Wine hampers that are perfect for sharing
Whether you’re hosting a dinner party, movie night, or just fancy a nice glass of wine yourself, these wine hampers have been selected for a variety of occasions and budgets. From elegant wicker hampers with sommelier-selected bottles of red and white European wines from Fortnum & Mason to cool orange natural wines with labels you’ll want to leave out on display from London-based Top Cuvée, leave the experts to make the selections for you. We have considered wine hampers for different occasions, from a house party to gifting a friend or a sophisticated cheese and wine night. We ensured they offer value for money, as many hamper brands will be charging eye-watering prices for something you could put together from the supermarket for less than half the price.
Top Cuvée natural wine survival pack, £65, shopcuvee.com
Cool London bar and restaurant with a focus on good wine, Top Cuvée also sells bundle packs for delivery. With their own house wines that are great in themselves, they also bring in a range of wines from across the world. This pack includes a sommelier’s selection of mixed natural wines and starts from £65 for three bottles. The pack will be changing by seasonality and availability to ensure the latest organic offerings.
Fortnum & Mason wine quartet wicker, £100, fortnumandmason.com
Fortnum & Mason has excellent wine buyers that work extremely closely to makers around the world, and put a lot of love into their wines, as a result of longstanding relationships to their wineries. From Portugal, France, Italy, and Spain this quartet of wines includes two reds and two whites in an adorable wicker basket emblazoned with the F&M logo - so you’re picnic ready. For reds, there’s a spicy red-berry rich and juicy rioja alongisde an exclusive wine from the Valpolicella region outside Verona. A hand-harvested bourgogne blanc and a dry Portuguese alvarinho make up the white offerings.
The Newt in Somerset, Babylonstoren wine trio, £70, thenewtinsomerset.com
The Newt in Somerset is an estate, restaurant and hotel that creates its own food and drink from its orchards, animals and land, which it also makes into glorious hampers. With a sister winery in South Africa, this wine trio box includes a mixed selection to sip on. An aromatic viognier for white, a pale Provence-style mourvedre rosé perfect when chilled, and for red, an oak-barrel aged shiraz with dark berry notes.
M&S pink prosecco afternoon tea gift, £55, marksandspencer.com
With everything included for a fabulously pink afternoon tea, this hamper from M&S is a great one to bring over to your bestie’s place or enjoy with mum - or work your own way through. Blush pink sparkling wine pairs wonderfully with delicate macarons and a red velvet cake then scones with jam and cream. And not forgetting the tea - a nice tin to keep of M&S’s renowned luxury gold teabags.
Laithwaites the ultimate wine and gourmet treats hamper, £49.99, laithwaites.co.uk
This affordable hamper includes a handpicked shiraz and sauvignon blanc plus lovely sweet and savoury snacks from the likes of Torres, Perello, Hotel Chocolat and Tony’s Chocolonely. The award-winning shiraz from The Black Stump is lauded online, with hundreds of four- and five-star reviews to its name with customers agreeing it’s ‘moreish’ with ‘rich deep fruity’ notes. The Mussel Pot Marlborough sauvignon blanc is equally praised for its ‘light, fresh and pallet-friendly’ taste.
Selfridges a taste of Selfridges hamper, £100, selfridges.com
If we’re spending £100 on a hamper, it should look the part, which is why we love this one, with all the contents branded with the iconic yellow Selfridges logo. Savoury snacks of moreish rosemary nuts and nocellara belice olives are paired with salted caramel chocolate and chocolate coated almonds. The star of the show is Selfridges-branded Argentinian malbec from the Gouguenheim Winery. Fans call it ‘deep and fruity’ and spot notes of oak, tobacco and blueberry. It’s all packed into a custom black basket with yellow leather straps.
Hampers.com food and wine lovers gift, £99, hampers.com
As the name might suggest, this website specialises in curating lovely wicker baskets of goodies. This one includes two wines: a malbec and a pinot grigio. The malbec is Argentinian, dark and fruity as any good malbec should be. The pinot grigio is a medium-bodied wine for easy drinking with all the snacks that are included in this hamper. And there are 10 different sweet and savoury options to graze from cured salami and truffle nuts to oyster flavoured crisps and chocolate caramel popcorn.
Reserve Wines orange wine trio, £50, reservewines.co.uk
Thought to be the new and trendy thing in wine, orange wine is actually one of the most ancient processes of wine-making, with archeological evidence found in Georgia up to 8,000 years old. The orange colour comes from contact with the skin, seeds or plant of the grapes, creating an enticing hue to the white wines - and also a depth and intrigue of flavour. The selection of orange wines in this trio will change according to availability, but at the time of writing Cortese uses ancient techniques to create its nostru orange-utan a zesty and original orange wine. Fattoria di Vaira may come with some sediment due to its low-intervention process, but the wine is fresh and vibrant. Maremosso’s catarratto is rich yet dry, an all-round great orange wine that pairs excellently with spicy and complex foods.