Gifts

Italian Wine Gifts

From a birth-year Barolo to a straw-wrapped fiasco of Chianti: Italian bottles with a story to tell, chosen by our editors.

package_218 gift-boxed vintage bottles sell£39 to £1,000 calendar_monthVintages 1957 to 2012
A wine bottle wrapped in paper and ribbon inside a silk-lined wooden gift box in a cellar
The Year Finder

Vintage wines by birth year.

A bottle from the year itself is the rarest kind of thoughtful: made once, never repeated, and still alive in the glass. Pick the year; we’ll show you what the cellar holds.

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The Gift Shelf

Every bottle, ready to give.

18 bottles
Why these bottles

Chosen to be given.

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A wooden box as standard

Every bottle on this shelf ships from the retailer in a wooden presentation case: ready to give, nothing to wrap.

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A free personalised card

The retailer includes a personalised gift card with tasting notes and the story of the year, free where others charge for it.

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Vintage-checked by our editors

Old wine is only a great gift when it was a good year, kept well. We check the vintage’s reputation before a bottle is listed.

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Delivered by the retailer

You buy from the retailer on their published delivery promise and cut-offs; we take you straight to the right page.

From the Journal

Read first, give better.

Before you buy

Fair questions, honest answers.

Delivery is handled by the retailer, not by us. Each retailer publishes its own delivery promise and seasonal cut-off dates; we link you straight to the bottle's page, where they are shown before you order.

Every bottle on this shelf ships in a wooden presentation box as standard, with a free personalised gift card carrying tasting notes and the story of the year, included by the retailer, where elsewhere a card like that is often a paid extra.

Our editors pick every bottle on merit: the year's reputation, the producer, and whether it makes a gift worth the money. If you buy through a link we may earn a commission from the retailer at no extra cost to you; it never changes what we list or what you pay.

For Nebbiolo or Brunello with twenty or more years in bottle, £60 upwards buys well-kept examples; landmark years and famous names climb from there. The smart alternative: a milestone-anniversary year: a golden-wedding 1976 says as much as a birth year, and often costs less.