Shopping for Christmas can be a drag, especially when you are busy. BONA went shopping to help you find the perfect items for hubby, the family and yourself.
FOR YOU
Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve
It’s been a long year so why not spoil yourself with a special bottle of this celebratory blend, Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve. Enjoyed on the rocks or as a cocktail, Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve is a great way to celebrate the festive season.
RRP: R659
Cocktail Recipe: Gold Spark
- 40ml Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve
- 20ml elderflower syrup
- 15ml sour syrup (1tsp lemon juice, 10ml water and 2 tsp sugar)
- 30ml premium soda water
- Pour the Johnnie Walker, elderflower syrup and sour syrup in a champagne glass. Top with soda water and garnish with gold flakes
Shimmering J.C. Le Roux Scintilla
Encased in a limited edition, beautifully faceted gift pack dusted with gold, Scintilla 2008, the signature Méthode Cap Classique from The House of J.C. Le Roux, is a must have on your wish list this festive season. The limited edition gift pack is available exclusively at Makro at R175 during the festive season while stocks last.
Amarula
There’s the fun and innovative lantern pack that comes with a 750ml bottle of Amarula, selling for R200. This gift is perfect for a romantic dinner, picnic or camping trip, as the lantern is designed to let you insert a candle and, with cut-out patterns, it casts a warm glow on your setting.
Planet Fitness Gift Card
January will come and we soon will be making plans to tone up and get fit, why not do it at Planet Fitness? Planet Fitness has 23 health clubs located in the Western Cape and Gauteng with a new club opening KZN in December. The gift card, which costs R295.00 from selected Pick n Pay stores nationwide, gives you local, premier membership to a Planet Fitness health club for one month.
Sorbet Spa Escape
When you smell good, you feel good. Get the spa feeling with this Sorbet gift set. Available at Clicks for R240
KWV Classic Collection Moscato 2014
This KWV Classic Collection Moscato displays floral, perfume and peach aromas with an abundance of Muscat on the nose. Get it for R42 at your leading liquor outlets.
FOR THE SPECIAL MAN
BISQUIT COGNAC V.S CLASSIQUE WITH A ROLLER GLASS
The Bisquit V.S Classique is defined by its softness and freshness, revealing a bouquet of fruity aromas with deeper notes of vanilla, cinnamon and oak. Beautifully balanced, generous and full in the mouth, this superb Cognac is best served neat. Get it for R299 from your leading liquor store.
WakaWaka
WakaWaka is a portable solar power bank and super-stylish smartphone charger and LED light that is fast becoming a sought after and essential accessory for men. Everyone with a smartphone knows there are times when you need your phone most and your batteries die. WakaWaka Power makes sure you need never be powerless again. Apart from charging your smartphone or other USB-enabled devices, WakaWaka Power is first and foremost a powerful light source that can provide more than 100 hours of safe, bright reading light from an 8-hour charge.
Available at Outdoor Warehouse or online www.sustainable.co.za
Bain’s Cape Mountain whisky gift pack
This proudly South African Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky gift set won’t fail to impress as a gift. The Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky gift sets are available from leading liquor outlets and retails for about R220.
Samsung GEAR Fit
This Christmas, ensure you stay healthy with the Samsung GEAR Fit Smart watch. The GEAR Fit offers the unmatched convenience of Samsung GEAR technology with the most comprehensive fitness tools available. You and your loved one will be sure to stay physically active without sacrificing personal style or mobile connectivity, anywhere, anytime. Changeable straps in black, orange and mocha grey will give you the choice to express your individual style – here’s to a healthy Merry Christmas. Samsung GEAR Fit: R2 299
Hennessy V.S Gift Box
With the elegant aromas of over 40 different eaux-de-vies carefully selected from the premier growing areas of the Cognac region, Hennessy V.S (‘Very Special’) combines the sweetness of red fruits with a hint of vanilla that lingers on the palate with a powerful bouquet of oak and a delicate scent of hazelnut. Available from R299.
