2024-2025 Shop Local Gift Guide

a few finds from local artisans perfect for your favorite food folks
November 15, 2024
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Ojai and Ventura County Gift Guide 2024 2025 shop local local gifts

Ventura County contains an extraordinary collection of artisans and creators who bring vibrancy to the region. This holiday season, we encourage you to support local businesses as much as possible. 

Wine Country Woodcraft

Enjoy wine-on-the-go with this handcrafted folding travel wine table which holds four glasses and a bottle. Take to the park, beach, camping or anywhere you enjoy your favorite beverage.  When folded, the bottle hole serves as a convenient handle.  Available in four different center accent wood types.

www.WineCountryWoodcraft.com 

Paradise Pantry

Known for pairing foods and experiences Paradise Pantry offers unique gifts for everyone on your list. Choose from more than 400 cheeses, an expansive wine selection, specialty vendors of jams, nut butters, and chocolates. Not sure? Pair a Gift Certificate and let them choose their own! 

www.ParadisePantry.com 

Refill Shoppe

Thoughtful, practical, and playful gifts are abundant at The Refill Shoppe, including custom-scented bubble bath and bath salts, custom lotion or body butter, candles, eco-friendly reusables, fun stocking stuffers, easy hostess gifts and so much more. You’re sure to find something special for your special someone. Visit the shop located in Downtown Ventura or shop online.   

www.TheRefillShoppe.com 

Blue Ridge Honey

Discover the taste of authenticity with pure, real, local honey. Unlike most store-bought honey, which often contains additives and fillers, Blue Ridge’s honey is harvested directly from local hives, ensuring its purity and unparalleled quality. Embrace the essence of nature with each spoonful, knowing that you're indulging in 100% real honey, untouched by modern tampering. Not only does this honey delight your taste buds, but its local origins can also help alleviate seasonal allergies, providing you with nature's very own remedy. Shop online or in store.

www.BlueRidgeHoneyca.net

Nectar of The Dogs Wine

Locally produced award-winning wines make a fantastic gift for anyone with a passion for dogs and great wine. Choose from over a dozen delightful varietals or keep the love going with a wine club membership. A percentage of all bottle wine sales is donated to support dog rescue. 

www.NectarOfTheDogsWine.com

Friends Ranch

Friend’s fresh fruit for finicky folks, shipped by mail.  

In addition to selling Ojai citrus locally at farmers’ markets and direct from our packinghouse they ship fruit via mail order mid-January thru May.  Visit their website to order fruit for your favorite folks to ship in the New Year.  

www.FriendsRanches.com

Bogue Milk Soap

Beautiful soaps made with meticulously researched botanicals, pure essential oils, organic and sustainable ingredients responsibly sourced or locally grown in Ojai. Each of the all-natural, handmade, artisanal bath, wellness and hair and body products is created and wildcrafted to be mindful and effective.

Order online at www.BogueMilkSoap.com. 

Bennett Honey

Since Bennett’s Honey Farm harvested their first batch of Topanga Quality Honey, the priority has been the bees. Like a fine wine, natural honey gets its distinctive flavor from the flowers, Bennett’s honey is produced in Ventura County, home of the best sage, orange blossom and wildflower fields in California.    

www.BennettHoney.com

The Wine Closet

The Wine Closet is the place in Camarillo for all your wine, cheese and culinary gift giving needs. They’re fully stocked with small production wines, bubbly, cookies, crackers, olive oils, chocolate, honey, jams, custom gift boxes and gift cards. Shop in store.

www.TheWineCloset.com

Flying H Wine

Flying H Wine is crafted from single estate, family-owned vineyards in Monterey County, where ideal coastal conditions bring out rich, layered flavors. Each bottle reflects a commitment to quality and heritage, offering a vibrant and expressive taste of the land. Enjoy a true California wine experience with every sip.

www.FlyingHWine.com

American Cutlery

Explore culinary perfection with a curated collection—precision kitchen cutlery, versatile pocket knives, patriotic flags, and innovative kitchen gadgets. Discover unique, high-quality gifts that blend utility with style. Unwrap the joy of exceptional craftsmanship for the kitchen enthusiast in your life.

www.AmericanFlagsAndCutlery.com 

Wildflower Winery

Dessert is an essential part of the holidays and this is just the wine to pair with it! Wild Delight is a ruby-style dessert wine made from Grenache grapes. This balanced wine is the perfect gift or stocking stuffer!

Buy in the winery at 4517 Market St. Suite 7, Ventura or online at www.WildflowerWineryVentura.com

Ojai Ice Cream

Ojai Ice Cream in the Arcade is local staple! We make homemade ice cream, offer all-day coffee and espresso, and stock a wide array of candies. It's a perfect destination for sweet treats and the ultimate stocking stuffers for your loved ones.

www.OjaiIceCream.com   

Edible Subscription

And of course, we think that a subscription to Edible Ojai & Ventura County magazine makes an excellent gift at any time of the year. We produce four print issues per year, full of seasonal recipes, helpful how-to tips, inspiring local stories and useful farm, food and drink resources. Each subscription helps us to continue to support and celebrate the local chefs, artisans and growers who make Ventura County an extraordinary place to live and eat. Send us an email and we’ll even make sure you have the latest issue to accompany your gift. 

www.EdibleVenturaCounty.com/Subscribe-our-Magazine