With cocktail parties to attend and host, and plenty of gifts that need to be given this winter, one thing to be well-versed in is wine. Wine is a lovely gift to bring a hostess or give as a Christmas gift, and everyone needs some on hand to serve over the holiday season. As we mentioned in the wine tasting, Gary V is a fantastic guy to go to for wine tips, suggestions and pairings. For tomorrow, he suggests this zinfandel for Thanksgiving.

 

This chalkboard wine rack was featured in the February/March issue of ReadyMadeand is a great way to haveyour storage serve a second purpose.

 

 

 

 

ReadyMade also suggest recycling your old mailers to create this simple design.

Kelly Smith from Branch makes these cool collapsable wine racks out of recycled wool.

 

 

 

 

Apartment Therapy introduced me to these mod racks by Umbra. I love how sleek and modern they are.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michelle Kaufman showed us how to Green It Yourself in her blog and made a similar DIY version with old cans.

 

Apartment Therapy gives a few ideas of how to dress up a wine bottle for a gift, and suggests these ideas as well. I love the idea of screen printing your own bags to put a bottle in.

 

 

Add a cool wine topper to your favorite bottle to give as a hostess gift.  Make your own or find a few on Etsy.  Do a little research on good pairings if you know what the hostess is serving for dinner. Bring an appropriate match to show you are thinking about the evening. Food and Wine is a great resource for this. Do you have any favorite bottle/recipe pairings to share? Leave them in a comment below! Be responsible Threadbangers. If you're going to drink, please don't drive. And sweet young Threadbangers, WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE 21! xox, Meg