Flowers as a St. Valentine's Day gifts first occurred in the 1600s when a French princess held a party honoring St Valentine. A lady guest received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the man chosen as her valentine. The fate of flowers as a St. Valentine's Day gift was sealed.
The gift of Champagne for St. Valentine's Day is redolent of style and grandeur. Champagne has long been a symbol of romance and is the wine of celebration. When you give the gift of Champagne for St. Valentine's Day, you immediately impart a pleasant glow to the celebrations. It's sparkling fizziness sets the scene for joy and happiness, luxury and festivities. These are the reasons why champagne was Marie Antoinette's drink of choice on Valentines Day! The sound of corks popping and overflowing champagne set the scene for yet another Valentines romance.
It is not surprising therefore that, today, for the more traditional amongst us, the appeal of St.Valentine's Day gift of a combination of Flowers and Champagne seems to be just about as perfect as you can get. Flowers speak the "language of love" and champagne is synonymous with celebrations, luxury and opulence - a stunning St. Valentine's Day gift.
In Victorian times, Valentines Day flowers were perceived as having their own language. Each flower communicated a different message and individual colours could send the perfect apposite Valentines Day message. This was very important on Valentines Day as our Victorian ancestors could use flowers to express what dared not be spoken. For example, Valentines messages were conveyed and understood thus:
- Roses -love,
- Lily's - beauty,
- Asters - fidelity
- Azaleas - passion
- Baby's breath - innocence and purity of heart
- Bird of Paradise (these are often given from a woman to man) - faithfulness)
- Bluebells -humility, constancy and gratitude
- Daffodils - chivalry
- Ox-Eye Daisies (Marguerites) - patience
- Delphiniums -fun
- Freesias - trust
- Gardenias - refinement
- Hyacinths - sorry, please forgive me
- Orchids - beauty and love
Champagne is a white sparkling wine often given as a Valentines Gift to express Romance & love but don't forget the flowers as well! A famous quote, often attributed to Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon, compares sipping the effervescent wine to "drinking the stars." Pink Champagne & flowers is really perfect as the Pink Champagne is considered the most romantic champagne as a gift for St. Valentine's Day.
If you really want to impress that someone special with a truly unusually St. Valentine's Day gift, a Personalised Bottle of Champagne with your own unique message on the label can be created along with the flowers of course. Details of these services and many other champagne ordering services are available online.
Champagne for Valentines Day - known as the wine of kings, comes in many flavors and guises - light and frothy, rich and weighty, flavors of citrus, apples, minerals, yeast, malt, toast, freshly baked bread and even roasted nuts. There are champagnes to suit every taste and budget. Some popular brands are:
Bollinger
Veuve Clicquot
Dom Perignon
Moet & Chandon
Charles Heidseick
Krug
Louis Roederer
You can go online and check out many others to select your most suitable champagne & flowers as your St Valentine's Day gift.
Don't torture yourself with the question of whether you should buy Flowers or Champagne for your special someone this St. Valentine's Day. Just send them both. Imagine drinking in the smell of the flowers and then picture drinking from two magnificent champagne flutes beside the champagne bucket. You have no choice but to opt for the seductive qualities of these two powerfully strong pleasures of life - Flowers and Champagne combined - as a St. Valentine's Day gift.
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