Each year during the holiday season, we look forward to a copious amount of holiday parties, dinners, and gift exchanges. With end of year being the busiest season for many, it’s hard to find time to purchase the perfect gift or research the best wine to pair with your Honey Baked Ham. Even running to the grocery store can feel like an impossible mission. This is where Instacart comes in.
Here are five ways Instacart’s alcohol delivery can save you big time (literally) this year.
- Pick out the perfect 90+ point wine or aged whiskey in minutes.
Want to impress your guests with an award-winning wine expertly paired with tonight’s meal? The good news is that you can now shop like a sommelier, even if you’re far from one. Thanks to new partnerships with CellarTracker (wine) and Distiller.com (spirits), you now have access to thousands of reviews, tasting notes, and scores while you’re shopping for wine and spirits on Instacart.
2. Order the perfect last-minute holiday gift
Did you completely forget about your friend’s holiday dinner and white elephant gift exchange for tonight? Never fear! Order the perfect host gift or highly desirable white elephant present (*cough* alcohol) via Instacart for delivery straight to your door in as fast as an hour.
3. You can order booze and groceries from your favorite stores
Too busy wrapping gifts to make it to the grocery store? We get it. The holiday season is also one of the busiest times to shop and parking can be a total mess with hordes of holiday shoppers out and about. With Instacart’s expanded alcohol footprint across 22 states from more than 30 retail partners, including ALDI, Sam’s Club, Total Wine and BevMo!, among others, there are a lot of good options — and you can even order from multiple stores in one order. So kill two birds with one stone and stock your fridge and bar cart at the same time.
4. Avoid the dreaded beer run…
So…your holiday party ran out of alcohol. Now what? Do you leave your own party to restock? No way! When you notice you’re running low on booze, place a quick Instacart order and keep the good times rolling.
5. Stock the bar at your hotel or Airbnb effortlessly
Just because you’re heading out of town for the holidays doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice the comforts of home, i.e. your fully-stocked bar. Order all your wines, spirits, beer, mixers, ice, and even glassware directly to your hotel or Airbnb. Pro tip: time your delivery for when you arrive so you can settle into vacation-mode immediately.
Instacart powers alcohol delivery across 22 states + Washington D.C., including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
Cheers to the holidays!
‘Tis the Saison: 5 Ways to Holiday Happiness with Instacart’s Alcohol Delivery was originally published in Instacart News on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.