel t-shirt and a 16 oz pint glass for all your green beer guzzling needs.

American Apparel t-shirts are made in the U.S.A. The green imprint on the pint glass is sure to show up nicely against the brew of your choice as you crawl the pubs collecting pinches and pecks.

These gift packs are available for a limited time. Order by 3/12 to receive in time for St. Patrick's Day.

Feelin' Good & Gettin' Lucky St. Patrick's Gift Pack

Irish I Were Drunk St. Patrick's Gift Pack

Kiss Me I'm Irish Gift Pack

Lucky Lad St. Patrick's Gift Pack

Lucky Lass St. Patrick's Gift Pack

How do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Green beer? Pub crawl? Share with us in the comments.

Cheers!

Katie

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Limited Time - $7.00 Wine Sippy Cups

Are you feeling lucky?

For the month of March, A Bit of Wine is offering A Bit of Wine Vino2Go Wine Sippy Cups for $7.00! This is more than 50% off our retail price of the popular Vino2Go wine sippy cups. With these wine sippy cups you can take your wine with you to the backyard for that family BBQ, to the pool with your friends, or on a wine picnic at the vineyard with someone you love.

These BPA-free insulated wine glasses hold 8 ounces of wine and come with a Merlot colored lid to minimize spilling as you are enjoying your wine. I even like to use my wine sippy cup in the living room so I don't ruin our new light colored carpets.

How do you qualify to get $7.00 wine sippy cups?

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Your exclusive Wine Sippy Cup offer will arrive immediately in your inbox, plus more monthly savings to follow!

So, tell us...where would you take your Wine Sippy Cups?

Cheers!

atie

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Hosting Necessities for Your Next Wine Party

There is nothing that breaks up the dullness of cold weather than a wine party with your favorite wine loving friends. Wine warms the hearts and brings people together and makes memories that last a lifetime. 

We love hosting wine parties with our favorite friends, neighbors, and family. Every wine hostess needs a standard stock of hostess necessities for your next wine party.

Wine Glasses - You can't drink wine without the glass (straight from the bottle is not classy). So, every wine hostess should be prepared with an arsenal of wine glasses. You can pick up the plastic ones, but I've never been a fan of a plastic wine glass. They don't have to be expensive, but make sure you have stemmed wine glasses for your party guests.

Wine Charms - Keep everyone's wine glasses marked with a variety of wine charms. Typically one unique charm per guest. Or try the wine glass marker where you can write names directly on the glass. Either way wine charms make great hostess gifts, and hostesses can always use an extra set.

Cheese Serving Platters - How will you serve your cheese without a fun & stylish platter? Check out any variety of serving platters - from slate to maple. A recycled wine barrel lazy susan makes for a great serving platter when you have a lot of guests over.

Wine Coasters - Eliminate those wine glass rings around your house with stylish wine coasters. The Grab & Go Wine Coaster set slip right onto the foot of a wine glass. So, no matter where you guest sets their glass, there is sure to be no ring.

A wine party is not only a good idea in the cold weather, try hosting a wine party anytime of the year. And the wine sippy cups are great for those outdoor parties - the lid keeps the bugs out and minimizes spills.

So, how many wine parties do you host each year?

Cheers!

Katie

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5 Wine-Inspired Tablescapes for Your Fall Dinner Parties

As the weather cools and summer turns to fall, everyone tends to gather more around good food and great wine with friends and family. The center of these gatherings is always the table. So, what you put on the table can totally set the mood for your party. During the holiday season this check out these 5 wine-inspired tablescapes for your holiday dinners:

1. Classic fall setting with pumpkin centerpiece, brown damask rimmed plates, and tulip shaped wine glasses

2. A taste of the farm with rustic mason jar centerpieces and full table setting of wine, water, and champagne glasses

3. Elegant fall tablescape with metallic pumpkins over leaves, metallic rimmed plates, and fluted wine glasses

4. Simple & refined with splashes of green accent in the center, white plates, and classic red wine glasses

5. Autumn orange tablecloth anchored by white painted pumpkin centerpieces with interwoven vines, classic white plates and tea light candles

All of these beautiful wine tablescapes were discovered by the A Bit of Wine team on Pinterest. Come pin with us and share your favorite wine-inspired parts of life at www.pinterest.com/ABitofWine. 

Cheers!

Katie

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Wine Gift Guide for Couples

There is nothing better than enjoying a glass of wine with someone you love. This is one of many reasons why personalized wine gifts are a great way to celebrate a couple on their wedding day or their anniversary. No matter what holiday it is, or the reason for the gift, giving the gift of wine to couples who love the vineyard.

For the special couples in your life, try one of these gifts designed to commemorate their life together.

Personalized Wine Gift Set for 2 - a complete gift set that allows you to add initials and special dates on a wine box, a wine bottle medallion, and a set of 2 wine glasses with bamboo plate. The perfect all-in-one gift.

Bottega del Vino Wine Glasses (set of 2) - every couple deserves quality wine glasses to enjoy their favorite glass of wine. These Bottega del Vino wine glasses are mouth-blown and hand-polished lead free crystal that will make an elegant addition to any couple's home.

Wine Enthusiast Dual Zone 32-Bottle Wine Fridge - one fridge that stores both white and red wine at the perfect temperature for each varietal. Another way to appeal to their individual preferences with one amazing wine gift for the lovely couple.

Recycled Wine Barrel Wine Glass Rack - used from a recycled wine barrel, give the gift of the vineyard for their dining room home decor. The wine glass rack holds 2 wine glasses plus one bottle of wine. This is a wine gift for the true wine lovers.

Personalized Wine Barrel Lazy Susan - add their monogram or anniversary date and this thoughtful wine gift adds the beauty and elegance of the vineyard to their tabletop.

We love to hear from our readers. So please share your thoughts in the comments.

Cheers!

Katie

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