Great Gifts for Father’s Day

Wine Gadgets and Gizmos Make Great Gifts for Dad

Dads are notorious tinkerers. They just aren’t content unless they are fiddling with, figuring out, measuring or jury-rigging some contraption, mechanism or widget.
Now, if you combine that inclination with a great hobby like making or enjoying wine, you have the ingredients for some fabulous Father’s Day gift ideas.

Let’s see. Buckets, hydrometers, tubing, spigots, siphons, grommets – and wine! Sounds like a Dad’s dream come true. (He may even let go of the remote for this one.)

Home winemaking is a fun and relaxing pastime with a big payoff. Typical kits are available with the basics necessities for making your own wine including fermenting containers, instruments for monitoring your wine, tubing and siphons for transferring and bottling, handheld corkers and, of course, instructions. There also are a wide range of wine ingredient kits to choose from to satisfy your Dad’s unique personality and tastes. True to form, Dad will want to proudly show off his creation and then sit back and enjoy it.

Of course enjoying wine comes with a whole other set of gift-worthy gadgetry.
(Note the “dad connection” inherent in each.)

• Aerators and decanters are great tools for enhancing the flavor of the wine.
• Corkscrews come in a variety of configurations including the traditional waiter styles as well as lever, twist and pump styles. There also are antique models and decorative options to add a bit of panache to the wine opening ritual.
• Dads love storage spaces and there are a lot to choose from including wine racks that sit or hang and are designed to be part of the décor or large capacity units suited for the collector’s cellar. Wine refrigerators store reds and whites at the perfect temperature for serving.
• Decorative wine stoppers designed for every interest and occasion are a big hit. Some popular ones depict fishing, golfing, patriotic symbols, pets and so much more.
• Wine books, magazine subscriptions and wine education classes are the perfect “instruction manuals” to help Dads follow their hobby.
• For those hesitant to let go of their remotes, you can reassure them that electronics are a big part of wine enjoyment. Some state-of-the art gifts include infrared digital thermometers, electronic wine openers, wine-chilling appliances, electronic pen-shaped wine aerators and handheld electronics that will give you wine and food pairing information on the go.

Dads love to be busy and then love to sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor. Wine appreciation gifts offer the best of both worlds.

Happy Father’s Day.