LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2024

Gifts for Wine and Food Connoisseurs Anyone accustomed to fine restaurant dining and diving into a deep wine cellar will wel come these coveted bottles, which are suited to both refined and developing palates.

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Perano Chianti Classico Cheese Plate Gift Box LCBO 39233, 2 pk, $79.95

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Famed Chianti Classico and Riserva Italian wines are the ideal accom paniment to a cheese tray, and this gift box contains tasteful serving accoutrements—and a wooden lid that doubles as a cheese board! Hardy Cognac Legend 1863 LCBO 39391, 50 mL, $14.95 Cognac brandy is the classic French post-dinner tipple. It also gives smooth, rich notes to mulled wine and is the chef’s secret behind many dramatically flambéed dishes. Tommasi Amarone Classico DOCG Magnum in Wooden Box LCBO 297994, 1.5 L, $119.95 More is more when the opulent, powerful flavours of Amarone wine (another after-dinner favourite, this time from Italy) are served up in a magnum, the equivalent of two standard bottles. Caymus California Cabernet Sauvignon Magnum LCBO 39228, 1.5 L, $159.95 One of the Golden State’s most famous bottlings, this signature Caymus wine in an extra-generous size embodies a “caring is sharing” philosophy.

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MORE TASTEFUL GIFTS FOR WINE AND FOOD CONNOISSEURS

Nicolas Feuillatte Reserve Exclusive Brut Gift Pack with 2 Glasses LCBO 16951, $64.95

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Bring restaurant dining home with a gift certificate from Take a Chef. Any of the 200+ private chefs across Ontario can create unforgettable dining experiences. From $176 per person, takeachef.com

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Order a friend heavy weight, restaurant-style paper coasters embla zoned with their monogram.

The chillest gift ever for fans of wine and fine dining might just be this luxe Champagne set, complete with two elegant flutes—ready for a season of clinking glasses.

Vivovation O2 Wine Aerator, created in Ontario. It helps ensure fine wines are at their best in the glass. From $140, o2wine.ca

In various colours and styles. From $26 for 20, vistaprint.ca