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An Original Birthday Wine Gift

Looking for a great birthday gift that's sure to please a wine lover in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s or 70s? Give them some vines and their own personalised bottles of wine.

Adopt-a-Vine, wine experience gifts, personalised wine bottles, oenology courses, meet the winemakers, wine tasting at the winery, discover France's great wine growing regions...

An Original Birthday Wine Gift

Give an original birthday gift to discover the world of wine in one of France's stunning winegrowing regions  

Whatever the age, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 or older, a birthday is always a moment that is looked forward to.  To make the birthday special, find an original giftl !

Discover our two authentic gift ideas that will get you behind the scenes to discover the hidden world of France's vineyards and the real French terroir: The Wine Experience and The Micro-Cuvée Experience.

Read some of the customer references from clients who have given or enjoyed a Wine Experience as a birthday gift.

Micro-Cuvée Experience

Blend your own barrel of wine in Languedoc-Roussillon

From € 6 895

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Wine Experience

Adopt organic vines in Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace, Languedoc, the Loire or Rhône Valley 

From € 169

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1. Adopt a Vine with the Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience

The Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience is a great birthday present idea for all wine lovers that lets your recipient become the adopted owner of some vines for a wine-making year in one of our acclaimed French partner vineyards!  After receiving the Wine Experience gift pack, they will follow all of the key stages at the winery in the making their wine.  They get to choose how they would like to call their vintage, and will receive a personalised bottle of wine for each vine you adopt for them!    

For the more curious, the Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience can also be supplemented with one of our Wine Experience Days.  Much more than a typical wine or oenology course, each Wine Experience Day is the perfect opportunity to visit the winery, accompanied by the person of their choice, and to share a privileged moment with the winemakers, to taste the wines from the estate, to look after their adopted vines, to get involved in working in the vineyard and helping to make the wine. 

 

What’s Included in the Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience Birthday Gift?

 

Welcome Pack to Give on the Birthday

Stylish Welcome Pack containing:

  • Wine cooler bag
  • Vinolok re-usable glass wine bottle top
  • Personalised certificate
  • Details of the Wine Experience selected
  • Access to private customer portal

Last Minute Gift? Don’t worry, let us know when filling in the order form, and we’ll email a copy of the certificate to you ahead of the Welcome Pack!

Gourmet Odyssey adopt-a-vine original wine birthday gift

Adopted Vines

  • Adopt 6 to 36 vines in an award winning French vineyard
  • Follow the evolution of the vines from bud to harvest 
Adopt a vine Bordeaux Burgundy Chablis France

Optional Choice of up to 3 Wine Experience Days

Choose from up to 3 wine experience days at the vineyard of your choice for the recipient to:

  • Learn and participate in the different stages of winemaking such as pruning, harvesting and blending
  • Meet the winemaker and share their passion
  • Taste the wines from the winery
  • Share a typical winemaker's meal

Each wine experience day is valid for 2 people and lasts a whole day. The choice of available dates will be communicated in your recipient's customer portal.

Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience Days in France Harvest Experience

Personalised Bottles of Wine at the End of the Wine Experience

The recipient will:

  • Name their wine and personalise their wine labels
  • Receive 6 to 36 bottles of wine (the number of bottles equals the number of vines you adopt for them) 
Gourmet Odyssey personalised bottles of wine

Newsletters and Customer Portal

  • Regular updates and photos from the winery
  • All the information needed to select the dates for the wine experience days
  • Tips for getting to the vineyard and where to stay
Gourmet Odyssey customer portal

 

Follow this link for more information on the Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience

 

Which Vineyards can I choose from for the Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience?

 

Original wine birthday gift for a wine lover. Adopt-a-vine in Alsace and participate in wine experience days at the vineyard 
Domaine Stentz-Buecher, Wettolsheim, Alsace

White organically certified wine from a great winery in the heart of the Alsace wine route, producing the full range of Alsation white wines...

From € 169

Find out more about adopting a vine in Alsace at Domaine Stentz-Buecher, Wettolsheim, France. Original birthday wine gift. 

 

Ideal Wine Enthusaist Gift. Adopt-a-vine birthday gift south of France, Château de Jonquières vineyard, Terrasses du Larzac, Languedoc-Roussillon 
Château de Jonquières, Terrasses du Larzac, Languedoc-Roussillon 

Red organically certified wine. An organic winery and listed château run by the same family for 900 years...

From € 169

Find out more about adopting a vine in the south of France at Château de Jonquières, Terrasses du Larzac, Languedoc-Roussillon. Original birthday wine gift. 

 

Original wine birthday gift for a wine lover. Adopt-a-vine in the Loire Valley and participate in wine experience days at the vineyard 
Château de la Bonnelière, Chinon, Loire Valley

Red organically certified wine. Historic vineyard near many of the Loire's famous châteaux. The winery's cellar is underneath Château de Chinon...

From € 169

Find out more about adopting a vine in the Loire Valley at Château de la Bonnelière, Chinon, France. Original birthday wine gift. 

 

Perfect birthday wine gift for wine enthusiast. Rent-a-vine in the Rhone Valley and participate in making your own personalised bottles of wine 
Château Cohola, Sablet, Rhone Valley

Red organically certified wine.  A boutique winery making delightful wines that express their unique Côtes du Rhône terroir... 

From € 189

Find out more about adopting a vine in the Cotes du Rhone at Château Cohola, Sablet, France. Original birthday wine gift. 

 

Rent some vines for an original birthday gift for a wine lover at Château Coutet, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Château Coutet, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux

Red organic wine. A charming winery in the heart of the Saint-Emilion grand cru vineyards... 

From  € 219

Find out more about adopting a vine in Saint-Emilion atChâteau Coutet, France. Original bithday wine gift. 

 

Original red wine birthday gift for a wine buff.  Adopt some vines in Burgundy at Domaine Chapelle, Santenay, France and get involved in making your own wine 
Domaine Chapelle, Santenay, Burgundy

Red or white organic wine. Organic vineyard in the côte de Beaune producing top quality Burgundy wines...

From € 219

Find out more about how to adopt a vine in Burgundy at Domaine Chapelle, Santenay, France. Original wine birthday gift for a wine enthusiast. 

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2. Make your own barrel of wine with the Gourmet Odyssey Micro-Cuvée Experience

For those who wish to go even further in learning about wine, Gourmet Odyssey offers the ultimate wine birthday gift, the Micro-Cuvée Experience.  Alone, or accompanied by up to 20 friends, your lucky recipient will sepnd two days in the south of France at the Allegria winery, situated in a picture post card setting between the Mediterranean Sea and the mountains.

With the winemaker by your side for two days, your recipient will learn to differentiate the main characteristics of each of the grape varietals grown in the vineyard to be in a position to create their own blend, which will then be aged in an oak barrel containing enough wine for 300 bottles.  They will work with a professional graphic artist to design the labels that will adorn the bottles.

The Gourmet Odyssey Micro-Cuvée Experience is the unique opportunity to create your own wine, according to your own taste and image!

Our Gourmet Odyssey Micro-Cuvée Experience partners:
Elaboration d'une barrique de vin en Languedoc Roussillon au domaine Allegria, Caux, Pézenas 

Blend your own barrel of wine in Languedoc-Roussillon : AOC Côteaux du Languedoc Pézenas at the Allegria Winery. 

Red organic wine from this modern and contemporary winery run by one of Languedoc's emerging talents...

From € 6 895

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