Consider the starter kit for the newbie or novice brewer. On the site you will find 440 winemaking items and 400 beer making items. If you can’t find a gift on this site, you aren’t trying. If you need extra help, customer service is always on hand to give advice to the beleaguered shopper.

Delivery at The Thrifty Shopper

The price of delivery varies depending on the order size. If you’ve had a brainstorm and need next day delivery, don’t panic. Next day delivery is available for just a bit more. Details can be found on the website.

Otherwise all orders placed before 2:00pm will be shipped the same day. You can choose between morning, midday or evening delivery. Deliveries are not made at the weekend. Please note that most deliveries require a signature.

There is Free Mainland UK (zone 1) shipping for all orders over £25. Fees for shipping vary by location and weight of the item being shipped. Refer to the list for postage costs by zone. If there is a location not mentioned, just ask for a price.

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Now you don’t have to battle with a brolly through the rain and wind to pick up your favourite bottle of Chablis. You can simply mosey around the online store from the comfort of your living room instead. What a selection you’ll find if you do.

There are mixed cases of delectable wines to choose from, lagers, ales and malt beers galore, sumptuous champagnes and ports, sherries and spirits to suit every taste. You’ll also find beautiful gift options with wines packed in elegant wooden wine boxes. For bulk orders some generous discounts on retail prices are available.

Delivery at Oddbins

Make your payment before 2.30pm and for a fee of £9.99 your luscious liquor will arrive on your wine rack the very next working day. You must purchase more than 12 bottles. If you’ve ordered less than twelve bottles, the express delivery fee is £8.99.

You must be available to sign for your delivery when the doorbell rings. Standard Delivery charges are £6.99 for twelve or more bottles, and £5.99 for eleven bottles or under. When requesting standard delivery, you’ll hear the clink of bottles at your front door no more than 4 days later. Orders should be placed between Monday and Thursday. Deliveries are not made on Fridays or at weekends.

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Gone Digging promise to fix this eternal problem once and for all by ‘digging up the perfect gift’, meaning that you get to take the credit for their thoughtful and quirky ideas. Gone Digging specialise in personalised presents, suitable for both genders and all ages. Original newspapers from a given date make a great birthday or anniversary present, and mean you can write outrageous tabloid stories about anyone you like – and get away with it. Personalised mugs, calendars and books are also favourites.

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Delivery at Gone Digging

Order times vary depending on the service required (e.g. book embossing takes longer than normal print). Standard delivery is £3.50 for items under £25 and £5 for items over £25. Next-day delivery is available for £10, where orders are placed before 1pm.

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The site offers a massive array of spirits, wines and champagnes in small servings (50ml, or two shots). Now you can explore the obscure and refined world of single malts without taking out a second mortgage, sample absinthe without suffering temporaty insanity, or find the perfect boozy favours for a posh party.

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Delivery at Just Miniature Gifts

Delivery charges are calculated by order at checkout. Delivery usually takes a few working days. Personalised orders may take 1 to 2 weeks to deliver.

Gifts at Just Miniature Gifts

Miniature bottles of alcohol, from spirits to wine and champagne.

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This high street and online favourite sells some of the classiest chocolate out there, making them ideal as a last-minute present for just about anyone. With a strong ethical and organic policy, as well as outstanding taste, it’s a delicious treat that you don’t have to feel bad about giving (or eating).

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One of the best things about Green and Blacks is the gift menu: you can choose from one of a range of pre-prepared presents (Bars and Beers, which combines luxury chocolate with British organic beer in a gift box, is one to remember for the boys), or tailor-make your own gift package by selecting from their range of 15 different flavours, from 85% dark chocolate through espresso, cherry and ginger to milk and white chocolate.

Delivery at Green and Blacks

Standard delivery is £4.95 and takes around 3 working days. Next-day delivery (orders must be placed before 3pm) is £6.50.

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Send Chocs does what it says on the tin plus a little extra on top: they send fine chocolates, wine and champagne direct to the door of your recipient, saving your skin in the process. Chocolates are made in the continental style with a high cocoa content; many are only made for Send Chocs and so are unique. You can add a set message to your box and the range of different selections means there’s something suitable for most occasions.

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Delivery at Send Chocs

Free UK Delivery applies to mainland UK postal areas; other destinations are by arrangement. Chocolates are sent via Royal Mail first class post. Hampers are dispatched by next day courier.

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Ethicalsuperstore stocks everything the budding eco-warrior could need. All of their products satisfy at least one of the following criteria: fair trade, organic, eco-friendly, health/wellness promotion or education and awareness. The very greenest of your friends will be impressed when they see what you’ve found them, from Fairtrade banana beer to a wind-up MP3 player.

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Delivery at Ethical Superstore

Next-day delivery (orders placed by 2pm Monday to Friday) costs £5.95. For an extra £1, you can support ethicalsuperstore.com’s carbon offset delivery programme – the first of its kind in the UK. Standard delivery (3 to 6 days) costs £3.95 for packages over 750g and £2.50 for under 750g.

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Delivery at Nife Is Life

Same day delivery in central London is available for £3.50 (as long as you order over £60 worth of goods). Orders must be received before 12 noon Monday-Saturday.

Next day delivery will set you back £6.50 and your goods will be delivered anywhere in the UK mainland, Monday-Saturday, for all orders received and processed before 6pm Monday-Friday.

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The Drink Shop.com is a one stop shop for almost every kind of alcohol imaginable; as well as the standard wine and beer, they stock exciting spirits like absinthe, cachaca, calvados, grappa, pisco, poteen, tequila and mescal. Schnapps, gin, rum and vodka are all present and correct too, and there’s a whole world of whisky to wade through. Mixers are also available as well as natty bar accessories, so you can do your best Tom-Cruise-in-Cocktail impression.

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Delivery at The Drink Shop.com

Next day delivery is offered with courier Initial Citylink and costs £8.99 for orders up to 3kg, and there is a 26p charge for every kilo above this.

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Delivery at Flowergram

If you order before 2pm, your flowers will be delivered same day. However, this is only available on Monday to Friday. The flowers will be prepared and delivered by independent local florists.

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