My entirely NPR and non-Emjay/HIPPA-related question

gibs

Help me, fellow nesties/bumpies!  I need an oh-so-fabulous gift idea.

In a few weeks, I'm going to be leaving the basement, because a married couple who are both good friends of mine are hosting a party for my birthday at their fabulous house, because actually I do have friends IRL.  They are not super-rich but they do have a McMansion and they have plenty of nice things.  I need a gift in the $100 to $200 range.  Since I don't get out of the basement much, I need ideas.

Thanks!

While you all rack your brains and provide the perfect solutions, I will go read all the dramz from earlier..... 

eclaires

What about some really awesome wine or booze of some kind?  I love gifts like that.

Because I'm a lush.

gibs

eclaires:

What about some really awesome wine or booze of some kind?  I love gifts like that.

Because I'm a lush.

 

YES!  Awesome wine would be perfect... but specifically what?  I'm too lazy to use my exceptional google skills so I thought for once I'd just be a lazy@ss like is so common around here and ask you all just to spoon-feed the info to me, like is so popular on this board! :-)

 Chardonnay is the preference of the wife 

eclaires

Do you have an awesome wine store by your basement?  We haven't found one here yet, but by our old house, there was this awesome old guy who owned a wine shop and you could go in and tell him what you wanted, what you wanted to spend and he'd suggest a few things.

It was fantastic, because despite a really good wine appreciation class in college, I'm pretty fail at that.

the other thing is you could check into restaurants near you that might do wine tasting nights - those are super fun.  There's a place in Indy that is called the corner wine bar and they have these themed nights you can make reservations for (like a specific type of wine or winery) and they serve a tasting menu and a bunch of different wines.  Everyone I know who has gone raves about how fun it is -  most are big wine-os.  I bet places near your basement have something like that, too.

gibs

eclaires:

Do you have an awesome wine store by your basement?  We haven't found one here yet, but by our old house, there was this awesome old guy who owned a wine shop and you could go in and tell him what you wanted, what you wanted to spend and he'd suggest a few things.

It was fantastic, because despite a really good wine appreciation class in college, I'm pretty fail at that.

the other thing is you could check into restaurants near you that might do wine tasting nights - those are super fun.  There's a place in Indy that is called the corner wine bar and they have these themed nights you can make reservations for (like a specific type of wine or winery) and they serve a tasting menu and a bunch of different wines.  Everyone I know who has gone raves about how fun it is -  most are big wine-os.  I bet places near your basement have something like that, too.

 

Super tips. I'll peer out of the basement and look around a bit 

eclaires

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's shopping and knowing where to spend money.

It might be my only talent.

jessicaclare

Maybe this is a lame suggestions, but what about a wine of the month type club. I don't think you always have to do a full year, but you could do 6 months or so of something like that. Then they can get a few new bottles every months to try.

gibs

jessicaclare:

Maybe this is a lame suggestions, but what about a wine of the month type club. I don't think you always have to do a full year, but you could do 6 months or so of something like that. Then they can get a few new bottles every months to try.

It's a decent suggestion, but my fear is that instead of buying one or two super bottles, I'll end up spending the same for fewer mediocre bottles...