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Top 5 French Gift Baskets

By Kelby Carr, About.com

French gift baskets make wonderful gifts, whether the person on your list is a lover of fine gourmet food, French wine or even delectable French chocolates. Here are the best French gift baskets, collections and samplers.

1. French Treasures Gift Basket

This wonderful and huge French gift basket includes a mix of French gourmet essentials and fine extras. The must-have French staples include fleur de sel (fine French salt from Brittany), delectable French butter, true French Dijon mustard in a ceramic crock, hazelnut oil and chocolate fondue. It also features a diverse cheese collection ranging from a P'tit Basque, Roquefort, a specialty cheese from the Alps and a Loire chevre. The cheeses can be presented on the included paper cheese leaves, and enjoyed with a goat cheese fig and raisin fruit spread.

2. Syrah Spa Gift Basket

Two of France's finest indulgences are wine and spa treatments. Let your gift recipient enjoy their own home version of vinotherapie, or wine spa treatments, with this unique gift basket. It includes pampering bath products containing Syrah wine, French milled soaps, Cabernet Sauvignon flavored wine biscuits and, the pièce de resistance, a bottle of Syrah wine.

3. Classic French Gift Basket

If you can't afford the elaborate French treasures basket above, this is a small but special sampling of French gourmet items that is much less expensive. It includes a sweet and nutty Alpine Gruyère cheese, a tangy Loire chevre, rasberry jam from the Pyrenees, French candies and an authentic Dijon mustard.

4. Metairie Wine Collection

Give someone a boost or start to a wine collection with this wonderfully diverse and inexpensive French wine sampler set. This collection includes a dozen bottles at an amazing $112 price, and with a range of varieties like Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc. The wines come from an award-winning vineyard in the Languedoc Region's splendid Aude department.

5. Bon Voyage Gift Basket

For the jet-setter on your list, let them take the spa with them on their travels or their next trip to France. Packaged in a a faux alligator travel case, this gift basket set includes lotion, shampoo, body wash, conditioner, loofah pad, hand-held wooden massager, hand refreshers, wooden nail brush, pumice stone, and eye teas. Better yet, get the Bon Voyage Gift Basket plus $100 Spa Gift Certificate.

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