The Gourmet Odyssey
Wine Experience makes for an original wedding gift because the newlyweds get to follow the making of their wine from the year of their mariage. We've had lots of feedback from wedding couples who have been thrilled with their wine experience and their personalised vintage. Julie & Richard recently left us a comment on our website that we wanted to share here:
Richard and I are both wine lovers. Ever since we got together, we've covered quite a few of the wine routes, seeking out good wines directly from the producers. But until we received the Gourmet Odyssey wine gift box, we'd never had the opportunity to dig deeper and discover the vast and varied work of a winemaker. It really is a fascinating profession.
When we got married, a group of friends clubbed together to buy us a Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience for our wedding present. For the year of our wedding, we were to become the adoptive parents of 6 vines in France's Rhone Valley at Domaine la Cabotte.
We found it to be a great idea for a wedding gift. We registered our gift pack on Gourmet Odyssey's web site, and we started to follow the making of our wine. The winemakers sent us news about the vines progress, as the grapes for our future wine grew and matured.
When the winemakers starting talking about the harvest, we thought that it would be fun to get involved, so we signed up for a Harvest Experience Day at the winery. What a great day we had! We spent the morning harvesting the grapes, and in the afternoon we helped sort the grapes and put them into the vats. We spent the whole day with the winemakers, Eric & Marie -Pierre, and had the chance to ask them lots of questions, particularly during lunch and the wine-tasting session.
We continue to receive updates about how the wine is evolving in the cellar. We decided to add a few extra bottles of personalised wine to surprise our friends and open them with them for our wedding anniversary. We can't wait to taste the wine from the year of our wedding!
It's the height of wedding season, and with it comes the search for
that original wedding present idea. If wine is a passion of the
wedding couple, and you are looking for a
personalised wine gift that lasts, adopt a plot of
vines for them in France!
One of the Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience gifts will enable the newlyweds to
understand all of the work that the winemaker undertakes in the
vineyard and the cellar when making their personalised bottles of wine. They will
follow all of the key stages via newsletters and photos as their
vintage unfolds.
The newlyweds can roll up their sleeves and get involved
themselves if you include in their Wine Experience one of the Discovery, Harvest or Vinification Experience Days. They'll get to
visit one of our seven partner vineyards to participate in the
pruning, de-budding, harvesting or discovering the art of ageing
and blending wines in the cellar. The winemakers will be there to
explain their work, share their passion, and of course to let you
taste their wines during the winemakers meal.
All of our partner wineries are organically certified,
and are chosen for the quality of their wines, and the enthusiasm
of the winemakers in explaining the intricacies of their
profession. This means that the newlyweds will embark on an
unforgettable experience to follow the making of their wine, from
the same year as their wedding.
The welcome gift packs are delivered in 2 to 4 working days
depending on the country of delivery, and for any last minute gifts, we can email the adoption
certificate ahead of the welcome pack.
The Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience is an original idea for a
wedding present for wine lovers and those curious to learn the
secrets behind making a quality wine. An original wine gift that
will last long in the memory.