Wine Watch Gift Box Selections for 2022 - This year we have Gift Boxes!!
"Never spare the parson's wine nor the baker's pudding" - Benjamin Franklin
The month of November is almost gone which means our normal schedule of drinking and dining is over and we are shifting into gift box mode here at the Wine Watch. But we still have a few more events before the end of this year.
We have the 28th annual Great Wine Seminar coming up next weekend and then after the Christmas Holiday we have two great tastings leading up to our Big Bottle Big Ballers NYE tasting.
Thursday, December 29, 2022 - 7:30 PM
VINTAGE MADEIRA TASTING BACK TO 1835 WITH SPECIAL GUEST DR. ROBERT MALINER. Check out the line-up at: Vintage Madeira Tasting back to 1835 with Special Guest Dr. Robert Maliner - Wine Watch
Friday, December 30, 2022 – 7:30 PM
CALIFORNIA VS FRANCE BORDEAUX BLEND BATTLE. Check out the line-up at: California VS France Bordeaux Blend Battle - Wine Watch
Now it’s Wine Watch gift box time!
The gift of a Wine Watch gift box is truly a reflection of your sophistication. Every wine chosen for the gift box program is selected for its overall quality and value. I taste thousands of wines at my desk during the year and travel the world to discover new selections as well. Wine Watch is the most unique wine boutique anywhere and the same is true of our gift box presentation. Each wine in our gift box program is accompanied by a winery profile. The collection of winery profiles is bound into an album and included with your gift box along with a custom-made Wine Watch gift card.
We have a selection of 30 gift boxes here below and if you do not see something that you like we can make a custom box for you and remember we have single bottle boxes we can make any single bottle in the store look amazing in our branded wooden box with profile album and customized matching gift card.
Remember everything that we do is done by hand, so we may run a day or two behind processing orders this time of the year, so get yours to us as early as possible so we can get your gift delivered in time for the holidays.
We will be back to our normal schedule of drinking the world’s greatest wines after the holidays are over, for a complete list of what’s coming up next year check out our calendar of events on our web page we already have a few dozen events on the calendar for 2023!
Wine Watch Gift Box Selections 2022
Blockbuster Case #22A1
Price $599.00
This case features the best that we have tasted this year, twelve wines that are worthy of the cellar and that pose exceptional quality on par with wines of double the price or more. The winners this year:
2017 CASA FERREIRINHA CALLABRIGA DOURO
2017 DOMAINE PAVELOT SAVIGNY LES BEAUNE PLAISIR
2019 Cru by Vineyard 29 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
2011 PURO UNO MALBEC GRAN RESERVA MENDOZA
2018 COL SOLARE CABERNET SAUVIGNON RED MOUNTAIN
2018 DOMINIO DE ATAUTA RIBERA DEL DUERO
NV PHILIPPE GONET BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT SIGNATURE
2018 BUTY CHARDONNAY CONNER LEE VINEYARD
2018 ST SUPERY VINEYARDS PROPRIETARY WHITE VIRTU NAPA
2019 DR. BURKLIN WOLF GAISBOHL RIESLING MONOPOLE GC
2020 LA SPINETTA PICCOLO DERTHONA COLLI TORTONESI TIMORASSO
2017 GAMBAL WORK CHARDONNAY SANTA RITA HILLS
Best Value Case #22A2
Price: $335
The wines in this box are some of the hardest to pick as the budget is limited to everyday prices, but these twelve wines prove that you can still fine excellent values all over the world. Our dynamic dozen this year includes:
2021 GUNDLACH BUNDSCHU MOUNTAIN CUVEE SONOMA
2019 CHARLES KRUG MERLOT NAPA
2018 SAN FILIPPO ROSSO DI MONTALCINO LA SCORNO
2018 CLOS FLORIDENE GRAVES ROUGE
2020 Jules Taylor Pinot Noir Marlborough New Zealand
2015 BODEGAS RIOJANAS VINA ALBINA RESERVA
2019 TRIM CHARDONNAY CALIFORNIA
2021 Clos Pegase Sauvignon Blanc Mitsuko's Vineyard Napa
2020 BOOKWALTER WINERY READERS CHARDONNAY COLUMBIA VALLEY
2020 DR. BURKLIN WOLF ESTATE RIESLING DRY GERMANY
2022 CRAGGY RANGE SAUVIGNON BLANC TE MUNA ROAD VINEYARD NEW ZEALAND
2021 DOMAINE SALLET MACON UCHIZY LES MARANCHES CHARDONNAY
Ultimate Six Pack #22B1
Price: $995.00
When only the best will do, the ultimate six-pack is the answer for you. Here we have six wines that are the best in their class this year.
