What are the best wines to serve at Thanksgiving dinner?!
For the full spread, choose a white and a red, and let your guests mix and match.
No celebratory meal is complete without dessert. A sweet wine makes it even more festive.
For specific wine suggestions, go to http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food/hol...
Answers: Begin the feast with a food-friendly Riesling. Its balance of sweetness and acidity make it a perfect match for almost anything you put on your table.
For the full spread, choose a white and a red, and let your guests mix and match.
No celebratory meal is complete without dessert. A sweet wine makes it even more festive.
For specific wine suggestions, go to http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food/hol...
The kind that comes in a box.
Pinot Grigio - get the stuff that's 15-17$ a bottle and you won't be sorry.
Gewurtzraminer for the white and Pinot Noir for the red.
I prefer Pouilly-Fouse.
I've often wondered what to serve with turkey and cranberries as well. The main issue in my opinion is what to do with that turkey. I balance it with an oaked and buttery chardonnay, or a well-structured pinot noir (and at my house, having a reason to drink pinot is a rare event). The Ortman 2005 Edna Valley Chardonnay is bone dry but balances the oak with good acid structure so it can fight off the oils but not over dry you out when you eat white meat. For $20 or so, how do you beat it? Well, you could try the regular or reserve bottlings of Madronna Chardonnay from the Sierra Foothills in California (around $12 to $20). With Pinot's you should try Melville's Pinot Noir, or the Oregon Pinots (e.g., Drouhin). With all due respect to the German wines, Gewurtztaminer is too sweet or spicey, and I would be more inclined to a riesling or kabinett or spatlese (a bit sweet), or the nutty pinot gris from Germany could compliment some flavors in a Thanksgiving dinner. From the Alsatian region, try wines from Zind-Humbrecht.