parent | Home » » Wine.com Elegant Extravaganza Gift Basket | | | | | | | Description: | | An extravaganza of gourmet delicacies for that special someone on your gift list. Bursting with savory and sweet goodies, this basket packs the crunch with various types of cookies, gourmet crackers and cheese spread, chocolate popcorn, honey roasted peanuts and much more. | | | Features: | |
• Nearly 5 pounds of pure delectable bliss.
• Includes: butter cookies, biscotti, chocolate chip cookies, Napa mustard, beef salami, Sonoma Jack cheese, and more.
• Let's not forget the Ghirardelli chocolate squares, chocolate drizzled popcorn, honey roasted peanuts, and Sonoma cheese straws.
• This one is sure to please.
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 5.4 pounds | | Package Length:
| 16.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 12.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 10.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 5.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 30 reviews |
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Average Customer Review:
 ( 30 customer reviews )
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
86 of 87 found the following review helpful:
 Great basket, but NOT 5 pounds of food (3.1 pounds)Nov 23, 2011
By Cupcake
First off, this is a really nice gift basket. The basket itself is sturdy and attractive stained wicker with nice hinged picnic handles. All of the food inside is yummy and nicely packaged. Even the bow is a nice sheer fabric bow. It doesn't go sky-high as in the picture--I think that's just to allow all the contents to show. And although gift baskets always seem wildly overpriced to me, this one's pretty reasonable, considering the quality of the contents (the biscotti in particular are excellent). You're probably be paying only about $10 more if you bought everything individually at a gourmet store (you'd save more from a nice grocery store).
HowEVER, the first point in the description says "nearly 5 pounds of pure delectable bliss."
While it may be delectable bliss, it is certainly NOT 5 pounds. It's actually just over 3 pounds, or 40% less in weight than the description. Since the description doesn't list individual weights, and the buyer only has that to go by, this is pretty important.
Here are the item weights:
5.4oz mint chocolates
5oz honey roasted peanuts
4.4 butter cookies
1.75oz mustard
5oz sausage
2oz cheese straws
8oz biscotti
6oz popcorn
4oz cheese
2oz choc chip cookies
2oz smoked almonds
4oz crackers
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49.55 oz / 16 oz = 3.09 pounds
I'm guessing it's an honest mistake and someone unaccustomed to imperial weights might have seen 49.55 ounces and made a metric-like conversion to "nearly 5."
But there it is.
If they fix that description, I'd bump it up to 4 stars. Great basket, very nice food, pretty good value, but a wee bit too pricy for the full 5 stars. (If it actually were 5# of goodies, it would be a fantastic value and well worth 5 stars.)
Note: this review is based on a price of 69 bucks, but I saw one reviewer that paid 25. For 25, I'd call it a 5-star steal.
28 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 Wonderful Thanksgiving present !Nov 23, 2010
By Marina B. B. Cunha
As I live in Brazil and wanted to send a present to a dear friend in the USA, I checked all possible items that could made her pleased, and since she likes gourmet food and has good taste I needed to be careful. Her review for the Extravaganza Gift Basket was great, all items fresh and delicious, even the basket itself, together with a lovely ribbon, would be useful, she said. Excellent for fruits and or vegetables or just decoration. (I thought of newspaper or magazines). Will definitly send it again to friends.
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic Gift!Oct 30, 2010
By T. Butts
"Tom B"
What a wonderful response I got from my family when we sent this basket to them for a birthday. They said the presentation was gorgeous and that it was such a great surprise. All the foods go well with wine and let's face it - that's a plus!
I will purchase this again for other friends/family. Good price and well done!!
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Attractive, tasty, and elegantNov 23, 2011
By Talvi
When I send a gift basket to someone, I want it to be:
- Classy: nice basket, nice packaging (I've seen baskets that are almost all packaging)
- Gourmet: high quality, some brand names that have a repuation for quality / being expensive - something that your giftee might not treat themselves with
- Fresh: chocolate isn't melted, everything is sealed and has the right texture
- Variety: Savory and sweet, crunchy and smooth, an ADVENTURE!
This gift basket fit the bill in most regards. It is a really nice variety of tasty items in a very classy presentation (note two things - the item doesn't arrive as pictured as the items are packed into the basket not on top of as shown, and the back box was a little scrunchied). Also, the items are interesting, but there aren't a lot of name brand gourmet items (which does keep the price down) or rare / exotic items (it's a US-products basket). This gift basket is a taste adventure, a fun indulgence of goodies that a friend or family member wouldn't necessarily treat themselves to. The basket is very sturdy, attractive, and reusable. This is a basket I send during the summer and say, "here's a picnic for you to take to your next trip to the park!" or in winter "grab a blanket and spread it out in front of the fireplace an enjoy an indoor winter picnic!".
