What do you buy this Christmas for the person who has everything? I have the answer…… a personalised grape holder, designed to hold exactly 12 grapes!

And why would you need one of these I can hear you asking? Again, the answer is quite simple – to stop your grapes rolling off the table.

But why do you need a holder specifically for 12 grapes, you persist? Perhaps only our Spanish readers will understand the significance? You might need one for the 12 grapes that you eat on midnight on 31st December – one for each chime of the clock. 

Eating grapes at 12 o’clock is supposed to bring you luck for the coming new year, but the truth of the matter is that it was originally designed as a marketing ploy by grape growers in a year when they had a surfeit of fruit (perhaps we could have done the same with our 2011 harvest?) Obviously the idea caught on, and it has since become an annual tradition.

Having said that, the idea that you might actually need a specially designed holder for your fruit is a bit beyond me I’m afraid. Even as a person that loves gadgets I think I can live quite happily without one.

What do you buy this Christmas for the person who has everything? I have the answer…… a personalised grape holder, designed to hold exactly 12 grapes!

And why would you need one of these I can hear you asking? Again, the answer is quite simple – to stop your grapes rolling off the table.

But why do you need a holder specifically for 12 grapes, you persist? Perhaps only our Spanish readers will understand the significance? You might need one for the 12 grapes that you eat on midnight on 31st December – one for each chime of the clock. 

Eating grapes at 12 o’clock is supposed to bring you luck for the coming new year, but the truth of the matter is that it was originally designed as a marketing ploy by grape growers in a year when they had a surfeit of fruit (perhaps we could have done the same with our 2011 harvest?) Obviously the idea caught on, and it has since become an annual tradition.

Having said that, the idea that you might actually need a specially designed holder for your fruit is a bit beyond me I’m afraid. Even as a person that loves gadgets I think I can live quite happily without one.

When we are drunk we sweat alcohol through our pores, and so what better way to freshen up than to rinse ourselves down with a tablet of booze scented soap? Whacky, but apparently true…..

Both organic and vegan-friendly, these responsibly produced(?) bars come a selection of scents that sound more like a cocktail list than something you would find in your bathroom cabinet – gin & tonic, whisky sour, screwdriver, and prohibition spiced rum!

I wonder if we have enough time to produce an albariño aftershave between now and Christmas?

When we are drunk we sweat alcohol through our pores, and so what better way to freshen up than to rinse ourselves down with a tablet of booze scented soap? Whacky, but apparently true…..

Both organic and vegan-friendly, these responsibly produced(?) bars come a selection of scents that sound more like a cocktail list than something you would find in your bathroom cabinet – gin & tonic, whisky sour, screwdriver, and prohibition spiced rum!

I wonder if we have enough time to produce an albariño aftershave between now and Christmas?