When I was little, we always had a large gift basket or two during the Christmas season. I don’t know who sent them to us, but I only know that they were always there.
Nuts and cheeses and candies and big baskets with bows became something that symbolized the holidays for me. After I left home and eventually got married, we had a gift basket dry spell. I missed those baskets full of sweet, salty, and savory treats.
The year that my dad sent a gift basket to us was such an exciting, nostalgic one for me, and I loved sharing that holiday memory and tradition with my kids. Now, we get gift baskets every year (though often I just get them for myself).
We recently had a huge gift basket delivered to our door from Wine Country Gift Baskets, and the kids were especially excited when we opened it. Inside was a little bit of everything – chocolates, crackers, popcorn, etc. The kids and I (and Dad, too) loved tearing through the boxes and trying a little bit of everything.
I selected The Festive Gourmet, which is $74.95 plus shipping, and includes Buttercrunch toffee cookies, honey mustard pretzels, French truffles, sea salt almonds, Godiva white and milk chocolate truffles, Sonoma Jacks garlic herb cheese spread, chocolate graham crackers, peanut brittle, organic green tea, butter cookies, Lily O’Brien’s chocolate chip cookies, smoked salmon, vanilla sea salt caramels, Ghirardelli dark chocolate with caramel, double chocolate hot cocoa, extra dark chocolate hazelnut pralines, peppermint puffs, olives and more.
They had ME at Ghirardelli.
I was impressed with the quality and variety of the food and snacks in our gift basket from Wine Country Gift Baskets. In looking at the selection of holiday gift baskets on their site, they had several options that were full of amazing treats. Take a peek at Season’s Greetings (which includes free shipping!), Holiday Delight (this one is enormous!), and Happy Holidays (a smaller option, also with free shipping).
True to their name, Wine Country Gift Baskets also has an extensive selection of wine gift baskets, as well as occasion-themed baskets that make the perfect gifts for housewarmings, new baby, anniversaries, birthdays, etc.
Enter to win a Holiday Gift Basket
To enter to win the The Festive Gourmet from Wine Country Gift Baskets (the same one that I received), leave a comment on this post letting us know what kind of gift basket you would love to receive the most. Do you see another basket on their site that has you drooling?
This giveaway will end on December 17, 2011 at midnight ET and a winner will be chosen at random and announced on Sunday in the weekly Around The Blogosphere. Please see our site’s terms and conditions for more information.
Disclosure: I received a gift basket from Wine Country Gift Baskets to review, but the thoughts and opinions about the product are my own.
Written by 5 Minutes for Mom managing editor, Lolli. You can find me blogging at Better in Bulk and tweeting at @1momof5.
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I love this gift basket! I also wouldn’t mind getting the Sweet Selections Gift Basket for my sweet tooth!
My favorite is the Sky’s the Limit Gift Bask. Thanks for the giveaway!
I didn’t see a beer basket, so I decided I’d love to get the Starbucks Coffee and Tazo Tea Collection!
mattschmunk at gmail dot com
I would love to receive a Godiva Collection Gift Basket!
When I read “Wine Country gift basket” I thought for sure it would include wine! When I went to the website, my heart melted, wine, wine, wine, any of them I would love!
The Hobson Estate trio basket is great, would be perfect for my son & his wife’s house warming party coming up.
I would love to receive the Cliffside Vineyards Holiday Duet basket!
There’s a chocolate basket in here that I know my sister would like, she loves chocolate!
The sweet selections basket looks very good too.
I like the Tis the Season gift basket.
The Ritz gift basket would be nice to receive!
I’d like the sweet selectiion!
This one looks great: Portobello Italian Pinot Grigio Assortment
The Cliffside Vineyards Holiday Collection Gift Basket looks perfect! just enough wine and nibbles for the perfect gift!
This looks like a perfect basket to me – but the chocolate baskets and the coffee baskets are calling my name too
I like the starbucks and tazo eye opener basket. Ooooh yummy.
I like the Holiday Delight Gift Basket.
Godiva Pure Decadence.
I love the festive gourmet basket!!!
I like the Holiday Extravaganza. But, I have to say, The Festive Gourmet looks fantastic too!
Any of the chocolate ones (:
I like the “Tis the season” tower of goodies, yum!
I would love the godiva treasures gift basket
I would love to win this! All of the baskets look great and I would love one with wine in it!
I love getting fresh fruit baskets over the holidays. I looked on the site and the penguin tower is sooooo cute.
I also love the Taste of Italy gift basket!
I’d love the Bon Appetit one! It’s funny…I was just looking at their catalog last night and drooling over everything.
I would love the Tea Time basket.
