Wine with Your Turkey

Filed in archive Wine Tasting on November 20, 2006

With everything else going on right now to get ready for our guests and the big Thanksgiving feast on Thursday - cleaning the house like a mad-women; buying outrageous amounts of food; and trying to catch up on all my blogging and other writing work - I haven't really given more than a passing thought about what wines we'll be drinking with our meal.

I guess that's one good thing about have a pretty good wine cellar stash, even though we don't actually have a cellar. At least we have plenty of bottles to pick from.

If you are not running around like I am right now (and hey maybe you're not), then here's some advice from TASTINGS: An all-American menu about some vino to go along with your turkey:

Groth Napa Sauvignon Blanc ($16.99). "This lovely white offers enough oomph to stand up to the traditional food with great palate-cleansing acidity and finish."

Stuhlmuller Alexander Valley Cabernet (34.99). Follow the sauvignon blanc with this. "This stunning cab offers a flavor palette that exceeds many wines at two or three times the price."

Robert Biale Napa Ranches ($34.99). It wouldn't be Thanksgiving, says Morrison, without a "big, luscious, inky zinfandel," and this "fits the bill perfectly."

Brotherhood Winery's late harvest riesling Eiswine ($28.99/375ml.). For an "eyebrow-raising local finish, this lovely dessert wine offers long textures and candylike sweetness without being cloying or dull."