Gift ideas that’ll expand their cocktail kit or set them up for a holiday sip.
As holiday season approaches, planning, coordinating and organising gifts can feel like another part-time job. You know, seasonal work. This is particularly true if you lead a team: business, family, indoor volleyball side or other. If you want to be thoughtful about your gifting – i.e. make sure everyone gets something they’ll actually enjoy – but save yourself the time and headache of planning 50 or 500 gifts, the Dan’s Gifting Hub has got you, boo! Bulk upload your giftees (email and mobile number are all you need, thankfully), choose from a killer lineup of artfully curated hampers (strictly the cool kind only), record a heartfelt video message (cute, right?) and send it out. Your recipients get an email with your vid and info about the stellar gift you picked out for them – all they have to do is pop in their preferred delivery deets and we’ll take care of the rest. Or, they can decide to donate the equivalent money to charity instead, if that’s more their vibe. Easy. Smart. And lots of personal touches. They can even send a wee thank you vid back at you.
Yep, that means all you have to do for your end of year gifting is choose some hampers (I know, we’re excited for you, too). Here are six hampers we’d be properly stoked to receive.
Their perfect summer afternoon is spent showing off a clean house, a chic tablescape and a Riviera-worthy spritz whether via IG or IRL. Sound like the subject of your gifting pursuits? The Aperol Spritz Hamper will have them whipping out their phone and snapping pics quicker than you can say “OMG CUTE!”. The hamper contains everything they need to make a delicious batch of Aperol Spritzes, plus some cult cool home accessories to complete the scene: a 700ml bottle of Aperol, Porta Dante Prosecco (bright, floral and the perfect spritz component), a Clinq resin cheese knife, an Australian camphor wood cheese board, and four Mrs Tablescape hand embroidered linen napkins. We co-created both the cheese knife and linen napkins just for this hamper – both in the perfect Aperol orange – as if you didn’t already have enough reasons to snap this up!
The Negroni has just been voted the #1 cocktail in the world, but the person you give this hamper to will already know that because this is a gift for someone who knows their jigger from their shaker and could give a sermon on why Mr Bond was wrong to ask for his Martini shaken. This one is for the cocktail expert. It has everything they need for the perfect Negroni – custom-designed Campari tea towel with vintage poster artwork included. With Campari, Cinzano Rosso and Bulldog Gin, the Negroni gang’s all here in The Campari Negroni Hamper! For a bit of something special, Peel & Tonic Opulent Orange dehydrated orange slices are included, as well as a set of four Clinq Metal Straws (plus a straw cleaning brush), and yes, we know Negronis don’t require straws, but they make for beautiful stirrers AND they might want to make Campari and Sodas after. Who are we to limit their creativity?
They’ve really grown this year, you’ve seen them truly become an adult. Turning up on time, taking responsibility for their actions and you’ve only had to stop what you were doing so they could get a snack, like, three times, max. As such, they’re ready to take on a decidedly sophisticated signature drink. Enter The Four Pillars Martini Experience Hamper. Complete with a special one litre bottle of Four Pillars Olive Leaf Gin (the infused gin of the moment), a 50mL fun size Maidenii Dry Vermouth, a jar of spanish olives, two Martini glasses (because one should always make Martinis in company) and accompanying olive picks. With all this new direction in trending spirits, flavours and glass decor, expect them to be a walking zeitgeist next time you see them.
Blame COVID, but over the last few years we’ve really upped our picnic game. Pinterest-worthy picnicscapes were a whole thing, and the trend’s stuck. The Chapel Hill Al Fresco Table Hamper is for the outdoor-lover who ranks a wicker hamper and effective cooler bag amongst their most prized possessions. Not one, but two of the South Australian winery’s finest, Chapel Hill Mclaren Vale Shiraz and Chapel Hill Mclaren Vale Grenache are accompanied by picnicking tools from two stellar small Australian brands: an In the Roundhouse plate (an influencer favourite) and a Miss April Hammam picnic towel (a beautiful, light Turkish towel that serves as the ideal picnic blanket). The final addition? A net bag made from natural fibres, to carry it all in.
They like farmers markets, plant sales, pottery class and a good initiative to get behind. You know what else this person would love? New Zealand wine. Isabel Estate has sustainability front of mind in everything they do and the Isabel Estate Bloomin' Beautiful Hamper honours that sentiment wonderfully. Alongside their outrageously delicious Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris, you’ll find a range of eco-friendly goodies. Firstly, seeds from Rosie Lou, a start-up from two Australian sisters. The multiseed pack contains the starts of poppy, sweet pea, cosmos, zinnia and sunflower, with hand-stitched packaging that cuts down on glues and plastics – designed, printed and grown right here at home. Next, a handmade plant pot from Pots on the Peninsula, a small family-run company in the Mornington Peninsula (hence the name). Finally, a potent yet gentle plant protecting spray (made from 100% natural, organic ingredients). Not only does this magical potion help keep your plants alive and thriving, the company that makes it (We The Wild) plant a tree for every product purchased. This hamper is a gift for the recipient and the planet.
Some people just have great taste – eclectic and not driven by trends, they’re just all style. The Oakridge Yarra Valley Vignette Hamper is for them. With a chardonnay and a pinot noir from the Yarra Valley winery (a serious Dan’s Daily office favourite), this collection is an ode to the region. Beautiful landscapes, stunning architecture and sculpture, and incredible food – that’s what this area is made of. Hence, the hamper boasts a Robert Gordon Portrait Collection Double Handle Jug that you’ll want to keep on display at all times, and a locally handmade Bonnie and Neil tea towel featuring a stunningly muted leafy print. Understated, elegant and all put together in one delightful package.
