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Christmas. Valentines Day. Mother's Day. Mom's Birthday: When it's time to give your mom a great gift, we have a delicious gift suggestion that will make your mom a super happy mom.
In short: Moms Love Wine and Chocolate!
As Forrest Gump says, “they go together like peas and carrots”. (But I prefer wine and chocolate.)
Just a couple months ago, as I was shopping at Target for gifts, I saw this “Wine Pairing Kit” from Ghirardelli that I had to purchase for my mom! It is excellent! Although it doesn't come with wine, it's a great idea and made me realize: I should give my mom wine and chocolate together, as a gift. She'll love it! I took this picture of my find.
Wine and Chocolate gift set I purchased locally.
I ran across this picture recently, and it reminded me that (1) Chocolate and Wine make a great gift and (2) my mom loves them both!
If your mom, like mine, would love wine and chocolate as a gift, I have two suggested Wine Club Companies that can accommodate. There are a few choices to fit your budget and tastes. (My mom likes both red and white, so I'm getting her choice number 1 below, this one.)
Wine Club #1: Monthly Clubs
An excellent source of delicious, gourmet chocolates paired with top-notch wines is Monthly Clubs. With Monthly Clubs, you simply select their Chocolate of the Month Club to accompany any of their Wine of the Month Clubs that you prefer. (Click here to “build your own” gift with Monthly Clubs.)
You can design your own monthly delivery!
Although the shipping costs may add a few bucks to your order — the ordering process is really cool! You have complete control over everything. You can select the specific months to deliver your gift and within each month's delivery, you can select the specific club selections you want delivered! Very slick.
Wine Club #2 – Gold Medal Wine Club.
Gold Medal Wine Club consistently delivers high quality wines with high-production value “tasting notes” (that's more like a mini-magazine about the wine you get than simple “tasting notes”.)
NOTE: Don't let their confusing order form scare you. You're ordering a set-period wine delivery at a set price of either the Gold Series (your choice of Red Only or Red & White) or the Platinum Series. In addition, they're including the gourmet chocolates and the fancy gift box. (They just show those as additional line items in the cart, with a $0 cost.)
Gold Medal offers 3 Choices (offers may vary with time):
Chocolate and Wine, So Devine!
Starting at $111.00, including three shipments of the Gold Series Wine Club. Each shipment features two hard-to-find, medal-winning wines (one Red and one White) from boutique Californian wineries with their fun and informative color publication, The Wine Press. In the first shipment, this special Gold Series Wine Club gift includes eight delectable hand-made gourmet truffles by Jessica’s Foster’s Confections. The wines are wrapped in organza cloth gift bags tied with bows plus your personalized Gift Card. All delivered in the artist-commissioned Wine Country Gift Box. Give a gift she will love to open again and again.
2 Reds and 8 Truffles — a perfect 10!
Starting at $117, including three shipments of Gold Series Wine Club. Each shipment features two hard-to-find, medal-winning Red wines from boutique Californian wineries with their fun and informative color publication, The Wine Press. In the first shipment, this special Gold Series Wine Club gift includes eight delectable hand-made gourmet truffles by Jessica’s Foster’s Confections. The wines are wrapped in organza cloth gift bags tied with bows plus your personalized Gift Card. All delivered in the artist-commissioned Wine Country Gift Box. Give a gift she will love to open again and again.
Premium Wines for Premium Moms!
Starting at $89.00, including 1 shipment of the Platinum Series Wine Club. Each shipment features two premium 90+ rated, award-winning Red wines from two different boutique Californian wineries with their informative Platinum publication. In the first shipment, this ultimate Platinum Series Wine Club gift includes eight delectable hand-made gourmet truffles by Jessica’s Foster’s Confections. Each wine is wrapped in organza cloth gift bags tied with bows plus your personalized Gift Card. Delivered to their door in the artist-commissioned Wine Country Gift Box. Choose from 1 to 12 months. Give a gift she will love to open again and again
So, I'll be getting my mom wine and chocolate this as a gift. Will you?
One last thing, in the “wine and chocolate” gift box from Ghiradalli, they included some cool little tasting cards. I thought I'd scan the front and back of them in here, for you. Maybe it can come in handy when you're tasting wine with your Mom soon!
The Premier Series from The International Wine of the Month Club (MonthlyClubs.com) is perfect for the wine drinkers who enjoy wines from around the world at unbeatable prices. This is one of our favorites! Multiple options to customize the club plus availability of ecards make it a great gift option. Wines chosen from ...
We reviewed this club many times over, and have enjoyed every delivery. In this review post, we'll share our unboxing videos, photos of the shipments we've received as well as our thoughts on sending this as a gift - and tons more.
If you're looking for a quick summary review, here it is: We love this club and the company behind it.
This "Premier Club" is an ... Most Popular Wine Club The Premier Series from The California Wine Club always impresses both as a gift and a personal wine club membership. ... This "Gold Medal Series" from Gold Medal Wine Club, is their most popular "acclaim-driven" wine of the month club. (It's also the most affordable option, within their wide variety of club choices.) Only Award Winners We really love this wine club from Gold Medal Wine Clubs. Of all their "accolade-driven" wine club choices, this is ...
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