2018 HOSPICES DE BEAUNE BEAUNE 1ER CRU CUVEE GUIGONE DE SALINS CUVEE GUP MALINER AND ZUCKERMAN
2016 VALDICAVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
2018 LEWIS CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON RESERVE NAPA
2019 PETER MICHAEL CHARDONNAY LA CARRIERE KNIGHTS VALLEY
2019 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD AILE D'ARGENT BLANC
2008 Nicolas Feuillatte Palms D'Or Brut Champagne
Cabernet Lovers Dream #22B2
Price: $425
Cabernet Sauvignon loves company and your drinking buddies will love these six delectable treats from California and Washington over the holidays.
2017 PALAZZO LEFT BANK RED CUVEE NAPA
2018 PASSING TIME HORSE HEAVEN HILLS CABERNET SAUVIGNON WASHINGTON
2019 Cru by Vineyard 29 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
2018 COL SOLARE CABERNET SAUVIGNON RED MOUNTAIN
2018 Charles Krug Generations Napa
2016 FERRARI CARANO TRESOR ALEXANDER VALLEY
Six Most Excellent Reds #22B3
Price: $425
Red wines come in many different flavors, this box celebrates five different varieties and four different wine regions as well.
2017 LOBO WULFF VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR OAK KNOLL DISTRICT NAPA VALLEY
2017 PALAZZO LEFT BANK RED CUVEE NAPA
2011 PURO UNO MALBEC GRAN RESERVA MENDOZA
2017 SEAVEY MERLOT NAPA
2014 CHATEAU TEYNAC SAINT JULIEN
2017 REYNVAAN SYRAH THE CONTENDER WALLA WALLA
Dinner Party Box #22B4
Price: $535
We will supply you with all you need to prepare a five course dinner party. Box does not include: chef, food ingredients or stem ware. Included in this box is inspiration for food and wine parings by Fiona Beckett’s Wine & Food Book along with the following wines:
NV PHILIPPE GONET BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT SIGNATURE CHAMPAGNE
2017 SHADOWBOX SEMILLON NAPA
2017 LOBO WULFF VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR OAK KNOLL DISTRICT NAPA VALLEY
2017 REYNVAAN SYRAH THE CONTENDER
2012 THE MEGA MALBEC COMPANY ARTIST SERIES BLEND BY PURO UNO MENDOZA
1997 TAYLOR FLADGATE PORT
Six Top Imports #22B5
Price: $325
This box shows the most diversity in terms of different varietals and styles of wine. Different varietals and distinctive terroir make the wines in this box appropriate for those that like to adventure outside the norm.
2017 CASA FERREIRINHA CALLABRIGA DOURO
2017 DOMAINE PAVELOT SAVIGNY LES BEAUNE PLAISIR
2012 THE MEGA MALBEC COMPANY ARTIST SERIES ICONO MALBEC BY PURO UNO MENDOZA
2020 DR. BURKLIN WOLF ESTATE RIESLING DRY GERMANY
2020 LA SPINETTA PICCOLO DERTHONA COLLI TORTONESI TIMORASSO
2020 J MOREAU CHABLIS
Six Pack of Chardonnay #22B6
Price: $295
I always say don’t hate me because I'm beautiful and that is why I chose to make a box of six bottles of the world's most popular white wine – Chardonnay
2017 STONESTREET CHARDONNAY ESTATE ALEXANDER VALLEY
2018 BUTY CHARDONNAY CONNER LEE VINEYARD
2017 GAMBAL WORK CHARDONNAY SANTA RITA HILLS
2021 CLOS PEGASE CHARDONNAY MITSUKO'S VINEYARD CARNEROS
2019 KELLEY FOX CHARDONNAY DURANT VINEYARD LARK BLOCK DUNDEE HILLS
2018 GRAVEL PIT CHARDONNAY SONOMA COAST
Collectors Pack #22C1
Total $535.00
When it comes to the classics, the wines of France are hard to beat. In this box we have three great producers from the motherland for blue Chip Collectibles Burgundy and Bordeaux
2005 CHATEAU GRUAUD LAROSE ST JULIEN
2018 HOSPICES DE BEAUNE BEAUNE 1ER CRU CUVEE GUIGONE DE SALINS CUVEE GUP MALINER AND ZUCKERMAN
2011 WILLIAM FEVRE CHABLIS VAUDESIR GRAND CRU CRU
Jimmy's Gems #22C2
Price: $275
This box pays tribute to one of the great California wine experts/advocates, the late Jimmy Mancbach. Jimmy knew the back roads of California wine country like no one else. Cheers Jimmy- we miss you!
