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Wine Harlots Favorite Hostess Gift : Microplane Grater

photograph of two microplane graters which are the favorite kitchen gadget of the Wine Harlots who love to get them as hostess gifts

“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Microplane® grater is the Wine Harlots favorite kitchen gadget. It was developed by a woodworker who experimented by using a wood rasp as he was cooking. It’s amazing for zesting lemons or nutmeg, but our go-to [...]

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The Wine Harlots Wish List: Gift Giving Suggestions

photograph of a bike bicycle with a wine crate bike rack luggage rack storage rack

Besides our annual wishes for world peace, ending hunger and fair trade for wine, here’s a few of the shiny trinkets that have caught the shallow Wine Harlots fancy this holiday season. We promise to be good next year Santa! What Southern California beach babe worth her salt wouldn’t want Santa to bring her a [...]

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What to Give This Holiday Season?

photograph of white beeswax candles lit and flickering lighting the darkness with it's hopeful light

“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” – Richard Wagner Wine Harlots suggest you give of yourself this holiday season. (Knock it off you perverts; I’m being serious for a moment.) Tithe your time. Even if you have an abundance of cash (and if you do in this bleak economy, feel free to [...]

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Blithe and Bonny Eco Dish Soap

photograph of Blithe and Bonny Eco Dish Soap in a rustic kitchen setting at Anthropologie

Looking for a perfect hostess gift? Look no further. Blithe And Bonny have created an environmentally friendly, bio-degradable dish soap that is packed in recycled wine bottles and sealed with wax. As elegant way to wash up after your next wine tasting. Perfect for your favorite oenophile. Choose between lavender and grapefruit scents. The soap [...]

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Cin Cin Wine Charms

photograph of Cin Cin Magnetic Cocktails Markers, wine charms for your glass. Image depicts a stemmed glass with white wine and and golden charm and a stemless glass with rose wine and a pink charm

Do you ever have ugly incidents arise when one of your guests inadvertently swipes another guest’s wine glass? (No? Then either you have better behaved friends than the Wine Harlots or your wine isn’t riot-worthy.) In any case, Wine Harlots have the solution for you. Cin Cin Magnetic Cocktail Markers are charms made with Swarovski [...]

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St. Patricks Day

Googlely-man bottle closure, and Irishman upside-down diving into a bottle of liquor or wine

If you’re going to dive headfirst into the bottle this Saint Paddy’s Day, the Wine Harlots say the Cornerstone Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2009 is a great bottle to get sideways with!

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Wine Harlots Desire

Noon Designs in Solana Beach California's earrings: vintage German leaf with swaroski crystals

“Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”  –   William Blake Wine Harlots do not live by wine alone.  It seems like it, but no, we have other needs.  Maybe not needs.  But clearly wants.  Desires.  And anyone who desires us, better wise up and pay attention.  We are [...]

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Gotta Get a Gift?

photograph of a picture frame made of recycled cork, a wine glass filled with white wine and a corkscrew from Elige Rueda. Copyright EatonAlive

It’s that time of year when gift-giving ramps-up to a fever-pitch.  Wine Harlots are big fans of experience – give your favorite oenophile a gift of a trip to wine country, either domestic or international, the memories of the trip will last forever. If that doesn’t fit your budget or your mood, the Wine Harlots [...]

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Klein Beverage Tool: The Right Tool for the Right Job

photograph of a Klein tool -- a rubber handle like a screw-driver, but with a bottle opener attached.

Here’s a perfect gift for your favorite do-it-yourself handyman.  Klein states their Beverage Tool (a.k.a. bottle opener) is “professionally designed and rigorously tested by an expert team to handle both foreign and domestic applications.”  Pair it with a six-pack, and you’ve got a fantastic housewarming gift for the fixer-upper.  At the price of $6.50, you [...]

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Wines for Boys (From the Girls Who Love Them)

image of a rugby player on the pitch using a wine bottle as the ball wearing a striped rugby shirt

As we’ve discussed, please stop giving novelty socks, ties and cuff-links as Christmas gifts.  They really are as welcome as a case of the clap.  We suggest a case of wine instead.  Here’s a couple of choices that marry the love of wine with the love of the gridiron and the pitch. Long Bomb Although [...]

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