Alvi’s Drift’s Ultimate 2024 Festive Gift Guide for Wine Lovers

If you’re still searching for the perfect festive gifts for the wine enthusiasts in your life, look no further than our Alvi’s Drift online store!

Alvi’s Drift’s Ultimate 2024 Festive Gift Guide for Wine Lovers

Finding the perfect festive gift can sometimes feel like an endless search, especially if the wine aficionado in your life already seems to have every gadget and wine toy there is! 

But this year, you’re truly spoilt for choice with our selection of festive gifts and premium wines. Alongside a gorgeous range of wine accessories, we’re offering a superb selection of award-winning Alvi’s Drift wines that will add a touch of magic to any festive table – including our newly launched Reserve Viognier. And, with our beautifully packaged wine gift sets, it’s never been easier to add a touch of elegance to your holiday celebrations.

Be sure to explore our premium Alvi’s Drift wine recommendations as well, featuring our globally celebrated flagship Verreaux Pinotage, our acclaimed Brut Nature Cap Classique, and our multi-award-winning Albertus Viljoen Chenin Blanc.

 

 

Alvi’s Drift Reserve Viognier: The Perfect Festive Gift

 

If you’re looking for a festive gift that’s as unique as it is memorable, why not choose something different in our newly launched Reserve Viognier? 

This singular wine (we like to refer to it as “the white wine for red wine lovers”) is truly one-of-its-kind. With notes of ripe peach, apricot, tropical fruit, and subtle hints of toasted coriander, oak and floral perfume, our fruit-forward Reserve Viognier is a complex, medium-bodied wine and a true conversation starter – perfect for enjoying at any holiday gathering.

This fascinating cultivar also comes with a unique story, as the Viognier grape was brought back from the brink of extinction in the mid-1960s. Renowned for its floral aromatics and intense fruit character, the Viognier grape is also known to require an extraordinary level of skill from the winemaker.

Our Reserve Viognier is a wine that invites you to slow down and savour every sip, whether you’re enjoying it on its own, or pairing the wine with richer festive fare like creamy seafood, fragrant curries, or other rich, aromatic dishes.

 

A 2024 Great Gold Award & Medal of Excellence for our Reserve Viognier

 

Even before its official release, our new Reserve Viognier started raking in awards, including a coveted Great Gold at the 2024 International Wine & Spirits Awards (IWSA) and a Medal of Excellence (90+ points) in Tim Atkin’s 2024 South Africa Special Report. 

These accolades reflect our winemaking team’s dedication to pushing boundaries, truly showing what’s possible in South African winemaking.

 

Don’t Miss Out – Order Your Reserve Viognier Today

With less than 150 cases still available, our Reserve Viognier is an extremely limited-edition release, exclusively offered through our online shop. If you’re looking for the perfect festive wine, whether as a gift or a treat for yourself, this wine is an ideal choice.

 

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Alvi’s Drift Festive Gift Selection

 

Our beautifully packaged gift sets make finding the perfect present easy. Here’s a look at this year’s line-up:

 

 

Cap Classique Gift Box (2-Pack)

 

Celebrate this festive season in style and treat the bubbly enthusiasts in your life to a Cap Classique 2-Pack. Each festive Cap Classique Gift Box includes a stunning Alvi’s Drift-branded Champagne Stopper.

Our crisp, complex Brut Nature Cap Classique is bone dry, with racing bubbles and a fine crown of mousse. Aromas of baked brioche, lemon cream, and hints of walnut and nougat make this naturally fermented wine a perfect companion to fresh oysters, grilled prawns, or even a pear and goat’s cheese salad.

Awards: Great Gold – Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition (2023), Grand Gold Certificate of Excellence – SA Wine Index (2023), Double Gold – NWC & SA Top 100 (2023)

 

Cap Classique Gift Box Includes:

Sparkling Brut Cap Classique
Sparkling Brut Nature Cap Classique
Alvi’s Drift-Branded Champagne Stopper

R650

 

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Sparkling Gift Box (2-Pack)

 

An ideal gift for bubbly lovers, this festive set includes our Sparkling Brut Blanc de Blanc, Sparkling Brut Rosé, and an Alvi’s Drift-branded Champagne Stopper.

