Berry Bros. & Rudd is getting into the festive spirit, unveiling a carefully selected range of hampers, wines and spirits for the season.
Britain’s oldest family-owned wine and spirit merchant has this year, revamped its Christmas collection, with a focus on its best selling hampers, whilst shining a spotlight on its spirits offering.
For Christmas 2016, Berry Bros. & Rudd has those tricky secret Santa gifts and special stocking fillers all sewn up. A selection of miniature bottles including favourites such as The King’s Ginger 50ml (￡7.50), Good Ordinary Claret 37.5cl (￡5.25) and No.3 London Dry Gin 100ml (￡8.50) will ensure plenty of festive cheer.
Beautifully wrapped spirits gift packs are also available, perfect for the discerning gent. The King’s Ginger Gift Set, features a bottle of the spicy, warm liquor, which goes beautifully with sparkling wine, alongside a 1.5oz hip flask (￡30). Bottled when it’s ready to drink, Speyside single malt, The Glenrothes Vintage 2001, is unlike anything else he will receive and is available as a gift set, alongside two glasses (￡60).
Other highlights of this year’s range include the Chef’s Pantry Hamper, designed to cater to the true gourmand. It contains White Truffle and Porcini Sauce, Sapori Truffles, Himalayan Pink Gourmet Salt, and Pommery Moutarde de Meaux, alongside Berry Bros. & Rudd’s Reserve Red, Berry Bros. & Rudd’s Reserve White and Berry Bros. & Rudd Champagne (￡100). For something to really impress, the Luxury Hamper is a roll-call of indulgence: a combination of the finest wines, to carry you through the Christmas feast, sit alongside delicious culinary treats like White Truffle Oil and Soft Italian Pistachio Nougat (￡475).
As ever, in store, the Berry Bros. & Rudd experts, including seven Masters of Wine are available to guide customers through their drinks selections this Christmas. The buyers have compiled a definitive list of wines to serve throughout the season, whether at drinks parties, on Christmas Day itself or to give as thoughtful gifts. Wines are available to buy as a single bottle, in cases and also in mixed cases, presented in a gift box. Pre-mixed case selections start from ￡30 for three bottles of Berry Bros. & Rudd’s House Collection.
With stocking fillers from ￡5.25 and gifts selections from ￡30, Berry Bros. & Rudd has Christmas all wrapped up.
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