Wine Gift Baskets 2026: Build a Better One (the Bottle Is the Easy Part)

By Jacobsen Salt Co.

Updated: October 30, 2026

What to Put in Wine Gift Baskets: The 5-Part Formula

The best wine gift baskets are not about the wine. Anyone can drop a bottle in a basket. What people remember is everything around it: the salty, sweet, and savory pairings that turn a good Pinot into an evening.

We do not sell wine. We are an Oregon Coast sea salt company, so our sets never include a bottle, which is exactly why we are good at the part that matters. A great wine basket answers one question: what does this person do while the bottle is open?

The formula: the bottle, picked to the recipient. Something salty, like a finishing salt made for wine pairing. Something sweet, caramels or chocolate to carry the tannins. Something savory for the board: smoked salt, truffle salt, honey. And a keepsake, a salt cellar or a tin they will refill for years. Nail those five and you have built one of the best wine gift baskets on the block. Our Build Your Own Box makes the gourmet half easy, and Food Gifts for Christmas has more ready-to-give sets.

Wine and Cheese Gift Baskets, Meat and Cheese Gift Baskets, and Wine and Chocolate Gift Baskets

Wine and cheese gift baskets work because the board does the entertaining. Add a finishing salt for the cheeses, raw honey for the drizzle, and a smoked or truffle salt to push it toward charcuterie; our Flake Salt & Cellar and Raw Blackberry Honey cover the essentials. Meat and cheese gift baskets lean on smoke, so Infused Cherrywood Smoked Salt ties salami, prosciutto, and hard cheeses together. Wine and chocolate gift baskets are the easiest crowd-pleaser: a bottle, two kinds of caramel, and a salt made for finishing sweets.

Pairing cheat sheet

Pinot Noir or a light red: Infused Pinot Noir Salt on dark chocolate. Cabernet or Zinfandel: Salty Chocolate Caramels, since salt tames tannins. Crisp white or Sauvignon Blanc: flake salt and fresh cheese. Sparkling: Salty Classic Caramels for sweet-salty contrast. Bold red with a hearty board: Cherrywood Smoked Salt on charcuterie. Chardonnay or a richer white: Blackberry Honey on soft cheese.

Christmas Wine Gift Baskets and Gifts for Wine Lovers Who Have Everything

For wine gift baskets for Christmas, lean into abundance and a keepsake. A gift set like The Starter Kit does most of the work; you add the bottle and a ribbon. Christmas wine gift baskets built this way feel like effortless gourmet holiday gifts and polished holiday food gift baskets.

Gifts for wine lovers who own every gadget should be consumables and keepsakes they will actually reach for. Skip the novelty wine accessories gifts and give flavor: the most-used wine accessories gifts improve the food beside the bottle, like a Ceramic Arch Salt Cellar, refillable slide tins, and a salt collection.

Bringing wine as a host gift? A crisp white or a food-friendly Pinot Noir pairs with almost any spread; add a small edible gift the host can use that night, and see Hostess Gifts for Every Occasion. For other recipients: Gifts for Foodies, Gourmet Food Gifts, Gifts for Chefs & Cooks, Best Kitchen Gifts, Gifts for Bakers, Top Housewarming Gifts for the Home Cook, and Best Housewarming Gifts, Ranked.

Jacobsen Co. Seasonings on kitchen counter, including Ramen Seasoning, Seafood Seasoning, Steak Seasoning and Taco Seasoning

16

Build Your Own Box: Seasonings

Price: $ 95.00

Best for: the recipient who hosts every dinner

For the wine lover who's really a cook in disguise, build a box of seasonings to fuel the food that fills the table. A strong pick among gourmet holiday gifts when you want something bigger than a single jar.

Shop now
Three small rectangular dark brown metal tins decorated with gold botanical illustrations, arranged diagonally on a light beige textured stone surface. One tin is open, showing pink pinot noir salt inside, while the others show pure flake and pure kosher salt.