2017 THREE STICKS CHARDONNAY DURELL VINEYARD
2018 GAMBAL WORK PINOT NOIR BENTROCK VINEYARD SANTA RITA HILLS
2018 ETUDE CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
Three 100 Point Wines #22C3
Price: $1925.00
These three red wines are all my top picks from their respective categories this year. All three of these are 100 point selections.
2002 QUILCEDA CREEK CABERENT SAUVIGNON WASHINGTON
2016 PINGUS RIBERA DEL DUERO
2016 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Tuscany
Napa Valley Trio #22C4
Price: $175
There is a reason why these are the most popular varietals on the face of the earth and there is a reason, these wines all my favorites! I don’t care if the rest of the world likes them they are the best and I challenge you to a duel...
2019 Cru by Vineyard 29 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
2018 KEENAN MERLOT NAPA VALLEY
2021 Clos Pegase Chardonnay Mitsuko's Vineyard Napa
Three Top Imports #22C5
Price $295
The U.S. still offers the best selection of quality wines from all over the world. We can be patriotic and still enjoy the best that the rest of the world has to offer, here are three globe trotters that are sure to please.
2007 Bodegas Roda Reserva Rioja Roda I
2012 The Mega Malbec Company Artist Series Blend by Puro Uno Mendoza
2019 DR. BURKLIN WOLF GAISBOHL RIESLING MONOPOLE GC
Best Value Three Pack #22C6
Price: $125
Here are Three wines that offer the most bang for your buck this year.
2018 DOMINIO DE ATAUTA RIBERA DEL DUERO
2020 JULES TAYLOR PINOT NOIR MARLBOROUGH
2021 Clos Pegase Chardonnay Mitsuko's Vineyard Napa
Champagne Lovers Three Pack #22C7
Price $295
Three of the best Champagnes that have passed my lips this year in their prospective price categories!
NV PHILIPPE GONET BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT SIGNATURE
NV CHAMPAGNE TRIBAUT ROSE BRUT 8 TERROIRS
2008 NICOLAS FEUILLATTE CHAMPAGNE PALMES D'OR GRANDE CUVEE
PENFOLDS NEW CALIFORNIA COLLABORATION THREE PACK #22C8
List Price: $285.00
These are the first wines of their kind to be made anywhere on the planet Earth today. Leave it to Peter Gago and his winemaking crew around the globe to think of such a collaboration where you take the best grapes from South Australia and combine the wines with the best from Northern California. The parent company that owns Penfolds also owns Beringer, Beaulieu, Hewitt wineries and some of the top vineyards in both wine regions to combine the winemaking talents and the grapes to produce a new line-up of top wines that showcase the best of both worlds.
I was a bit skeptical when I heard about these wines and at first thought that it was an unnecessary endeavor but after tasting the wines I can see where they are going with this project. Combining the winemaking talents of both wine producing countries is intriguing but then to take some of the top Cabernet Sauvignon from Northern California with the best Shiraz from South Australia. The story is here but the wines speak for themselves.
2018 Penfolds Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvingnon South Australia and Napa
2018 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
2018 Penfolds Bin 600 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Napa Paso Robles
VINTAGE ARGENTINA MALBEC BY PURO UNO THREE PACK #22C9
List Price: $250.00
One of the top Bordeaux varietals is hard to find with 10+ years of bottle age but we have three perfectly aged versions of the Malbec varietal from Mendoza that are drinking at their peak.
