Thanksgiving Dinner

[TrishCT]

Hi Mr. Grahm and welcome to E-Gullet,

Would you please recommend some wines to go with a traditional turkey, stuffing, veggies, homemade pies Thanksgiving dinner. Thank you!

Trish

[Randall Grahm]

Dear Trish,

Thanks very much for your question. You can go a number of different routes w/ Thanksgiving. Firstly, if you have in-laws over for dinner, I would almost always recommend having a bottle of Moscato del Solo on hand. (This is our low alcohol fizzy wine.) Granted, it is perhaps a bit too sweet for a vin de table, it is generally an extremely useful tool to have in your toolbox vis-a-vis inlaws. A great combo with turkey is Clos de Gilroy, which is so fruity that it is almost like a cranberry condiment. I think that any of our syrahs (CA or Domaine des Blagueuers) would go well with turkey, as of course, Le Cigare Volant. The Ca' del Solo Sangiovese is also very much a fruit bomb, which is essentially what is required with the generally Gray Davis-like personality of turkey. For a dessert wine, go w/ the moscato as you will be quite stuffed at that point. Cheers, RG