This holiday season show your loved ones just how much you care by shopping local to find the perfect gift. Giving someone one the gift of locally produced edibles, treats or products says so much more than a commercial gift.
Find gifts for the chocolate lover, the beer lover, the chef and more on the Sip and Savour Trail.
The Chocolate Lover
Everyone knows a chocolate lover can tell the different between an artisanal well-crafted and a commercially made chocolate. These local chocolatiers produce perfectly made confections that will warm the soul.
Hummingbird Chocolate Maker in Almonte is obsessed with making award-winning bean to bar chocolates. They source the best quality cacao to craft their chocolate, creating a complexity of flavours that varies depending on the cacao bean’s country of origin. Hummingbird Chocolate has created a “HoliYay!” box with all of their award-winning chocolate bars in it that would be perfect for a gift this year.
Dive deeper into the world of chocolate and gift a Perth Chocolate Works box for Christmas, creating your very own artisan chocolate box specialized for your loved one. Order online and personally select each delicious chocolatey flavour to gift to someone special.
At Village Treats in the village of Lanark, you will find chocolates that have withstood the test of time – this local favourite has been in business since 1979! Check out their holiday chocolates that make the perfect stocking stuffer.
If you give some of these chocolates as a gift this holiday season, it is guaranteed to gain the respect and affection of any chocolate lover.
The Beer Lover
If you are shopping for a beer lover these craft breweries offer the perfect gift; from stocking stuffers to fun 12 beers of Christmas packs they’ve got you covered.
Nothing makes the holiday season better than a cold brewed enjoyed in front of the shining lights of a Christmas tree, and Perth Brewery’s 12 Beers of Christmas will give you a variety of seasonal beer flavours to choose from. Looking for a stocking stuff? Braumeister Brewing Co. has the craft beer that will do for the job. And if you toss in one of their new toques you will have one happy beer connoisseur.
Other craft breweries offer beer that you might not be able to find at your local LCBO and can be found all over Lanark County concocting delicious brews just for you. Pick up a few from each and create a local sampling pack with a little bit of everything in it.
The Chef
We all have a loved one that you can’t tear away from the kitchen, always concocting delicious new recipes that we just love to taste test. This year, give a gift that you both can enjoy from Pêches et Poivre in Almonte – they offer goody bag subscriptions, gift baskets and a monthly subscription to the Almonte Cheese Club, all of which will make that Chef at heart very happy.
Browse their online store or visit in person and find something for that hard to shop for person on your list – doesn’t everyone love a good charcuterie board, handcrafted wooden spoon, or cute teapot?
Boozy Boxes
Anyone who has the in-laws coming or is working hard to create the perfect Christmas dinner will appreciate a boozy box for Christmas. Dairy Distillery in Almonte offers several gift ideas for dairy lovers who really shouldn’t be consuming lactose, if you know what I mean. This intrepid distillery has created Canada’s first lactose free cream liquor and their Vodkow Cream Liquor Gift Pack is the perfect holiday gift for cocktail and eggnog lovers.
In Perth, Top Shelf Distillers is offering a variety of craft spirit creations this holiday season, like their Truly Canadian Butter Tart Kit or their Apple Pie Moonshine Mule Kit will gift someone with everything they need to craft a great cocktail at home.
The Cheese Lover
Don’t cheese or wine make the best gifts?? At Perth Cheese Shop in downtown Perth you can explore cheeses from around the world, and they have a ton of fun kitchen gadgets that will make the perfect accompaniment to a sturdy cheese wheel or charcut-a-cone (you’ll have to ask to find out what that is).
If you need a cheesy gift basket, check out the gift baskets at the Perth Cheese Shop or you can also head down the street to Foodsmiths, known for their amazing gift baskets chock full of local products.
The Maple Lover
It goes without saying that in Canada maple anything makes the perfect holiday gift and is a great option for teachers, bus drivers, postal workers, friends, family, and more! Find the perfect maple-inspired gift from a local maple syrup producer like Fulton’s Sugar Bush & Maple Shop in Pakenham, Wheelers Maple in McDonald’s Corners, or Thompsontown Maple Products in Clayton. You can order online from most of these producers or swing past and pick it up right on site. Slap on a bow and you’ve got the perfect – and local – gift!
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Find more inspiration for local gift giving that will make your holiday gift giving easier, including sweet treats or baked goods (think German-inspired pretzels), dining gift cards, or one-of-a-kind art from a Canadian artist on the Sip & Savour Trail.