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Van's Gifts Cadeau Collection Gift Basket

Filed under: Wine


They call it the ultimate gift basket and for $75,000 it certainly makes a dramatic impression. The Cadeau Collection Basket from Van's Gifts is far more than just a gift basket. It also includes two first-class tickets to Paris, France with a visit to the House of Dom Perignon for an exclusive three-day tour, as well as first-class accommodations, private tours, champagne tastings, and a special banquet. The basket also includes a three-day stay in Napa to tour several wineries including Caymus vineyards.

The bottles in the basket include a magnum of the 1996 Dom Perignon Rose, the 1996 Krug Clos de Mesnil, the gold-plated Armand de Brignac Brut Champagne, 2001 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes, 2001 Chateau Lafite Rothschild, 2004 Opus One and 2005 Caymus, Special Select Cabernet Sauvignon. The gift basket is also stacked with a year-long supply of Godiva chocolates and Illy Café gourmet coffee, a Francis! Francis! X1 Trio Espresso Machine, a Meiserstuck pen, pencil, and notebook set from Montblanc. Plus, you get an additional monthly gift basket filled with chocolates, cookies, coffee, teas, sweets, and nuts.

[via Wine Enthusiast]

The Cost of the 12 Days of Christmas Up 4.1%

Filed under: Holiday Guides

Every year since 1984, the clever folks at PNC Wealth Management figure out just how much it would cost to present one's true love with the items mentioned in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. While the list is intended to be humorous, PNC claims the tally does mirror actual economic trends.

This year's grand total, from a partridge in a pear tree to 12 drummers drumming, purchased repeatedly as indicated in the song, is $78,100. The total for those 364 items is up 4% from last year. If you choose to shop online, the price is quite a bit more - $128,886.

The hike in minimum wage is to blame for some of the increase over last year. Those eight maids a milking now fetch $47 compared to $41 last year. That only seems fair since the ladies haven't had a wage increase since 1997. Higher food and gold costs are also reflected in the increased total. But not every item has gone up over last year. The cost for partridges, turtle doves and French hens has remained steady over the past year as have swans and ladies dancing.

Our own version of the 12 Days of Christmas can be had for far less money and requires absolutely no care and feeding.



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