DIY Wine of the Month Club Gift Basket Idea is the perfect Christmas, holiday or birthday present for the wine lover in your life! Wrap, label and package your own box of wine bottles that someone special can unwrap each month for a unique gift that lasts all year long.

Gift Idea for Wine Lovers

If you enjoy putting lots of thought and consideration into your holiday gifts, we’ve got you covered! Whether you gift your co-workers some of these delicious Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Pint Jar or your best friend this Boozy Hot Cocoa Bomb Gift, they are sure to be excited. If you have a very special couple or person in your life who is a wine lover, this DIY Wine of the Month Club Gift is the perfect present!

In a previous year’s Christmas my sister and I were seriously struggling to come up with a gift idea for my parents, which led to the creation of this DIY Wine of the Month Gift Basket Idea. My parents have most things they want and aren’t good about giving us gift ideas. My sister came across a website that sells a Wine of the Month Club subscription and we both thought that would be a great idea for my parents who are wine lovers.

Wine of the Month Club Gift Idea

After looking into the wine of the month club a little more, there were a few problems with it that just didn’t make it an ideal gift. First of all you had to have someone home to sign for the bottle of wine each month. I don’t know about you, but I hate when packages require a signature, because honestly who is around during work hours?!

Secondly, you didn’t have much choice in the selection of wines, which wasn’t great for my parents who mostly prefer white wines. Lastly, the wines that you did get seemed to be overpriced for what you got in this pre-packaged gift concept. Therefore, we decided to create our own DIY Wine of the Month Gift Basket Idea!

Where to buy affordable wine

I was in Fargo for an appointment so I decided to grab some wines while I was there. I plugged ‘wine store’ into my GPS and it took me to Happy Harry’s. I was pleasantly surprised when I walked through the door to realize there was a huge selection of wines. Even better than that, they happen to be hosting their semi-annual Penny Sale at the time!

They offer lots of different wines for a ‘Buy One Get one for a Penny’ and not based on inflated prices. I was able to score some awesome values on great bottles of wine. We just kept the second bottles for ourselves seeing we didn’t want to duplicate any wines. 😉

Wherever you live, hit up Google around the holidays to find the best wine sale in your area.

Inexpensive Wine of the Month Club Gift

If you order a subscription for Wine of the Month Club online, you will pay around $500 for one year! That is far out of most of our budgets when it comes to gifting for the holidays or birthdays. Do it yourself and save tons of money. Not to mention it’s much better for the environment with not receiving a shipment every month!

We included a nice variety of higher, mid-range and affordable wines in our Wine of the Month Club Basket. We opted for mostly white wines as that is my mother’s preference, but did include a couple bottles of red for my father. We strategically planned the wines out to coordinate with special events in their life. For example, we included the bottle of sparkling wine on the month of their anniversary and two of the nicest bottles on their birthday months.

The beauty of this gift is that you can make it as affordable or luxurious as your budget allows. Because my sister and I were going together for both of my parents on this gift, we decided to spend a little bit more. You could certainly go on the hunt for great value wines and keep this gift under a $100 though, if that is more in line with your budget.

Wrapped Wine Bottles for Wine Gift Box

We wanted to emulate the Wine of the Month club gift subscription as much as possible, so we decided to wrap each bottle of wine up separately. This way they could open up a bottle each month and be completely surprised as to what they were getting. In subsequent years, I have bought cheap wine bottle bags to make lighter work of the task.

I used my Silhouette Cameo Machine to make pretty tags for each month, but you could also make life much easier and just write on a holiday gift tag for each bottle.

I found a cute wooden box at TJ Maxx and put a blanket on the bottom for a little padding. We packed the 12 monthly bottles into the box and our DIY Wine of the Month Gift Basket Idea was ready to go!

Christmas gift for Wine Enthusiast

My parents have enjoyed opening and trying new wines each month. They just opened their last bottle for the month of December and have even hinted at getting the same gift again this year! They found a few bottles that they really loved and have been back to Happy Harry’s multiple times to stock their wine cellar.

We have gifted this to my parents three different times over the years and every time they are just as excited to receive it!

If you have a wine lover in your life that is difficult to buy for this DIY Wine of the Month Club Gift Basket Idea is something you need to try!