Thoughtful Gifts for Christmas

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24 Nov

Christmas is a time for sharing good food, meaningful moments, and gifts chosen with care.

This guide brings together a selection of Irish-made food, drink, and craft gifts from Wexford - pieces that reflect the skill, creativity, and care of the people who make them. Some are much-loved favourites, others are recent additions, but all have been chosen for their quality, provenance, and the stories behind them.

From small, beautifully made treats to generous gifts for sharing, these are presents designed to be enjoyed - at the table, in the kitchen, or as part of everyday life. They’re ideal for friends, family, colleagues, or anyone who appreciates thoughtful Irish craftsmanship.

To make Christmas shopping simpler, many of the producers featured here have online shops, allowing you to order directly and have gifts delivered to your door. Just click on the producer names below to explore further. You’ll also find many of these makers stocked in independent shops and farmers’ markets across Wexford and beyond, so keep an eye out while you’re shopping locally.

The Taste Wexford online shop offers an expanded range of gift ideas too - from illustrated cards and hand-bound notebooks to organic cotton bags, cosy hoodies, and our carefully curated Taste Wexford Hampers. Available in a range of sizes and beautifully presented, each hamper brings together some of the county’s finest food, drink, and craft.

All items are gift-packed using eco-conscious, compostable materials. Free delivery across the island of Ireland on orders over €100

Taste Wexford Gifts

Organic Cotton Shopper Bags

€25.00

Bespoke illustrated organic cotton shopper bag

Hand screen printed in Ireland using water based inks, our bags are nice and big so you can use them for all sorts of trips, from shopping to swimming to foraging.

There are two different bags to choose from. Both bags have a different design and colour on each side.

The designs are:

Fishing & Fruit Picking
Colours: Sea (teal) & Blackcurrant (dark purple)

Foraging & Farming
Colours: Hedgerow (dark green) & Baby Chick (yellow)

All items are beautifully gift packed for delivery in illustrated compostable packaging.

If you are purchasing as a gift, we can include a handwritten note on a Taste Wexford postcard. Just let us know what you wish to say in the message box at the checkout.

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Cheesy Bundle

€27.50

Isle of Crackers
Handmade Crackers

Wild About
Jar of Chutney

Wooden Cheeseboard
Wooden Cheese Paddle with Taste Wexford engraving, by Fingerprint Mementos, Wexford

Cheeseboard Tips
Expert tips for creating the perfect after-dinner cheeseboard by Irish Food Champion Anthony O’Toole

Our bundles are sustainably packed and delivered in a beautifully illustrated box filled with printed compostable paper.

If you purchase as a gift, we can include a handwritten note on a Taste Wexford postcard. Just let us know what you wish to say in the message box at the checkout.

NOTE: Product flavours might vary depending on what is available at the time of purchase.

The After Dinner Box

€100.00

Organic Cotton Tea Towel
Taste Wexford illustrated organic cotton tea towel, hand screen printed in Ireland with water-based inks

Wexford Coffee Roasters
Single Origin, Small Batch 100% Arabica Coffee (ground for french press) – 250g

Bean and Goose Chocolate
Two Single-Origin Chocolate Bars – each 70g

WILD About
Jar of Chutney – 200g

Tara Hill Blossom Honey
Jar of Summer Blossom Honey – 227g

Isle of Crackers
Handmade Crackers – 150g

Wooden Cheeseboard
Wooden Cheese Paddle with Taste Wexford engraving by Fingerprint Mementos, Wexford

Cheeseboard Tips
Expert tips for creating the perfect after-dinner cheeseboard by Irish Food Champion Anthony O’Toole

Wooden Crate
The hamper is presented in a reusable burnt-finish wooden crate

Price includes delivery on the Island of Ireland.

If you purchase this hamper as a gift, we can include a handwritten note on a Taste Wexford postcard. Just let us know what you wish to say in the message box at the checkout.

NOTE: Product flavours, styles and colours might vary depending on what is available at the time of purchase.

Cotton Socks

€12.00

Taste Wexford illustrated socks by the Irish Sock Society

These super soft socks are 80% cotton and come in two bright colourful designs:

Strawberries & Bees
Model County

Two sizes available:

EU 36 – 40 / UK 3 – 7

EU 41 – 46 / UK 8 – 12

All items are beautifully gift packed for delivery in illustrated compostable packaging

If you are purchasing as a gift, we can include a handwritten note on a Taste Wexford postcard. Just let us know what you wish to say in the message box at the checkout.

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North Wexford Area

Fat tomato

Small-batch pantry goods and gift boxes made from a tiny hillside garden in North Wexford - grown for flavour, preserved by hand, and rooted in the seasons.
Visit their one-of-a-kind Honesty Farm Shop
Shop online
Gift vouchers

Gallivanting.ie

Heritage and nature walks with Taste Wexford’s tour guide and storyteller Lorraine O’Dwyer
Gift vouchers
Seasonal tours and workshops

Tara Hill Honey

A variety of raw honey harvested from bees that live along the east coast of Ireland - blossom, hot, ivy and more
Honey gift sets
Beeswax candles

Saltrock dairy

Milk, kefir, yoghurt and cultured farmhouse butter
Butter hampers
Simple Spread vouchers

Bean and Goose

Working with the best pure heritage cacao chocolate that has no additives, soya lecithin or palm oil
Seasonal sharing slabs
Seascapes
Hot chocolate rituals
Gifting boxes
Advent Islands