About our New Zealand Drinkable gifts

Celebrate New Zealand with gift boxes of stunning NZ wines such as Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Chardonnnay, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir or Methode Traditionalle to send to someone special in a beautiful gift box for a wedding celebration, anniversary, birthday, corporate gift or special occasion. Discover award winning New Zealand wines for sale on our on-line gift box website where hand-crafted N.Z. presents of alcohol and liquor, chosen by you, can be sent nationally or worldwide. The Beautiful Box Company’s artistic, New Zealand themed www.giftboxes.co.nz offer Melness Wines (a winery to watch) with wine created by celebrated Waipara winemakers Matthew Donaldson and Lynette Hudson of Pegasus Bay winery. Other medal winning NZ wineries with great reputations are Tohu, proudly described as NZ’s only Maori winery, a vineyard from Marlborough or ‘the land where time begins’ (Nga Hua A te Whenua) where even their grapes are handpicked! We stock a delectable small bottle of “Liebling” Gisborne Chardonnay from Kim Crawford, who’s currently celebrating recognition as New Zealand’s premier winemaker, while Allied Domecq’s range of inexpensive Five Flax quality wines is offered in giftboxes’ budget gift range for on-line internet shopping.

New Zealand has a top reputation worldwide for the production of truly wonderful wines and superior spirits with international connoisseurs and wine buffs recognising something special in alcohol from the antipodes and entrepreneurs. Wine makers will tell you it comes down to an environmental mix of soil, climate and N.Z. pristine water mixed with their special learned winemaking skills and experience plus a bit of Kiwi zing! Send a bottle of quality succulent and aromatic wine from our New Zealand gift box selection!

The spirit of NZ is also evident in supreme liquor from 45 Below who have conquered the world market with their superb vodka and gin. Give a present in a gift-box of their South Gin which in 2005 won the Grand Gold Medal with Palm Leaves at the World Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs in Brussels, Belgium and can now be termed “the best gin in the world”! Other drinkable gifts of spirits can be sent by the bottle or in a unique historical jar holding South Pacific Distillery’s award winning Roaring Forties Rum and their schnapps like Poire Eau de Vie while The NZ Malt Whisky Company’s Milford 12 y.o. Single Malt Whisky in presentation packs continues to reward the palates of the world’s most discriminatory tasters and enthusiasts. Purchase gift-boxes of NZ fortified wines from vintners Mazuran’s whose Directors Port won double gold in the 2005 San Francisco International Wine Competition. This port and their award winning Special Reserve Port are available by the bottle or in a unique hand thrown pottery jar displaying a beautiful medal, possibly NZ’s first European artifact. Alcohol and liquor giftboxes!

Entirely entrepreneurial is a hop free NZ beer, adapted from the recipe of Captain Cook who used tips of native trees and plants in Dusky Bay, Fiordland in 1773 - now a prize winning boutique Spruce Beer. With refreshing, clean, astringent qualities it is also exceptionally good for you being chock full of antioxidants! Other alcoholic gifts are Chesnique’s Chestnut Liqueur, Distillerie Deinlein’s Kiwi Gold Liqueur, Mead and Whisky Cream available in gift baskets and boxes, matched to other luxury gourmet foods or to jewellery, pottery and clothing, all guaranteed Kiwi made for your gift giving pleasure. Exceptional gifts from pure New Zealand in beautiful gift boxes to please.