For a client or team gift, a set of three bottles of Oregon Pinot Noir shipped to each person works well: three bottles of our 2023 Rogue Valley Pinot Noir cost $60 and three of the 2024 Estate Pinot Noir cost $135, before shipping and tax. Set a budget per recipient, place one order per address, and keep in mind that the IRS lets a business deduct no more than $25 in gifts per recipient per year (this is not tax advice).
Our pick for this
Three Bottles of the 2024 Estate
Three bottles of the 2024 Estate is what I'd send a client I want to thank properly; it's ready now and will keep for ten years or more if they'd rather cellar it.
- 3 × 2024 Estate Pinot Noir, $45 a bottle
3 bottles, $135 before shipping.
How do you plan a business wine gift list?
Work through these in order.
- Collect delivery addresses. Every shipment from us needs a signature from an adult 21 or older, so use an address where someone of age will be there. A work address is often easiest; How Do You Send Wine as a Gift? covers a missed delivery.
- Check each state. We ship UPS Ground to 37 states plus DC; the list is on Where Does Domaine St. Laurent Ship?. Anyone outside it needs a different gift.
- Sort the list into tiers, such as key accounts, good customers and your own team, and give each tier one budget.
- Set the budget per recipient with the table below. Shipping on three bottles depends on the state; six or more bottles ship for a flat $25.
- Pick the arrival window. Orders ship within 1 to 3 business days, then UPS Ground takes 1 to 2 business days on the West Coast and up to 5 to the East Coast; holiday cutoffs are in Holiday Wine Order-By Dates. Skip weeks when an office is closed, since nobody will be there to sign.
- Tell each person it's coming, so someone is ready to sign. The gift note at checkout tells them who sent it.
- Keep the records. For gifts, IRS Publication 463 lists the cost, the date and a description as the details to keep; note who received each one too.
How much should you spend per recipient?
Our wines sell in sets of three. Prices are list prices for the wine.
| Tier | What each person gets | Wine cost per person | Shipping per person | Most you can deduct per person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thank-you | 3 Rogue Valley Pinot ($20 each) | $60 | Varies by state | $25 |
| Key client | 3 2024 Estate ($45 each) | $135 | Varies by state | $25 |
| Top account | 3 2024 Estate + 3 2024 Enchanté Blanc de Noirs ($45 each) | $270 | Flat $25 | $25 |
For a long list I'd use the Rogue Valley Pinot. It earned 91 Points and a Best Buy from Wine Enthusiast (Michael Alberty, April 2026), and it has a screwcap, so nobody needs a corkscrew at the office.
The 2024 Estate suits clients who keep a cellar: 100% Pommard, 18 months in mostly neutral French oak, good now or in 10 years or more. Enchanté is our first sparkling wine, a Brut that's ready to open.
For people who don't drink, or who live where we can't ship, a food gift from a local maker does the same job. We don't make a still white, so for a client who only drinks white, Enchanté is our closest match.
How do you order wine for a whole list of people?
Place one order per recipient through our shop. At checkout (it runs through Vinoshipper) you pay with your company card, enter that person's name and address as the shipping address, and add a gift note with your message. All sales are final, so check suite numbers and ZIP codes before you submit.
For special pricing on a large bulk order, email sales@domainestlaurent.com before you order with the number of people, their states and the sets you have in mind. Each recipient still gets their own order and address at checkout.
To hand bottles out yourself, send one order to your office; Wine Gifts Under $25 Each shows how six bottles become six gifts.
How much of a business gift can you deduct?
IRS Publication 463 says a business can deduct no more than $25 for business gifts given directly or indirectly to each person during the tax year. A gift sent to a company but meant for a particular person counts as a gift to that person. On a $135 set, the deduction stops at $25.
The same publication says incidental costs such as packaging, insuring and mailing generally aren't counted in a gift's cost for that limit, so the shipping charge doesn't use up the $25.
This is general information from the edition for 2025 returns, not tax advice. Ask your accountant, including about gifts to your own staff.
What should you tell clients about the wine?
We're a family winery in Eagle Point, Oregon, run by my father Will and me. The family came to the Rogue Valley in 1985 to raise cattle and planted vines in 2017; nobody outside the family owns any part of it.
We farm the vineyard ourselves without herbicides, using an ID Weeder on the tractor (Farming Without Herbicides explains how). The 2024 Estate came off Block 1A by hand on September 13, 2024, at 23.2 Brix (the sugar reading we pick by). Those are the details I'd put in a card.
Our pick for this
Estate and Enchanté
For your top few accounts, three Estate Pinot and three Enchanté give them a red to cellar and a Brut to open now.
- 3 × 2024 Estate Pinot Noir, $45 a bottle
- 3 × 2024 Enchanté Blanc de Noirs, $45 a bottle
6 bottles, $270 before shipping.
Quick answers
How much of a client wine gift can a business deduct? Under IRS Publication 463, no more than $25 per recipient per tax year; this is not tax advice.
Does shipping count toward the $25 business gift limit? Generally no; the IRS treats packaging, insuring and mailing as incidental costs that aren't counted toward the limit.
What does a three-bottle client gift cost from Domaine St. Laurent? $60 for the 2023 Rogue Valley Pinot Noir or $135 for the 2024 Estate Pinot Noir, before shipping and tax.
Is there special pricing for a large corporate wine order? Email sales@domainestlaurent.com before you order; each recipient still gets their own order, address and gift note at checkout.
Reviews of these wines are on our Press & Ratings page, the sets are in the shop, and for choosing one person at a time, see our Wine Gift Guide.