3 litre bottle of wine as a gift?

[buzz55]

Hi all,

I was at a birthday party lately and someone brought the birthday girl a gift of a 3 litre bottle of red wine.
I really like the idea, and have a few special birthdays coming up in the next few months.

I believe the gentleman who gave the present may work for a drinks company, so I'm wondering if that is the only source?

Can anyone advise? I've had a look in the local cash and carry, in case they had ones for pub displays etc. but no joy.

Anyone any ideas?

thanks!

[the beer revolu]

I'd go directly to you local wine importer/distributor.
I'm sure they'd have no problem dealing directly with the public for a one off like that.

[MattKane]

Hi buzz,

1.5 litre bottles are much easier to find. We used to have a few 3 litre bottles but they didn't last too long

Should be able to get your hands on them more easily coming up to Christmas - I'd say a few of the independents would carry them more readily

[buzz55]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I will keep looking for now and also ask my local wine shop if they can get some in for me.

Just thought it was an unusual gift & absolutely perfect for a wine lover - if you could get a nice wine in it of course

[rediguana]

I would love to get a large bottle of wine as a present. I suppose the catch, from the gift-giver's point of view, is that a 3l bottle contains four standard bottles. To get something even just basic you're looking at €50+ .

I think a magnum is extravagant and impressive enough myself, I must say!

I see Matt Kane posted further up the thread. I recently bought a magnum (i.e. 1500ml btl / 2 standard btls) of Chianti Classico (1998) from his company, www.curiouswines.ie , called "The Nativity". The wine had been blessed in barrel by Pope John Paul and there is a little pic inside the wooden presentation box showing His Holiness chatting with the winemaker about yields and must adjustments.

Anyway, I got it as a present for the priest that married myself and my wife last year. He's also my wife's second-cousin; the whole "pope wine" thing went down a storm with the wife's family.

Here it is (for anyone with a priest in the family!). It's €75.

http://bit.ly/15mIJP