2011 Puro Uno Malbec Gran Reserva Mendoza
2012 The Mega Malbec Company Artist Series Blend by Puro Uno Mendoza
2012 The Mega Malbec Company Artist Series Malbec by Puro Uno Mendoza
The Closer #22D1
Price: $335
Many of great deals have been closed over a bottle or two of great wine. Here are two bottles that are deal closers, when only the best will do.
2005 CHATEAU GRUAUD LAROSE ST JULIEN
2019 JEAN NOEL GAGNARD CHAUMES CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET 1ER CRU
SANGIOVESE VS NEBBIOLO #22D2
Price: $215.00
These are two of my favorite grape varietals from Italy and two of the best producers from their prospective regions.
2019 E PIRA NEBBIOLO LANGHE
2016 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Top Vintage Red and White 22D3
Price: $250
Not all wines are made to age, most people like young wines because well kept vintage wines are hard to come by. Here are two wines that are drinking at their peak and for most ageworthy wines that is 10-15 years of age for most wine drinking people's taste but for some these wines could be cellared for another decade or more...
2007 LA FIORITA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA
2011 WILLIAM FEVRE CHABLIS VAUDESIR GRAND CRU CRU
NAPA VALLEY VS RED MOUNTAIN WASHINGTON #22D4
Price: $119
Napa Valley and Washington state are two of the most respected wine producing regions in the USA. I taste thousands of wines a year and these are the best two in their class from Napa Vallley and Washington this year. We like the people behind the wines but they always have quality in the bottle and that is the most important thing to our wine drinking people!!
2019 CRU BY VINEYARD 29 CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
2018 HEDGES FAMILY ESTATE RED MOUNTAIN
Awesome Twosome #22D5
Price: $95
The 2018 vintage was excellent in many places on this planet like Northern California and Northern Spain, here are two that will offer immediate pleasure.
2018 DOMINIO DE ATAUTA RIBERA DEL DUERO
2018 PATZ N HALL CHARDONNAY SONOMA COAST
Champagne is good for your Brain! #22D6
Price: $149
Scientists have found evidence that Champagne is good for your cognitive functions- that's right scientists not the Wine Spectator have discovered that my favorite wine is good for your brain!! That's why we have both a two bottle Champagne box and a three bottle box this year!!
NV PHILIPPE GONET BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT SIGNATURE CHAMPAGNE
NV CHARLES HEIDSIECK BRUT ROSE RESERVE CHAMPAGNE
Best Value Two Pack #22D7
Price: $59.00
We taste thousands of wines to get to the best values of the year as it gets harder and harder to find wines that are in the $20 and under price range that really satisfy. Here are two that over deliver, which is the best thing about a value.
2019 TRIM CHARDONNAY CALIFORNIA
2020 JULES TAYLOR PINOT NOIR MARLBOROUGH
Ultimate Dinner Party Box #2E1
Price: $15,900.00
This is the box for those that want to experience the ultimate in decadence. These six legendary wines are for serious connoisseurs and for those that want to experience the best that the world of wine has to offer.
2012 Salon Blanc De Blancs Mesnil Brut Champagne
2019 LOUIS JADOT MONTRACHET GRAND CRU
2003 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI RICHEBOURG GRAND CRU
1989 CHATEAU HAUT BRION PESSAC LEOGNAN
2001 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
2007 Chateau D'Yquem Sauternes (375ml)
California Cult Box #22E2
Price: $1275.00
The “cult” wines of California has continued their rise to fame as the top producers like the ones in this box have continued to gain in price despite the slumping economy. Here are five wines that are among the elite in California.
2018 Lewis Cuvee L Red Napa
2014 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Nathan Coombs Napa
2012 Araujo Estate Altagracia Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
2013 Aubert Chardonnay UV-SL Vineyard Sonoma Coast
2018 Peter Michael Chardonnay La Carriere Knights Valley
Bordeaux Treasures #22E3
Price : $2850.00
Bordeaux produces some of the longest lived wines in the world, here are five classics that will appreciate in quality and value in your cellar.