Samsung Tab S
The Samsung Tab S allows for crystal clarity with nature’s true palette, enabling you to enjoy viewing videos and family pictures this Christmas. The Tab S will give you a deep and colourful world you see with your eyes to one you can view in your hands – the perfect companion for those embarrassing home Christmas videos and photos. Spoil your family this Christmas. 8 inch R8500.
Limited Edition Leatherman Rebar & Led Lenser P7.2 Gift Set
Looking for the ultimate gift for the outdoors-loving man who is nuts about his multi-tools and torches? Two well-known and respected brands, Leatherman and Led Lenser, have developed a limited offer gift box set that will take the headache out of finding the perfect gift for the gadget-crazy men in your life.
This two-piece gift box set includes a Leatherman Rebar multi-tool as well as a Led Lenser P7.2 torch, perfectly matching the advanced technology and durability of two of the world’s leading gadget brands. The Rebar Combo Gift Box Set is R1,599 and is available at Cape Union Mart, Due South, Trappers, Outdoor Warehouse, and Sportsmans Warehouse.
FOR YOUR IN-LAWS
Bell’s Extra Special
This Christmas, celebrate and reward the good guy in your life (maybe your father in law) with the gift of Bell’s Extra Special Scotch Whisky. Whether it’s your, father-in-law, friend or brother-in-law, with the new-look Bell’s bottle there is one more reason to Give That Man A Bell’s. We salute to all the men who display selfless acts of generosity. RRP: R169
Black Bottle
The famous Black Bottle blend of single malt and grain whiskies is living up to its name, bringing back its distinctive black bottle after a break of a century. The new Black Bottle will be available for between R240 and R260 per 750ml bottle.
Johnnie Walker Black Label
The limited edition Johnnie Walker Black Label gift set includes a glass and an ice-ball maker to make this festive season more memorable. Enhance your experience of big bold flavour by trying your hand at creating one of our signature serves using the ice ball maker. Available at Makro, Spar TOPS, Shoprite and Pick ‘n Pay for R299.
OLIVE PRIDE Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Olive Pride recently unveiled its plans to retail its premium, award winning Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a lightweight and convenient 500ml PET bottle. The new packaging, designed to incorporate the same design elements of its existing, distinctive glass bottle, is now available in stores. The 500ml PET Olive Pride Extra Virgin Olive Oil will be available for R59.99.
LINDT Bear
Christmas is a time for love, gifts and family celebration and the LINDT Bear is the most heart-warming way to show you care this Christmas.
The LINDT Bear and LINDOR Christmas ranges are available from leading retail stores nationwide at the below recommended retail prices:
- LINDT Bear 500g: RRP R299.95. Available only at Woolworths
- LINDT Bear 200g: RRP R84.99. Available only at Pick n Pay
- LINDT Bear 100g: RRP R49.99
- LINDT Bear and LINDOR Christmas Tree Decorations: RRP R99.95. Available only at SPAR
- LINDT Bear and LINDOR Gift Box: RRP R59.99. Available only at Dischem
- LINDOR Truffle Christmas Star Box: RRP R29.99
J.C. Le Roux Le Domaine and La Fleurette
With J.C. Le Roux there is always a reason to celebrate so be sure to look out for these limited edition celebration packs, available while stocks last. The Le Domaine and La Fleurette celebration twin pack is available exclusively at selected Spar stores at about R114, while the 6-bottle celebration pack at selected Pick n Pay stores costs about R342.
Bvlgari Onmia Coral
Your mother in law will love you forever with this as a gift. Get her for only R805 from Clicks.
Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum
The Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum range has just been released in South Africa and is the perfect Christmas gift for any gentleman or woman who likes to try new things. Crafted by the world’s first female Master Blender, Joy Spence, at the Appleton Estate which is a 260 year old sugar estate and distillery located in the heart of Jamaica, Appleton Estate rums should ideally be enjoyed neat or on the rocks. This 12YO is available for R359.99.
