The Best Gifts for Wine Lovers

It can be intimidating to find the right gift for a wine lover, especially if you don’t think of yourself as a wine person. But you don’t have to be able to tell the difference between Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon to give a wine gift that’s more elegant than an oversize wine glass and more thoughtful than a bottle of wine from the corner store. To track down the best gifts for wine drinkers, I asked sommeliers, winemakers, and people who love wine to share their go-to wine gift ideas. Below, 25 of their favorite books and wine accessories to give as gifts that you can be confident the wine lover in your life will actually use. Continue reading at 'Slate'

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