Limoges Wine and Champagne Boxes
Wine and champagne Limoges boxes put the whole cellar on a single side table, cork and all. Bordeaux crates, a Chateau St Emilion red, a Bourgogne bottle and a Chianti in its straw basket share the rack with cognac, a sommelier perched on his barrel and a corkscrew ready for service. Each piece is porcelain from Limoges, France, painted by hand and closed with a small metal clasp. Champagne earns its own row. Bottles chill in gold, silver and blue ice buckets, flutes stand ready for a toast, and one box is nothing more than a champagne cork trimmed in gold.
A Congratulations toast and a Millennium bottle make easy work of a promotion, an engagement or a big anniversary, and a Merry Christmas pair of glasses handles the December party. For the serious drinker there are taster sets with crates and bottles, a wine barrel on a brass stand, a Napa Valley crate and a picnic basket packed with wine and cheese. A Swiss Army knife with a brass corkscrew suits the friend who always opens the bottle. Set one beside the decanter or on the bar cart, where guests will reach for it before the real glass.
