You obviously don't want to buy a basket loaded with Cabernets when the person isn't a red wine drinker, nor do you want one loaded with honey-dusted cashew nuts when the person is allergic to cashew nuts.
It is the chief town of an undulating plain, La Serena, locally celebrated for red wine and melons.
Chinon has trade in wheat, brandy, red wine and plums. Basket and rope manufacture, tanning and cooperage are among its industries.
Fine red wine is produced in the district.
It has a lithium spring, baths and a Kurhaus, and is famed for its red wine (Assmannshduser), which resembles light Burgundy.