2019 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Aile d'Argent Blanc
2000 Chateau Latour Pauillac
2010 Cos D'Estournel Saint-Estephe
2006 Chateau Troplong Mondot St Emilion
2016 Chateau Le Bon Pasteur Pomerol
2016 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan
The Best of Italy #22E4
Price: $1650.00
The Italians are some of the best in the world at producing luxury goods. When you think of food and wine it is hard to imagine the world without Italy. Here are five wines that are at the top of their class and region in terms of quality.
2005 Fratelli Grasso Vallegrande Barbaresco
2003 Valdicava Brunello Di Montalcino Madonna Del Piano Riserva
2015 Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Tre Tine
2015 Gaja Sperss Barolo
2010 Tommaso Bussola Amarone TB Vigneto Alto
2007 Quintarelli Recioto della Valpolicella 375ml
Stars of the Southern Hemisphere #22E5
Price: $495
After making two trips to Australia, a trip to New Zealand, Argentina, Chile and South Africa- I can personally attest to the fact that they are making some of the best wines that the world has to offer in these Southern Hemisphere wine producing regions. We have five amazing wines here from Margaret River, Stellenbosch, Hawks Bay, Mendoza and Colchagua.
2016 Leeuwin Chardonnay Artist Series Margaret River
2020 Craven Wines "Karibib Vineyard" Chenin Blanc Stellenbosch
2017 Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz Bin 389 Australia
2016 Concha Y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Chile
2013 Craggy Range Sophia Red Blend Hawks Bay
2012 The Mega Malbec Co. Artist Series Blend Mendoza
Bordeaux Lovers 12 Pack #22A3
Price: $1450.00
Bordeaux sets the standard when it comes to collectibles; its ability to age is second to none. Bordeaux is a must for any serious wine collectors’ cellar and here are twelve wines that represent some of the best that each of these major regions of Bordeaux has to offer. There are wines that are drinking at their peak in these selections and there are wines that can be cellared for another decade or more in this mixed case.
2014 CHATEAU TEYNAC SAINT JULIEN
2018 CLOS FLORIDENE GRAVES ROUGE
2005 CHATEAU GRUAUD LAROSE ST JULIEN
2019 QUINAULT L'ENCLOS ST. EMILION
2017 CHATEAU BRANAIRE DUCRU ST JULIEN
2004 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC
2015 CHATEAU LA CROIX DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU ST JULIEN
2016 CHATEAU LE BON PASTEUR POMEROL
2011 CHATEAU LATOUR A POMEROL POMEROL
2018 CHATEAU MALESCOT ST EXUPERY MARGAUX
2018 CHATEAU CAPBERN GASQUETON SAINT ESTEPHE
2015 FAIT MAIN TODESCHINI ASTERIA VINEYARDS SAINT EMILION GRAND CRU
Bordeaux Blends from around the world 12 Pack #22A4
Price $995
What can we say about the five red varietals from Bordeaux other than they are the ultimate crowd pleasers? Their gorgeous forward fruit make them appeal when young and the best Bordeaux blends from California, Bordeaux, Washington State, South Africa, Chile and Argentina have the ability to age for 20 years or more in your cellar. Here are 10 that are sure to be a hit this year and beyond.
2017 PENFOLDS CABERNET SHIRAZ BIN 389 AUSTRALIA
2014 CHATEAU TEYNAC SAINT JULIEN
2017 PALAZZO LEFT BANK RED CUVEE NAPA
2016 FERRARI CARANO TRESOR ALEXANDER VALLEY
2018 PASSING TIME HORSE HEAVEN HILLS CABERNET SAUVIGNON WASHINGTON
2012 THE MEGA MALBEC COMPANY ARTIST SERIES BLEND BY PURO UNO MENDOZA
2012 CUVELIER LOS ANDES EL CUVELIER MENDOZA
2018 COL SOLARE CABERNET SAUVIGNON RED MOUNTAIN
2018 HEDGES FAMILY ESTATE RED MOUNTAIN
2018 CHARLES KRUG GENERATIONS NAPA
2019 QUINAULT L'ENCLOS ST. EMILION
2016 CONCHA Y TORO DON MELCHOR CABERNET SAUVIGNON PUENTE ALTO CHILE
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