 

Sparkling Gift Box Includes:

Sparkling Brut Rosé
Sparkling Brut Blanc de Blanc
Alvi’s Drift-Branded Champagne Stopper

R350

 

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Icon White Gift Box 

 

Albertus Viljoen Chenin Blanc & Albertus Viljoen Chardonnay

 

Two of Alvi’s Drift’s most-celebrated, multi-award-winning wooded white wines in a stylish gift box.

R600

 

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Flagship Gift Box 

 

Albertus Viljoen Bismarck Red Blend & Verreaux Pinotage

 

For the red wine aficionados – two of our most-awarded, internationally acclaimed red wines in a stylish gift box.

Named in honour of South Africa’s mighty Verreaux’s eagle, our Verreaux Pinotage is a wine as bold as it is refined. It was awarded the 2023 Pinotage Trophy at the Michelangelo Awards and achieved Great Gold (97 points) at the 2023 Catavinum International Wine Awards in Spain.

This dark, ruby-coloured wine presents aromas of vanilla, liquorice root, and spice, balanced with rich notes of brambleberry, black cherry, and plum. Made in small batches only and from individually selected barrels, this much-awarded wine is a true celebration of South Africa’s unique grape varietal. 

Enjoy with roast venison, grilled steak, or duck.

Awards: Double Platinum – NWC & SA Top 100 (2023), Top 10 – South African Wine Index (2023), Platinum Certificate of Excellence (2023)

R900

 

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Icon Mixed Gift Box 

 

Albertus Viljoen Chenin Blanc & Albertus Viljoen Bismarck Red Blend

For the fine wine connoisseurs who love variety – the chance to savour two of our winery’s most-awarded wines.

The pinnacle of all Alvi’s Drift Chenin Blanc wines, our celebrated Albertus Viljoen Chenin Blanc is crafted from hand-selected grapes grown in established, 25- to 48-year-old vineyards. 

With aromas of vanilla, spice, and a bright lime finish, our Albertus Viljoen Chenin Blanc boasts a beautiful balance of fruit and structure. Pair this remarkable wine with brie, roast butternut quiche, or creamy fish pie. Enjoy immediately or age for up to eight years for even more depth.

Awards: Great Gold – International Wine & Spirit Awards (Spain, 2023), Double Gold – Michelangelo International Wine & Spirit Awards (2023), Top 10 – Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge (2023)

R650

 

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Nectarinia Gift Box

 

Reserve Muscat Nectarinia (2-Pack)

 

Two bottles of our Reserve Muscat Nectaria dessert wine, elegantly presented in a stylish gift box. 

Awards: Double Gold at the 2023 Veritas Awards,  97 points (5 stars) in the 2024 Platter’s South African Wine Guide.

R450

 

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Brut Cap Classique Box 

 

A single bottle of Alvi’s Drift Brut Cap Classique in a stylish gift box.

R219

 

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Brut Nature Cap Classique Box 

 

A single bottle of Alvi’s Drift Brut Nature Cap Classique in an elegant box.

R349

 

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Festive Wine Gifts & Accessories

 

 

Branded Sabrage Sabre 

 

Add some festive flair to any celebration with this Alvi’s Drift-branded sabre, perfect for sabrage enthusiasts.

R2 100

 

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Sabrage Sabre + Engraving

 

Personalise this beautiful sabre with an engraved name of your choice for an unforgettable gift. Please note – for this gift, a delivery waiting period of 21 days applies.

R2 500

 

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Sparkling Wine / Champagne Stopper 

 

A stylish Champagne stopper to keep your bubbly fresh, even after the celebrations have ended.

R100

 

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Online Gift Voucher 

 

Give the gift of choice with an Alvi’s Drift online shop voucher, redeemable for three years.

Choose Own Amount (R100 per voucher)

 

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Find Your Perfect 2024 Festive Gift in Our Online Shop Today

 

Whether you’re toasting with our Reserve Viognier, celebrating with a bubbly Brut Cap Classique, or surprising someone special with one of our beautifully packaged wine gift sets, Alvi’s Drift has something for every wine enthusiast.

Explore our award-winning wines and festive gifts at www.alvisdrift.co.za to find the perfect festive gift, and have it delivered to your door.

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