On Nov 17, 3:43*pm, Goomba > wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
> > On Nov 17, 1:26 pm, Goomba > wrote:
> >> Has anyone ever used a mail order wine company to send gift wines to
> >> friends or family for Christmas? *Any recommendations on good companies
> >> to deal with? *Anything special I need to be aware of?
>
> >> I'm stumped as to what to send my step-mother for Christmas. If she
> >> needed or wanted anything she'd just go get it. Christmas gifts are
>
> > "Harry and David" get kudos from me - my brother & wife send me a
> > towering bunch of boxes every year. *Other than that, I like to send
> > gift boxes from our sorta local Amana Colonies, which are only 20
> > miles away.
>
> > N.
>
> Harry & David are wonderful but she eats little fruit and no sweets
> because at her age (80) she's able to manage her Type II diabetes via
> diet alone (trading off for that that nightly cocktail, I guess? LOL)
> She still plays tennis 2x/week and golf 1x/week, so she's no invalid.
> She just is careful. She lives alone so doesn't need a large quantity of
> anything. I'm thinking wine and cheese could be good, but want to find
> the right purveyor. I'll look at that Amana Colonies. Don't they do a
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No, the famous Iowa blue cheese is "Maytag." Amana might offer Maytag
blue, but I doubt it. I do know they offer about everything they can
ship, online....

N.