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Six Great Thanksgiving Wines

Last year I posted about ten good Thanksgiving wines and it seemed to be popular. Well, this year I’ve scaled it back because who really needs ten wines anyway?

Let’s begin with the same caveat I used last year: Turkeys are basically stupid, oversized geese who don’t know how to fly, so the wine pairings are like the birds themselves: awkward. That said, a lot more than turkey ends up in a Thanksgiving dinner, so here are six wines well worth pouring.

These recommendations come from a recent tasting D’Aun and I had with Desmond Echavarrie of Scale Wine Group…

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Ten Good Thanksgiving Wines

So what wine should you serve with the Thanksgiving feast? It’s a common question, so here are ten good thanksgiving wines. Or at least they are in my opinion!

But first, a few ground rules. Look, turkey is a weird food. Turkeys are basically stupid, oversized geese who don’t know how to fly, so the wine pairings are like the birds themselves: awkward.

I’ve googled lots of websites about what wine pairs best with turkey, asked a few sommeliers for their suggestions, and even went outside to ask the turkeys who live in the oak trees across the street (they …