Order Hampers for a Wedding or Anniversary

Match the hamper to the year

The number on the anniversary is a useful shortcut when you are choosing.

• First and second. Sparkling with something sweet. Chocolatier Belgian chocolate truffles, Borgo de Medici macarons, Buttermilk caramel sea salt fudge. Light, celebratory, not solemn.
• Fifth to fifteenth. A wine hamper does more work here. Château Tanunda Grand Barossa Shiraz or Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc with Valley Produce Company mini artisan crackers, Kangaroo Island olives and the fig and almond pyramid, which is a board rather than a snack.
• Twenty-fifth, fortieth, fiftieth. This is where the named champagne earns its place. Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label or Moët & Chandon Impérial Brut, with truffles and shortbread alongside.

What is actually in the bottle

No sparkling-wine sleight of hand. The champagne hampers hold G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge, Moët & Chandon Impérial Brut or Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, and the wine hampers hold Château Tanunda Grand Barossa Shiraz, Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc or Bay of Stones shiraz and sauvignon blanc. Compare the champagne hampers against the food and wine hampers and pick on the drinker, not the ribbon.

If they do not drink

Plenty of anniversaries are better served without it, and a hamper that arrives with a bottle nobody opens is a small failure. The alcohol-free hampers carry the same sweet and savoury range, so the gift still reads as a celebration.

When the anniversary is not yours

Adult children sending to parents, and friends sending to a couple, tend to over-think the bottle and under-think the timing. Two things help. Aim for the hamper to land before the day rather than on it, since a gift arriving the morning after is a flat note and nothing in the box spoils. And if the couple are going out for dinner, choose something they will open at home the following weekend, which means chocolate and a savoury board rather than a bottle competing with a restaurant list. Anything in the gift hamper range can carry an anniversary message.

Sending it to a hotel or a venue

Anniversaries are often spent away. A hamper can be addressed to a hotel or accommodation provider so it is waiting when the couple check in. Ring the property first, give them the arrival name and booking date, and put both in the delivery instructions. Our accommodation hampers are packed with exactly that in mind.

Getting the card right

The gift card is free and personalised, and it is the part they will keep. Short beats clever. Name the number of years and one thing that is true: Twelve years. Still the best decision either of us made. Or for someone else's anniversary, Thirty years of you two feeding everyone else. Your turn. Write it in the message field at checkout and it is slipped under the bow inside the box.

Which hamper works for a 25th anniversary?

A named champagne, most often Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label or Moët & Chandon Impérial Brut, with chocolate and a savoury board around it. A milestone anniversary is the one occasion where the bottle should be recognisable before it is unwrapped.

Can I have it delivered to the reception venue?

Yes, provided someone there will accept and hold it. Venues and hotels usually will if you have arranged it, so confirm with them, then add the event or booking name to the delivery instructions so nothing is refused at the door.

Is there an anniversary hamper without alcohol?

There is a full alcohol-free range, and it is a common choice for parents' and grandparents' anniversaries. Nothing in it needs refrigerating, so it can be bought well ahead and put away until the day.

How much notice should I give for a specific date?

Order before 12pm on a weekday and the hamper is dispatched that day, tracked with Australia Post. Transit is not ours to promise, so for a date that matters, order several days ahead rather than relying on the last possible dispatch.