Just keep in mind that in general all gift baskets, once unpacked, seem like a lot less. You really need to pay attention to listed weights when ordering - note that the total weight indicated in the description isn't equivalent to what is below.
Savory
Beef salami - 5 oz
Cheese wedges - 4 oz
Cheddar Cheese straws - 2 oz
Smoked almonds - 2 oz
Honey roasted peanuts - 5 oz
Crackers (pepper) - 4 oz
Sweet
Lemon almond biscotti - 8 oz
Caramel popcorn (w/chocolate) - 6 oz
Ghiradelli chocolate squares - 5 oz
Chocolate chip cookies - 2 oz
Butter cookies - 4 oz
I always say to myself that I can do it cheaper, but by the time I run to TJMaxx and other places to get "exotic" items, get the basket, get the clear cellophane, box it up, and ship it...I've spent HOURS and it's 3/4 of the cost.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
What A Nice Gift BasketNov 22, 2011
By M. Lafferman
Never having dealt with Wine.com I didn't really know what to expect as far as how their gift baskets would be. This was my first one with this company.
What a nice surprise this gift basket was! This was a very professional looking gift basket. It made a nice presentation. I would feel very comfortable in sending this to someone say for a holiday gift, or as a thank you, or just because.
To start, the gift basket had a nice green and gold bow wrapped around the basket. I plan on reusing the bow, and the gift basket, which is a darker brown, woven, with a handle on each side. I love baskets. I will definitely be finding a new use for this gift basket! It kind of reminded me of a picnic basket without the top. The basket is not too small, so I would think a person could find many uses for this basket. It looks very well made too.
Everything fit neatly inside. Everything in the gift basket was nicely arranged. Each box, package or can was colorful, very gourmet looking. The only item I recognized right off the bat was the Ghiradelli Dark and Mint Squares, 5.32 ounces, because I had purchased them before.
Here is a list of what was included in this gift basket.
1. Garlic and Herb Cheese wedges, box of six wedges. 4 ounces. I tried two of the wedges, good enough to eat by itself.
2. Beef Salami- 5 ounces. I plan to save this for when my dad comes to visit, along with the jar of Hot Sweet Mustard included.
3. Box of Aged Cheddar Cheese Straws- 2 ounces. I didn't care for these. They were too spicy for me. I just didn't care for these at all.
4. Box of Lemon Almond Biscotti- 8 ounces. I have had biscotti before, in many varieties. These are great with a good cup of tea or coffee.
5. The bag of Ghiradelli Dark and Mint Chocolate Squares I mentioned above, 5.32 ounces.
6. Bag of Chocolate Caramel Gourmet Popcorn- 6 ounces. I did try this. It was delicious. I had never had this kind of popcorn before with Chocolate Caramel. You can clearly see those pieces among the popcorn.
7. Box of Smoked Almonds- 2 ounces.
8. Box of Chocolate Chip Cookies- 2 ounces. These tasted more like shortbread cookies to me.
9. Box of Three Pepper Water Crackers- 4 0unces. I imagine that these crackers would go very well with either the salami or garlic and herb cheese wedges included.
10. Can of Honey Roasted Peanuts- 5 ounces. Fresh and tasty.
11. Box of Sweet Butter Cookies- 4.4 ounces. The box was alittle dented due to the fact that it was the furthest back in the gift basket.
Everything was nicely arranged. What I did try was very fresh. I loved looking at all of the different packaging, which was also very nice. It's not just about the product to me, but how it is presented too. Everything was nicely laid out in the gift basket, which did make the gift basket full, without empty spaces. None of the items were damaged.
The box that the gift basket came in had those air pillows, so that the basket was cushioned. Even the things that you would refrigerate were cool, so that nothing melted.
I thought the assortment had plenty of items to share, or to give someone as a small gift. I definitely think this kind of gift basket would be very nice to share, if you do decide to do so.
All in all Iam very pleased. I think most of the items included in this gift basket were generous in size, not just like a sample size. A good combination of both sweet and salty items.
When you order online you just hope that what you ordered will be as good as you read it would be when you get it. I have found very few items surpass that, but in this case this gift basket far exceeded my expectations.
I would glady order either this gift basket or others from Wine.com. Iam very pleased that my first encounter with this company was such a pleasant one. I will be sure to keep this company in mind should I need to send someone a gift basket, either as a gift or for myself.
A+++
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