A super gift idea for a wine connoisseur is wine and cheese gift basket. You would ask why the gift basket and the reason is simple it is much better than taking a bunch of wine bottles or a single wine bottle when you are going for a housewarming party. Imagine everyone else turning up with a bottle of wine a while you are holding up a nice gift basket filled all packaged beautifully and looking absolutely a gift that you especially chose for the occasion. That is what a wine and cheese gift basket will do for you. 

Now for the basics of the wine and the gift basket. You can get these wine and cheese gift basket at all sorts of superstores or else you can buy a bottle of wine along with cheese and make a nice gift yourself. You should know how to make a wine and cheese basket. You will need a basket as well as some additional garnishing elements. 

As far as selection of wine goes there is nothing which can match the full cabernet sauvignon or a fruity chardonnay. You can have the vanilla and chocolate flavors. To complete the basket always add some shortbread cookies, and some peppercorn crackers. Add some cheese dip as well as some cheese spread. These can serve well for occasions like the fathers day, a get well wish as well as for the special occasions like the housewarming party. This is a very good for the retirement party especially if it is for someone who is very close to you.

 If you are taking this gift for someone very special then go for the Dom Perignon gift basket which can be a Dom Perignon 1995 or a Dom Perignon 2000 along with cheese. Of course the cost will be high but again this gift is meant for someone who is very special. Another special gift which is just ideal for someone who is very close to you is the Kendall-Jackson wine gift basket or the cristal wine and cheese gift basket. These vintage wines should be ideally be reserved as gifts for someone whom you really care for and for others always go for the non-vintage wines.

There are various styles for this kind of wine and cheese baskets which can include only the Italian wines or the California wines or only the special NapaValley wines. Again you can also select a basket which ahs only red wines or only white wines or only chardonnay. The prices fro this kind of gift basket can range from $30 to anything like $500 or even $600. Now if you go really high end you can have a wine bottle which in itself above the $500 range. However if it comes to only conventional wine and cheese gift baskets then the price can be easily range between $30 to $150.

Wine gift baskets reflect sophistication and class. As I said earlier it is about that separation from others which will help. When selecting the gift basket always ask yourself what are the likes and dislikes of the recipient. This will help as there can be nothing bad than giving something which the recipient dislikes. This is applicable only if you know the preferences of the person for whom you are selecting the gift. In case you are in doubt pick your choices which are safe like having 2 red and 1 white or a 2 reds and 2 whites.