15

Sea Salt Slide Tin Trio

Price: $ 24.00

Best for: design-minded recipients

A limited-edition trio of Pure Flake, Pure Kosher, and Infused Pinot Noir slide tins, illustrated by artist Kate Towers. The Pinot Noir tin makes it a natural fit for a wine theme, and it's small enough to top a basket like an ornament. An easy way to add polish to any holiday food gift baskets.

Shop now
Trio of Jacobsen Pure Sea Salts, including Pure Italian Sea Salt canister, Pure Flake Sea Salt bag and Pure Kosher Sea Salt canister

14

Salty Larder

Price: $ 38.00

Best for: the serious home cook

All three Pure Sea Salt grain sizes, flake, kosher, and fine. For a wine lover who also cooks the dinner the wine goes with, this signals you thought about the whole meal.

Customer review: “The fine Italian sea salt has become my go-to baking salt, the flake sea salt makes for a fancy finish, and the kosher is an everyday workhorse.”

– Mandy

Shop now
8.62 oz jar of Jacobsen Raw Blackberry Honey

13

Raw Buckwheat Honey

Price: $ 13.00

Best for: the bold-red drinker

Dark and rich with deep molasses notes, this single-origin honey stands up to strong cheeses and hearty reds where a lighter honey would vanish. Drizzle it over an aged gouda. Never heated or blended.

Customer review: “My husband and I love this Buckwheat Honey. It has a molasses like flavor with hints of very dark maple syrup.”

– Valerie

Shop now
Open blue three pack bundle box, with Black Pepper, Habanero and Black Garlic Infused Sea Salts inside

12

Build Your Own Box

Price: $ 95.00

Best for: the person who knows exactly what they like

Choose 3 or 6 items from our infusions and honey varietals, in a gift box ready to pair with a bottle. Load it with the Pinot Noir salt, a smoked salt, and a jar of honey.

Shop now
6.5 ounce box of Jacbosen Co. Salty Black Licorice

11

Salty Black Licorice

Price: $ 13.00

Best for: the adventurous palate

Molasses, anise, and sea salt in a grown-up sweet. Licorice and a robust red share a savory-sweet complexity that keeps things interesting past the first glass. The item that makes your basket feel personal instead of just pulled off a shelf.

Customer review: “This licorice has the best blend of sweet, salty and black licorice. It's chewy but not too chewy. It's perfect!”

– Berit

Shop now
Three ceramic salt cellars, shaped like half circles in white, navy blue and canyon red. Each is filled with sea salt.

10

Ceramic Arch Salt Cellar

Price: $ 25.00

Best for: the host with a beautiful table

Made by Pigeon Toe Ceramics, this small cellar earns a permanent spot beside the cutting board. Fill it with flake salt and it becomes the tool a wine-loving cook uses every day. Pair it with a bottle and a salt refill for a complete present.

Customer review: “I bought these salt cellars as gifts for friends that live outside of Oregon. They are nicely made and were well received.”

– Juliette

Shop now
6.5 ounce box of Jacbosen Co. Salty Classic Caramels

09

Salty Classic Caramels

Price: $ 13.00

Best for: the sweet tooth

Creamy, golden, and chewy with a flash of sea salt. They pair especially well with sparkling wine or a lighter red. Set the classic and chocolate boxes side by side for a small tasting flight. Our 4 lb jar exists for a bigger crowd or holiday party.

Customer review: “Just the right amount of everything. Butter, cream, salt, texture. Love them.”

– Corey

Shop now
4oz Bag of Jacobsen Salt Co. Pure Flake Sea Salt

08

Pure Flake Sea Salt

Price: $ 15.00

Best for: cheese and charcuterie lovers

Our flagship, hand-harvested from Netarts Bay, Oregon. Bright, briny pyramidal flakes with a delicate crunch that finish everything from aged cheddar to fresh burrata. A small dish on the board invites people to season to taste. If you're assembling wine and cheese gift baskets from scratch, this is the workhorse you can't leave out.

Customer review: “Some of the best tasting salt. Just a little bit elevated every meal. Pure Pacific taste. Will be ordering again.”

