While working at home today I received a phone call from a courier at the gate to the estate - and he was delivering a great surprise - a gift basket from a (very!) satisfied client.
It was a hamper full of all the usual Christmas goodies - chocolates (several ways), sweets, mustard, olives and savoury snacks ... and a couple of bottles of New Zealand wine - from Fiddlers Green vineyard in Waipara - a Pinot Noir and a Sauvignon Blanc that I look forward to trying soon.
Fantastic stuff, and a great surprise. However it wasn't over.
Tucked to one side of the basket was a heavy retangular box, and inside was a fine bottle of 2002 Moet & Chandon Dom Perignon Brut Champagne! I knew we had done good work for this client - but this sort of treat is an amazing response!
Needless to say that we've marked this bottle out as being the one that will be starting our Christmas Day this year !!! What bottle will you be looking forward to opening on Christmas day to make the relatives more bareable?