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Best Wine for Thanksgiving
Posted on 11/25/08 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 11/25/08 at 9:18 pm
I am looking in the 15-20 dollar range. Any thoughts?
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Posted on 11/25/08 at 9:20 pm to BigAlBR
Beaujolais Noveau. Should be in this price range. Get 2008. Want new wine for this not old.
Posted on 11/25/08 at 9:25 pm to BigAlBR
beaujoulais nouveau is the way to roll on thanksgiving IMO
Posted on 11/25/08 at 9:34 pm to LSUtigerfan333
Not spelling too well tonight. Beaujoulais nouveau.
Posted on 11/25/08 at 10:53 pm to LSUtigerfan333
I like the Clos Du Bois Pinot Noir and Cabernet with beef or pork. Those can be found for 15 dollars just about anywhere.
I also like Melini Chianti with any kind of red sauce (speghetti or lasagna). 20 bucks a botte IF you can find it. If you do, let me know where.
I also like Melini Chianti with any kind of red sauce (speghetti or lasagna). 20 bucks a botte IF you can find it. If you do, let me know where.
Posted on 11/26/08 at 2:17 am to BigAlBR
quote:I'll strongly disagree, although to be fair I'm not a beaujoulais fan to begin with. Beaujoulais is a nice wine for a picnic, but it doesn't belong on a dinner table with a serious meal.
beaujoulais nouveau
In the price range you indicated my suggestion would be Treana Mer Soliel, a Rhone-style blend of marsanne and viognier from California's Central Coast. It's a complex white wine that will go great with turkey. It sells in many places for around $25-$28, but Costco sells it for about $17. If you can find the 2006 vintage it's better than the 2007, but either one will be good.
The wine I'm serving for Thanksgiving, a 2006 Stoplman L'Avion, is a similar wine. It's also a Rhone style blend, with 90% roussanne and 10% viognier. It's a better wine than the Mer Soliel, but it's also twice the price.
Here are a couple of links about the Treana Mer Soliel.
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ETA: There are a number of good chardonnays in the price range that you mentioned and a good chardonnay is a nice compliment to turkey. If you're interested in those, or if you can't find the Treana Mer Soliel, I'll give you a few suggestions for chardonnay. Let me know.
This post was edited on 11/26/08 at 2:25 am
Posted on 11/26/08 at 3:20 am to BigAlBR
You may be running into the problems I always run into this time of year....buying wine for people who really don't drink wine much...you have had some great suggestions here If you are buying for wine drinkers...if not go with a reisling...its sweet enough for uneducated pallets and is passable for the true wine heads.
Posted on 11/26/08 at 4:28 am to tavolatim
Instead of a reisling, which most anyone that drinks wine would find too sweet, how about a good Pinot Grigio-I think Chateau St. Michelle was mentioned elsewhere?
You are spot on about people who never drink wine and trying to pick something to please everyone...
You are spot on about people who never drink wine and trying to pick something to please everyone...
Posted on 11/26/08 at 4:35 am to Icansee4miles
I love the Pinot ...my mother would make such a face 
Posted on 11/26/08 at 8:27 am to L.A.
quote:
I'll strongly disagree, although to be fair I'm not a beaujoulais fan to begin with. Beaujoulais is a nice wine for a picnic, but it doesn't belong on a dinner table with a serious meal.
Posted on 11/26/08 at 11:12 am to clooneyisgod
The Grape on Perkins Rowe has Hering Pinot Gris.. About 25 bucks a bottle. Money well spent.
This post was edited on 11/26/08 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 11/26/08 at 1:54 pm to BigAlBR
Rombauer Chard. Buttery and goes great with turkey.
Posted on 11/26/08 at 1:57 pm to BigE19
quote:A GREAT choice, and the 2007 Rombauer chardonnay is one of their best ever.
Rombauer Chard. Buttery and goes great with turkey.
BUT.....
It retails for around $33.00, so it's out of the price range that the guy stated at the beginiing of the thread. Even on sale it's gonna be in the $29.00 range.
Posted on 11/26/08 at 2:00 pm to tavolatim
The beaujoulais nouveau isnt "picnic wine". While it isnt a complicated wine known for its depth the taste is not what you are going for here.
You drink beaujoulais nouveau for the same reason you have black-eye peas and cabbage on New Years. The wine is a celebration of the harvest and hope for good wine from this years crop. It should be served for thanksgiving as a way to look back on "your harvest" and be thankful you made it far enough to celebrate.
Beaujoulais Nouveau is perfect for people who dont usually drink wine because it is light like white wines. It will certainly be one of the wines consumed around my house tomorrow...as well as some sort of cab blend and a port with a cigar.
There is a great history to this type of wine and why we drink it (and why so quickly it is produced). It might be the historian-guy in me, but I cant help but appreciate why this wine is so sought after even though it probably couldn't get a 85 rating.
You drink beaujoulais nouveau for the same reason you have black-eye peas and cabbage on New Years. The wine is a celebration of the harvest and hope for good wine from this years crop. It should be served for thanksgiving as a way to look back on "your harvest" and be thankful you made it far enough to celebrate.
Beaujoulais Nouveau is perfect for people who dont usually drink wine because it is light like white wines. It will certainly be one of the wines consumed around my house tomorrow...as well as some sort of cab blend and a port with a cigar.
There is a great history to this type of wine and why we drink it (and why so quickly it is produced). It might be the historian-guy in me, but I cant help but appreciate why this wine is so sought after even though it probably couldn't get a 85 rating.
Posted on 11/26/08 at 2:12 pm to fightin tigers
quote:Well, yes it is. The nouveau beaujoulais particularly. Beaujoulais proper is a bit more serious, but not by much.
The beaujoulais nouveau isnt "picnic wine".
I understand everything else you wrote and I agree with it. In that sense I could see the Thanksgiving/harvest connection, although its meaning might be lost on someone not actually involved in harvesting grapes.
But the guy is looking for a good wine to go with his Thanksgiving meal. Beaujoulais would be WAY down on my list of wines to recommend. The exception to that would be if we're talking about people who haven't had much experience with wine and are looking for something innocuous.
Posted on 11/26/08 at 2:18 pm to L.A.
Good call, Tigah. I really didn't know the price point because I bought several bottles last time we visited and we pull them out for each holiday. It truly is one of the best pairings that I've had, and it is certainly worth the splurge. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Posted on 11/26/08 at 2:27 pm to L.A.
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But the guy is looking for a good wine to go with his Thanksgiving meal. Beaujoulais would be WAY down on my list of wines to recommend.
The only reason I wouldn't suggest another wine is because the beaujoulais nouveau is oft regarded as a Thanksgiving wine. While we assume the traditional dinner will be served, offering up a $25 bottle of wine without knowing the meal being paired is a little bold.
I would assume 75% of people (with average wine knowledge) bringing wine to a dinner would bring the nouveau because of the tradition. The wines you suggested are, without a doubt, great choices.
But to each their own, probably cant go wrong with any wine...just make sure it is in a bottle.
Posted on 11/26/08 at 2:30 pm to fightin tigers
Santa Margarita
Posted on 11/26/08 at 2:32 pm to BigAlBR
I like the Spanish Red Wines by Campo Viejo
Posted on 11/26/08 at 3:07 pm to Catman88
Or, get yourself a bottle of Mateus.
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