Gourmet Wine Gift Baskets

Over the last few years the diet of the people living in Mediterranean field has come into focus and multiple people where surprised to learn the principal role wine plays in keep us healthy. You can develop a healthy gourmet wine gift basket based on the Mediterranean diet and give the wine lover on your list a taste of the incredible assortment of Greek wines.

Greece has a 6,000 year old wine tradition aided by mythology which attributes the origin of winemaking to Dionysus. Each of the local wines has a distinct identity and quality, which has been aided for the past 20 years by the formation of the Appellation d’ Origine Controlee (AOC). Wine producers in Greece have enjoyed much success in culinary circles and gourmet wine gift baskets are a natural extension to this.

Greek gourmet wine gift baskets come to a wonderful addition to any wine enthusiasts collection. For a country that is smaller that the state of Georgia in America, ranking after the 12th biggest wine producing country of Chile is a testament to the improvement of wine quality through the last 10 years. Wine production in Greece is a natural result of its variable, temperate climate and all kinds of varied soils, much of it mountainous with is conducive for a wide variety of wines.

What are a couple of the absolute known grape varieties used in Greek wines? The grape multiplicity of Moschofilero grown in a nice climate generates white wines that are fragile and aromatic. For full bodied red wines, look to the grape multiplicity called Xinomavro. When you need to fill your gourmet wine gift basket with delicious dessert wines, the Muscat multiplicity from the Greek islands are wonderful decisions.

For the wine aficionado, the fact that most Greek wines are produced from native grape varieties will make them unique and attractive. Greek wines come from a nice climate which gives them a subtle temperament with low alcohol content.

By a couple of standards, every Greek meal might be considered gourmet; salads produced with delectable feta cheese, fresh seafood combinations, whole grain breads served with delicious wine is the normal fare eaten on a every day basis. For the simple Greek gourmet wine gift baskets, pick a pair of red and white wine from any of the famous vineyards of Greece and then surround it with extra-virgin olive oil, “pitza” appetizers, marinated and oil cured olives, feta cheese, pasta, stuffed grape leaves with seasoned rice and fire-roasted peppers.

You can also develop a gourmet wine gift basket with a Greek island theme; there are multiple regional producers of wine on Crete, Samos and Santorini online that can provide you with each and every one of the ingredients for a incredible present for any wine fanatic.

If your wine lover has a candy tooth, you can pair deliciously candy dessert wines with a couple of pastries that have a distinctive Mediterranean flavor; Kataifi (Shredded Nut Pastries) or Bourekakia (Honey Nut Rolls) and one of the multiple varieties of the world famous flaky pastry Baklava filled with honey, walnuts or pistachios just to name a couple of. Make your present unique and undoubtedly surprise your wine lover with a gourmet wine gift basket of delicacies and delectable Merlot or Chardonnay from Greece; the land where wine is considered a “gift from the Gods.”