This basket looks great but I am also loving the basket of the Godiva Collection Gift Basket
My sweet tooth says The Godiva Wishes basket!
I’d love to get my husband one of the wine gift baskets for his birthday in January!
The Festive Gourmet looks great. Yum!
I like the Godiva Elegance gift basket.
The first class gift basket, it really is first class
The Executive Choice Gift Basket sounds great!
The Hobson Estate Trio looks fantastic!
I would love to have the Ghirardelli Assortment Gift Basket
Twitter: makeetis
December 9, 2011 at 9:30 am
I think the Francis Coppola Diamond Collection Gift Basket would be great to have…
The Sweet selections gift basket looks awesome!!
I love the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Tower
The Festive Gourmet Gift Basket looks awesome
i like the pink gift basket for a baby girl coming this month
tcogbill at live dot com
I would love to receive a gift basket with healthy snacks
The Godiva Collection for sure!
I’d love a Godiva chocolate basket!
I would love to have the Godiva Pure Decadence Gift Basket!
i love the Godiva Collection Gift Basket!
I love the Season’s Greetings with Houdini Napa Merlot
Thank you for hosting this giveaway
Louis
pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com
I’d love to get the Bundle of Joy gift basket!
These are all so beautiful, it would be hard to choose just one!
Festive Gourmet Gift Basket looks good too!
I like the Godiva Pure Decadence Gift Basket. Yum!
Twitter: longwait4bella
December 9, 2011 at 10:26 pm
The holiday delight would be lovely to win since we host Christmas dinner for about 25.
The Pacific Heights one looks good to me, but I’d take the one you got too!
I would also love:Eye Opener Gift Basket
vlbelk(at)hotmail.com
I would love to receive the The V.I.P Gift Basket as a gift. It looks so amazing
bluebelle0367(at)hotmail(dot)com
I like the Many Thanks Gift Basket, the greens and golds are so pretty!
I love the Ritz package or the holiday package!
I liked their Holiday Cheer Gift Basket.
These are all very nice gift basket’s, hard to choose.
I would love a gift basket filled with books and dark chocolate
I love sausage/cheese baskets or chocolate baskets as well
I’D LOVE A BREAKFAST BASKET WITH YUMMY PANCAKE MIX AND GOOD COFFEE
nannypanpan at gmail.com
Oooh, I like the Festive Gift Gourmet Basket.
louiseb130@aol.com
Wine Country Chocolate Tower looks like it was made for me!
I also like the The Ritz Gift Basket.
They really have some great looking produts to choose from
Thanks so much
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
Holiday Delight Gift Basket is delightful!!!
vip basket looks nice
I want the Dom Perignon Limited Edition Gift Basket…. I’m getting married in 9 months, this would be FAB!!!
The Tea for Two basket is right up my alley.. would love it! But, I also can’t keep my eye off the sundae special basket!
I like the Kendall-Jackson Duet gift basket.
I’d love the Holiday Delight basket!!! These baskets are awesome
I’d love to get a basket like this one, with something for everyone in it. The Ritz basket has me drooling too.
Holiday Delight Gift Basket is the one I would like to receive the most!
I love the Fresh Fruit and Kiarna Vineyard basket.
Godiva Pure Decadence!
I love fruit baskets, so I’d love to get the Wine Country Fruit Assortment.
i like Hobson Estate Trio Gift Basket
The all chocolate one would be nice to give as a gift.
another basket i like is the santa claus tower. i’d love a holiday themed basket
I also like their Rocky Mountain Chocolate Tower
Windwhistle Vintners Cuvee Duet Gift Basket
pjames330 at aol dot com
I’d love to win the Grand Godiva Collection Gift Basket
shannonw at peacelovepoop dot com
Upcoming birthdays say Birthday Tower to me.
I would like the Holiday Delight Gift Basket…..
My favorite would include lots of cheeses!
That VIP basket is full of great things.
I like the winter breakfast basket :]
nmh001@lvc.edu
Love the Cutting Board Collection basket (and the wine basket you have featured.)
I would like a Deluxe Winter Breakfast Classic Gift Basket
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
i love the Cliffside Vineyards Holiday Collection Gift Basket
I like their Santa Claus Tower basket! The kids would love that!
I would choose the Hobson Estate Trio Gift Basket because It has all my favorites. It has wine, cheese, sausage and some sweets! I have cheese and whatever else I can scrape together at least one night a week for my dinner, and this basket would be so much fun!
The starbucks baskets are nice.
the godiva basket
What an amazing website-everything looks so charming. The Dom Perigon Anniversary gift basket would be my favorite and would love to share it with my husband of 20 years this June. Thank you!
