What is the best wine to go with Thanksgiving dinner? Turkey and stuffing, ect...?!
Answers: Traditionally, thanksgiving pairs well with a light red or dry white. This would be your Pinot Noir, or Chardonnay. I'd go with the Pinot Noir myself...and White Zinfandel is not red, Shiraz is.
They say whites go best with poultry, so I would go from there. Or, just get smaller bottles of both so your guests can choose. Thats what I do. :) I like to have both
champagne, a rose champagne would be nice, on the dry side sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio for a bolder flavor a chardonnay or if you prefer sweeter wines a reisling or gerwertztriminer. if you like reds try a white zinfandel or shiraz/syrah
I would not suggest Night Train as it's like 18%. Many like Boone's Fram. I like Blue Nun, but since no one drinks guess we'll just tee total it. Take care. Blue Nun is a German white zin and its reasonable and if you don't have a bunch of "tasters" coming they should enjoy it's light flavor.
A brand of wine very hard to find here, in the USA, is from the winery of BODEGAS FERRINO, de Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico ( happens to be the town where I have my mountain valley retirement home), red = 'Sangre de Cristo', white = 'Niebles Blanco'.
Over 90% is exported from Mexico to France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portigal.
This and another winery was first started up in the 1860's and produce far less than what is demanded, for sales.
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insteady drink wine you have pineapple drinks
3 oz light rum
3 tbsp coconut cream
3 tbsp crushed pineapples
Put all ingredients into an electric blender with 2 cups of crushed ice. Blend at a high speed for a short length of time. Strain into a collins glass and serve with a straw.
Santa Margarita Pinot Grigio and for the real drinkers...Some Bacardi Limon...Good Luck
I like pinot noir myself.
Invite me to dinner!!!
I don't like alcholic beverages though.
try a beajoulis neavaeu it is resealed the saturday before. It is red but so light and fruity. the first wine of the year to be release it only spends about2 months in the barrel. It is a classic pairing with that dinner.
Riesling is a sweet and very tasty white wine that compliments poultry well.
On the white side go with a reisling. My first Thanksgiving at my now in-laws I brought a bottle of Eroica and now I am required to bring it every year (even though its price went up almost 50%)
As far as reds, all of the wine mags will tell you Beaujolais Nouveau is the way to go and I think most people who are newer to wine or aren't too wine snobby will like it. However, I prefer to go with Zinfandel as it is usually more complex and a good fruit forward one matches well with the cranberries and cuts through the more dense sides. Plus, Pinot Noir is so damn expensive these days.
I like the idea of a dry Rose as well (make sure not to go with a sweet one). Its lighter and the acidity really does well with the turkey - at least I think so.
However, you should drink what you like even if it doesn't match the food.
my house will be serving a Matanazas Creek Chardonnay and Wild Horse Zinfandel. both from california. We may also have a blanc de noirs sparkling.
White wine tends to best with pultry but thanksgiving dinner can be a very rich meal with a lot of different flavors going on. If you are determined to go with white wine I would serve either gewurtzraminer or dry reisling, these will compliment the bird. If you are looking for something that is really going to go with the whole meal I would serve a medium bodied merlot or a spicy syrah. These wines will stand up to the gravy, dressing, sweet potatoes and whatever else your family does on thanksgiving.
I am not sure. Anyway, why not try the Vampire Wine from Romania, or Klain Draken from South Africa?