Wife turning 30... is this a good gift?

[Jamougha]

wow I thought you were like 18

[Louis Vuitton]

sounds pretty good either way

[J.A.Sucker]

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She's gonna be disappointed I think with the package deal. The restaurant at that place is not exactly worthy of a 30th birthday. I'll also bet that the wine tour doesn't take you to the better quality wineries. Furthermore, it doesn't take any effort to book a package and effort, ime, counts for a lot when it comes to gifts for the lady. One of the reasons I'm still single is that I'm so damned lazy.

I think she would be way happier if you did something like go play disc golf and then go to a nice restaurant and then bring a really nice bottle of wine to the restaurant as well as a hand written letter talking about bla, bla, love, bla, bla, you are the best, bla, bla, bla... Better yet buy two bottles of wine. One to drink at dinner and the other to drink on her 40th birthday. it would be good to have a little story validating how much the wine rocks.

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That, and a vacuum cleaner. LDO

[El Diablo]

Boris,

"a hand written letter talking about bla, bla, love, bla, bla, you are the best, bla, bla, bla..."

So that's how you finally got a girl to stick around...

[cts]

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wow I thought you were like 18

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sounds like a good gift tho

[El Diablo]

cts,

I opened up the thread when I saw you had posted expecting a response like "Fly her to Hawaii for two weeks at a 5-star resort, then have a little Porsche or something waiting for her when you get back."

[Velocity]

I think planning out your own wine experience is a better idea than the trip. With the package it's, "oh hey i need a birthday present," while in comparison, she will appreciate that you took the time to plan a special experience, and more tailored to the two of your tastes than the stock trip would've been. Also, I think planning out the event will make it more fun for the two of you than the stock package would've been.

[SomethingClever]

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SC,

I took a look at the website and it didn't look like there were any super-romantic restaurants, but maybe I missed it. What I saw looked like more casual/fun type places.

When I mentioned splurging for dinner, I was thinking more of expensive dinner out, skipping the hotel, and really splurging on the dinner.

If you do go to the hotel and don't do the wine trip, spend some of the $$$ on some kind of spa treatment for her.

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You're right, the restaurants aren't super-romantic, but from what I could tell (and based on the restaurants at Edgefield) I think one of them will be fine.

I would guess we will only spend $150 tops ($60 hotel, mayyyybe $90 dinner if we really go nuts), so maybe I'll put the extra $100 I was planning on spending on the package on a spa treatment or massage instead.

[SomethingClever]

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cts,

I opened up the thread when I saw you had posted expecting a response like "Fly her to Hawaii for two weeks at a 5-star resort, then have a little Porsche or something waiting for her when you get back."

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If cts wants to buy my wife a Porche, I won't object.

[KDawg]

SC, if she is really into wine, it would probably be a good idea to head out to the wilamette valley for a weekend. Many wineries will have public tours and you can also call ahead for some private tours at many other places. You can probably do all of this for around the $250 you had planned on and be able to taste some real quality pinot at the same time