All of the chocolate baskets are my favorite!!
I like the Francis Coppola Diamond Collection wine basket!
I would love the Coppola Diamond Collection Duet Gift Basket.
Thanks,
Debby
I love the Godiva Wishes Gift Basket! Yummy
I would like to try the Wine Country Chocolate Tower
I would love the offered basket or a chocolate basket
My favorite Basket is the Hobson Estate Trio. It has Wine, Sausage, cheese, and sweets! Who could ask for more??
i would love to get teh starbucks coffee and tazo tea gift basket
The Ina Garten Chocolate Sundae basket is awesome!
I would take the offered one…not too choosy…I think it would be something on a date night with my honey.
tanyas.junk1(at)gmail(dot)com
I’d also love their Lots of Chocolate Gift Basket …heavensent1@yahoo dotcom
I like the Grand Godiva Collection Gift Baskets.
I like the Wine Country Chocolate Tower
I just adore the look of the “Let It Snow Tower”. gee that would be a wonderful christmas gift for me:))
The Briar Creek Cellars California Collection Gift Basket would make a great gift for my MIL! She’s impossible to buy for!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
oooh the ” happy holidays” gift basket looks yummy!
Wine Country Chocolate Tower is the one that I’d love to win!!!
i love gift baskets with little sweets like cakes and cookies
I’d love the Briar Creek Cellars California Collection Gift Basket!
I would love to receive the Deluxe Winter Breakfast Classic . Nothing better than a great breakfast in a cozy house on a cold winter’s day. Thanks.
MY ULTIMATE GIFT WOULD BE THE
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Tower Gift Basket!
I would also like to have the A Day Off Gift Basket
I like The Festive Gourmet Gift Basket. There is something for everyone which is very nice.
rrudnick@netnet.net
The A Day Off Gift Basket would be wonderful!
I really like the Godiva Pure Decadence Gift Basket
Chocolate tower, please!
The hobson estate trio gift basket would be my choice. It is elegant and festive
The Kiarna Vineyards Holiday Selection basket looks wonderful!
Thanks
I’m a mom with two little kids so the thought of a chocolate gift basket all to myself on a day when I need a break would thrill me. lol
I would love a gluten free gift basket, full of tasty gluten free goodies!
hugzeke@gmail.com
the Dom Perignon Limited Edition Gift Basket looks amazing!!!
I like the Ritz Holiday Collection.
The cliffside vineyards basket or any of the other wine ones.
The Napa Valley Picnic sounds amazing.
The baskets are great. I like the Ritz Holiday collection, but truthfully, they are all very nice.
The Deluxe Winter Breakfast Classic Gift Basket looks awesome, I love breakfast food baskets
daniellecorrelle @ aol.com
I would love to have the Grand Godiva Collection Gift Baskets.
I really like the one you are giving away….but I also like this one http://www.winecountrygiftbaskets.com/gift_basket_detail.asp/THEME/SOUPS_ON/item_no/13+21+17+558/edp/12739/CAT/CHa9/SKW/HOUSE/FL/SO/CMI/75/SL/A/
I would love to get the Deluxe Winter Breakfast Classic! Whats better then Starbucks with breakfast in bed!
I love the Christmas Morning Gift basket.
I like Chocolaty gift baskets, like the Chocolate Tower. Those are always soooo fun to get!
The Starbucks Spectacular Gift Basket sounds great! I LOVE Starbucks!
I would love love love to have the Organic Sweet and Savory Assortment Gift Basket!!!! All those great brands in one basket!
My favourite types are ones with savoury items like cheese and sausages
Wine Country Chocolate Tower
I would love to try the Wine Country Chocolate Tower..wine & chocolate nothing better!
Oh my gosh the winter breakfast basket looks amazing!!
Deluxe Winter Breakfast Classic Gift Basket is one of the ones that i like but i like so many.
I like the Winter Breakfast Classic Gift Basket
I’d select the Santa Claus Tower – what great items.
momsholidaycooking at gmail dot com
I would love to have the Kiarna Vineyards Holiday Selection Gift Basket
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so many beautiful and inviting baskets… to give or receive! I am drooling over the KIARNA SPARKLING WINE ASSORTMENT .. it includes a California sparkling wine, cheese spread, crackers, and sweets.. delish!
Cathy B*****Y pbprojecthope at yahoodotcom
As for the baby, there are baskets for boys, baskets for girls, and uni-sex baskets. Appearance is an important consideration. You don’t want to choose a basket that looks cheaply put together. The gift is supposed to represent the happiness you feel for the soon to be parents, so it should be presented and wrapped accordingly.
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I like the Starbucks and Tazo Eye Opener Gift Basket!