Wine Gifts for corporate & celebration gift lists
Wine2laydown.com offers a personal wedding list service. Wine gifts are an increasingly popular choice for couples wishing to enjoy a selection of wines over the years of their married life. We can also supply the wines of your choice for the wedding day!
Wine2laydown.com wines can be viewed and selected online. Once you have made your selection, the list can be set up and made available to your wedding guests for them to purchase either on line or by telephone. Gift messages can be included. We will either arrange delivery of all of your wine gifts on return from your honeymoon or we can arrange for the wine gifts to be stored (for a small annual charge) in our climatically controlled warehouse and you can view them in your own virtual cellar. Wines can then be delivered to the happy couple whenever they chose.
Our sales team are on hand to give advice on all aspects of selecting suitable wines, whether they are for medium or long-term drinking. We pride ourselves on being able to offer a tailor-made service. Please contact us at info@wine2laydown.com to set up your wedding list now!
CORPORATE GIFTS
We can offer stylishly packaged wine gifts, delivered to either one or multiple addresses, tailor-made to meet your needs. Please see examples of our wine gifts. A gift or incentive message can be included with the wine. We also offer Wine2laydown gift vouchers that make perfect incentives for your team.
Food and Wine Matching:
Wine and Fats – A Match Made in Heaven?
Fat comes in all shapes and sizes, and a whole manner or guises - fish pan-fried in butter, rich creamy sauces, cheese, pork crackling, olive oil and oily fish to name just a few. What wines have got what it takes to whip fat into shape?
The Principles
Fat Sticks - Fat has a tendency to coat the mouth and block the taste buds, and can hang around for ages afterwards.
Acidity is Refreshing – Acidity cuts through any fatty residue to clean and refresh the palate ready for the next mouthful
So What Works?
Any wine with a good whack of acidity will be more than a match for fatty foods or dressings. Sauvignon Blanc and crisp Chardonnay such as Chablis work wonders for the whites, Italian Chianti and Primitivo (Zinfandel) back up the reds. Richer, mature cheeses prefer oaked Chardonnays with good residual acidity.
Sauternes and other dessert wines are a great option not to be overlooked – rich sweetness balanced by cleansing acidity, it works wonderfully with pate and fois gras. Try our Monbazillac, an elegant dessert wine full of honey and crisp citrus.
It also pays to bear in mind the ratio of fat in the food to the acidity in the wine – lots of oil will need lots of acidity, a drizzle not so much. Generally speaking, wines from cooler climates tend to have better acidity than those from hotter climates, as the ripening process is slower.
Anything to Avoid?
Just anything without a nice acidic kick really – otherwise the wine will just taste really flat and flabby. Merlot and Pinot Grigio don’t usually have what it takes to cut through all that fat.
One definite no-no is tannic wines with oily fish – the result is a horrible metallic clash in the mouth. Not nice.
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