Buy Local gift guide 2020: 7 more local gifts to buy this holiday season

If you have the means to purchase gifts this year and want to support local, Hood River stores could use your support. Here are 8 ideas for gifts you can buy locally. Want more? Check out my post from last week featuring 10 more local products. Happy Holidays! 

1. oil and vinegar sampler packs, arome hood river

Snag a six-pack of vinegar and a three-pack of olive oils for the foodie in your life from Arome. To purchase, head downtown to 105 Oak St. Want to make the gift extra special? Look up a few recipes to include, like this one, which uses the black fig balsamic vinegar.  

2. Holiday Tea Bundle, Good Medicine Tea

Grab a 4-pack of holiday tea from Good Medicine Tea in the Heights. Order online and have shipped directly to the tea lover in your life. Included in the gift pack: Firelight Chai, Ginger Love, Chai Divine, Lavender Truffle. $45 

To buy: www.goodmedicinetea.com/shop-all-tea/holiday-tea-bundle

3. Mount Hood Gift Basket, ​Columbia Gorge Confections

Started in 2019, Columbia Gorge Confections supplies handcrafted sweets to the Gorge. Each product you buy supports up to nine other small local businesses. This basket includes a Mt Hood ceramic coaster, dark Swiss chocolate covered Oregon hazelnuts, a soy chocolate hazelnut scented candle, and a 6-piece dark chocolate truffle box. $32

​To order: click here

Also find CGC products at Arome, Mylan Wines, Jacob Williams, Columbia Gorge Hotel, Moby Coffee Roasters, Wy'East Vineyards, Stave & Stone, Mt. Hood Winery, Pearl's Place, and the Society Hotel.

4. The gift of not cooking, local rhoots

We all have a special someone in our life that could use a break from cooking, whether it's our partner, a friend that's trying to homeschool a bunch of kids while working, or a new parent. Provide a month of lunches or dinners from Local Rhoots for as little as $156 or get crazy and feed the whole family (6 portions) 4 meals a week for an entire month ($860). The recipient gets to pick what meals they want from a weekly menu. Pickup is weekly and free in Hood River or delivery is $5 per week. 

To buy: ​https://www.localrhoots.com/gift-cards/

5. ​Christmas Vacation cocktail kit, camp 1805

Ahh, the gift of 7 cocktails. Camp describes this mix as "Whiskey sour meets pistachio." The cocktail kit, available for curbside pickup, includes whiskey, house made pistachio orgeat, lemon, angostura bitters, and enough large ice cubes to make 7 full size cocktails.  $50

To order: click here. 

6. Local Dirt cookbook, Waucoma bookstore

​Waucoma Bookstore carries signed copies of Local Dirt: Seasonal Recipes for Eating Close to Home, a cookbook by Andrea Bemis of Tumbleweed Farms in Parkdale. $32.99

To purchase: ​www.waucomabookstore.com/product/local-dirt-signed-copy

7. Volcanic Gift Box, ​Volcanic Bottle Shoppe

Volcanic is offering gift baskets this year, but only 24 are available so if you're interested, head over to the shop soon. Each $65 basket includes: 

• 6 Seasonal and Specialty IPAs - Everybody’s Imaginary Friends Winter IPA, Bend Brewing Sno’d In Winter IPA, Bale Breaker High Camp Winter IPA, Boss Rambler Alohaze IPA, Ruse Reverse World IPA, Crowns & Hops Elevated Cypher IPA
  
• A Volcanic Pint Glass
• Albina City Nuts Tavern Nuts
• Croze Creations\Volcanic Memories of Yesterday Candle
•  Volcanic Magnet
• 2 Volcanic Stickers

To purchase: Stop by Volcanic or give them a ring at (541) 436-1226.