As a business owner, it is important to celebrate the holidays with your customers and staff as a way to connect with them on a personal level. Corporate Gifting is a trend that is becoming increasingly more popular and despite the economy it is more important than ever to foster relationships with your loyal customers and employees. The most important aspects with corporate gift giving are personalization, uniqueness and practicality.
At Oil & Vinegar, we offer personalized gifts with customized labels so our guests can share unique, gourmet products with their loved ones, colleagues and patrons, while still branding their company’s logo. We offer a selection of over 40 different types of on-tap olive oils and vinegars from around the world and this allows for variety and personalization depending on the gift receivers likes.
Also, we offer practical gifts that your employees and customers can enjoy on an everyday basis for cooking and entertaining. Also, Oil & Vinegar offers our customized labels with a lead time of only 3 to 4 days. Our labels can be customized with companies’ logos and photos, messages or other holiday greetings. This is a fun service we provide our customers because it is a way to personalize gifts and offer something that the receiver will really enjoy. The best part is the labels are very affordable; individual bottles start at $14, sets start at $26.
To purchase a unique and personalized gift for your customers or staff, please visit a local retail store or www.oilandvinegarusa.com.
Here at Oil & Vinegar, we have just launched a holiday-specific product line, hand-made Turkish Pottery, which is not only perfect for home decoration and special occasions but it is also a unique collectors’ item.
In addition to supporting the everyday foodies’ craving to become top-chef, Oil & Vinegar’s we pride ourselves in providing unique products to the culinary gift-giving segment. Our guests can create their own gifts or meal flavorings with the “on-tap” oils and vinegars, along with mustards, pestos, tapenades, honeys, fig spreads, fondue chocolates, dried herb mixes, as well as a fine selection of ceramic table ware, cruets, kitchen accessories, salt/pepper mills, international cookbooks and other culinary accessories fill the shelves.
This season Oil & Vinegar introduces Turkish Pottery designed by world renowned ceramic artist Nimet Varli. Each piece is handmade, hand painted and signed by the artist. Created using techniques from the 14th-16th century, the patterns found in the collection are typical, yet have definitely taken a new dimension in the hands of the contemporary artist. Nimet Varli is the first woman to ever professionally produce ceramics in Turkey and in 2002 she was named “Artist of the Year”. Each piece is customized and tells a strong and dynamic story. The pottery collection that is inspired by the grace and beauty of nature is reminiscent of snowflakes.
This customized gift is extremely exclusive and can only be found in the U.S. at selective locations, including Oil & Vinegar. Prices range from 9 to 120 dollars depending on size and style of pottery selected; styles include bowls, plates, vases, etc.
We are honored to be able to offer these one of a kind pottery collections. The beautiful artwork of each piece tells a unique story and sharing it with our guests as gifts is a great way to offer history and richness at each of our stores. This is a perfect gift to share with someone you care about and want to find something original and meaningful.
Growing Chain Continues to Provide Unique, Gourmet Products to Culinary Industry
SEATTLE —In addition to supporting the everyday foodies’ craving to become top-chef, Oil & Vinegar, an interactive gourmet culinary specialty shop packed with international flair, flavor and passion, has captured the culinary gift-giving segment. This holiday season, Oil & Vinegar, has launched its most unique product, “Lo Scrigno,” a customized Vinegar Box with some of the highest quality vinegars in the world, Giusti Vinegars. This customized gift is extremely exclusive and can only be found in the U.S. at selective locations, including Oil & Vinegar.
“We look forward to the Holiday season every year at Oil & Vinegar,” says Debbie Gokhan, COO and Chicago franchisee of Oil & Vinegar, “It is a time of gift-giving and we love being able to add some gourmet flavor through our customized gifts to families across the country.”
Giusti is the oldest and most awarded producer of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. Founded 1605, first in writing Balsamic Vinegar recipe 1865, Giusti was awarded 14 gold medals during 1800’s prestigious exhibitions, granted Royal Seal of Approval in 1929 as supplier of King of Italy. Giusti boasts the largest and most recognized collection of ancient casks, dating back 1600-1800, drawing aromas and flavours created centuries before.
This collection of Balsamic Vinegars of Modena, originally created on the December 4, 2006 for a special request of the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti for a Red Cross Charity Auction, contains many different types of vinegars, each of which are made up of cooked must and wine vinegar.
The five types include “Silver Medal- Profumato,” which has a firm flavour, good balsamic acidity andintense bouquet of aroma. This vinegar is ideal for salads or raw vegetables and can be lightly heated to be added to sauces and condiments. The second type is “Gold Medals - The Classic”, which has a rich bouquet and perfect balance between sweet and sour that makes it and is the most versatile product. Its perfume makes it a high class choice for salads, meat and fish.
The third type is “Gold Medals - Riccardo Giusti” which is extraordinarily dense with a pleasantly sweet aftertaste. Rich and thick to the palate, it is ideal for barbecues, cheeses, fruit, and also devoured alone. The fourth is “Gold Medals - Fourth Centenary” which was extracted in limited quantity from casks from 1800’s, this quality, celebrating the four centuries of Giusti activity, is rich, full bodied and deeply aromatic Balsamic, to be used in drops for the highest culinary art.
And last is the “Gold Medals - Banda Rossa” which is the pride of the Collection, a very limited quantity of an irresistible Balsamic aged for many years in the most precious Giusti casks, dating from 1600s-1700s. This vinegar has a high density, intense perfume, and fruity notes. Gold Medals can be used for the most noble and special occasions.These five bottles are finished by hand with a selection of balsamic vinegars ripened in ancient casks of the “Gran Deposito Ace to Balsamico Giuseppe Giusti” collection and are matured respectively in oak, chestnut, cherry, mulberry and ash casks”
“We are honored to be able to offer this traditional, rare and high quality Vinegar Box for the Holiday Season,” said Gokhan, “We are looking forward to sharing it with our guests for gifts and to be able to have so much history and richness at each of our stores.”
In addition to the Vinegar Box, this holiday season guests can create their own gifts or meal flavorings with the “on-tap” oils and vinegars, along with mustards, sauces, pestos, tapenades, olives, marinated vegetables, sun-dried tomatoes, honeys, fig spreads, fondue chocolates, dried herb mixes, sea salts, spices and a variety of flavored pastas.
Debbie Gokhan spent her career moving up through the ranks in the restaurant industry, working in several well know restaurants in the Detroit area. While continuing her journey in the restaurant world, Gokhan started working at Pan Am World Airways, traveling the world and experiencing the food and culture first hand. Gokhan relocated to Italy where she resided for 10 years working for privately owned restaurants and then worked at the Hard Rock Café in Rome and then in Amsterdam. Debbie and her husband Hakan discovered Oil & Vinegar and quickly became devoted customers. Two years later, Debbie & Hakan opened the first US Oil & Vinegar in Chicago and were also hired to develop a training program for the US stores. After arriving in the US, Gokhan was selected as the Director of Operations for the US and later moved into her current position as Vice President/COO. Gokhan focus is operations and she works closely with the buying team in The Netherlands and is in charge of product selection and product development for the US along with new store openings.
Also, we offer practical gifts that your employees and customers can enjoy on an everyday basis for cooking and entertaining. Also, Oil & Vinegar offers our customized labels with a lead time of only 3 to 4 days. Our labels can be customized with companies’ logos and photos, messages or other holiday greetings. This is a fun service we provide our customers because it is a way to personalize gifts and offer something that the receiver will really enjoy. The best part is the labels are very affordable; individual bottles start at $14, sets start at $26. 