– Christopher

Shop now
Jacobsen Salt Co. starter kit on a blue backdrop.

07

The Starter Kit

Price: $ 95.00

Best for: first-time salt explorers

A collection of our most beloved salts with a Ceramic Arch Salt Cellar and a guide to kickstart a salting journey, in a gift box with our sea salt slide tins. Nestle a bottle alongside it and you've built a complete Christmas wine gift basket in one purchase.

Customer review: “Packaged beautifully and every single item is delicious and high quality! Very much enjoying sampling all the salts!”

– Jessie

Shop now
A 2.46 oz jar of Jacobsen White Truffle Salt.

06

Infused White Truffle Salt

Price: $ 48.00

Best for: the recipient who has everything

Flake salt blended with ground Italian white truffle and white truffle tincture. A pinch over warm fries, a mushroom risotto, or a slice of prosciutto. In a meat and cheese gift basket, it's the flourish that signals you spared no thought or expense.

Customer review: “Other white truffle salts don't even come close. The texture is amazing as well as the flavor. Pairs perfectly with beef!”

– Justin

Shop now
4oz bage of Jacobsen Pure Flake Sea Salt next to a cool grey salt cellar filled with sea salt.

05

Flake Salt & Cellar

Price: $ 40.00

Best for: hosts and tablescape people

Every basket needs one thing they'll keep after the wine's gone. Our best-selling Pure Flake Sea Salt with a handcrafted salt cellar from Portland's Pigeon Toe Ceramics, in three coastal colorways. It lives on the table beside the cheese and then on their counter for years to come.

Customer review: “After tasting your Flaky Salt on a steak or on a baguette topped with butter it always ends the same way: ‘Wow - the best I ever had!’”

– Sascha

Shop now
A 2.39 oz jar of Jacobsen Infused Cherrywood Smoked Salt.

04

Infused Cherrywood Smoked Salt

Price: $ 15.00

Best for: cured-meat and grilling fans

Our flake salt, cold-smoked over cherrywood for gentle depth without harshness. A natural partner for salami, prosciutto, and hard cheeses. In meat and cheese gift baskets, smoke ties the whole spread together.

Customer review: “Simple, but the smoke draws out underlying flavors in the food. Great on a grilled ribeye or pan-fried potatoes.”

– Stephen

Shop now
6.5 ounce box of Jacobsen Salty Chocolate Caramels

03

Salty Chocolate Caramels

Price: $ 13.00

Best for: the chocolate-and-red-wine crowd

Chewy caramels finished with a flash of sea salt. The salinity cuts the sweetness and lets a Cabernet or Zinfandel shine. The heart of a wine and chocolate gift basket: set the open box beside the glasses.

Customer review: “Absolutely delicious. My wife's new favorite treat. Love the flavor with the hint of salt.”

– Joshua

Shop now
8.62 ounce jar of Jacobsnen Raw Blackberry Honey

02

Raw Blackberry Honey

Price: $ 13.00

Best for: blue cheese and soft-cheese fans

Light and floral, single-origin, never heated, blended, or ultra-filtered. Drizzled over a wedge of blue or a spoonful of ricotta, it's the sweet-savory bridge that makes a cheese plate feel considered. Also lovely with a crisp white or a sparkling wine.

Customer review: “This is the only honey we use for our tea and biscuits. It is so beautifully crafted and consistently delicious.”

– Phyllis

Shop now
A 2.5 oz jar of Jacobsen Infused Pinot Noir Salt.

01

Infused Pinot Noir Salt

Price: $ 15.00

Best for: any wine lover

The anchor of any wine basket. We infuse our flake salt with Oregon Pinot Noir from Landmass Wines, so it carries rich aromatics and a sweet, red-fruit flavor. Crush a few flakes over a seared steak, a wedge of dark chocolate, or roasted beets, anywhere you'd pour a glass of red.

Customer review: “Super tasty with beef and hearty vegetables such as broccoli and asparagus. I love the color as well.”

– Bonnie

Shop now