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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Thanksgiving wines.




The New York Times has a good story about Thanksgiving wines - they speak generally about what types of wines go best with Thanksgiving dinner, and also rate several choices, all under $25.

One interesting point:

Whether red or white, dryer, leaner wines work best, especially if you are serving only one of each. If you are switching bottles with courses, wines like semi-sweet German rieslings, or big, fruity American pinot noirs and zinfandels will be pleasing, but otherwise they become fatiguing. Wines with zingy acidity and crisp minerality rather than powerful fruit flavors are most versatile with food, while offering refreshment, the most important thing.

The whole article can be found here.

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