Turkey Wine

Sandy McLeod · Post by **Sandy McLeod** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:58 am

Christmas=Nochebuena cerveza

Slurp!

Sandy

The Sporting Pitchfork · Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:37 pm

Where I live, a good Oregon pinot noir is de rigueur for Thanksgiving...And that's certainly not a bad thing.

I'm also quite partial to the M.Chapoutier "Belleruche" Côtes de Rhone. Really good côtes de rhone for about 10 bucks...And just in time, too, as it seems our government has deemed it okay to like the French again...

A friend of mine is a grad student at Simon Fraser now and has been rubbing it in that he gets two Thanksgivings this year...basmati...

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:09 pm

Flogging Jason wrote:
cowtime wrote:
Flogging Jason wrote:I think I'll unscrew a cheap bottle of bourbon to go with my ramen noodles on Thanksgiving.
That is just wrong.
That is honesty for you my friend. I don't really forsee much of a traditional turkey day for me. I don't have any family here and the few friends I have will most likely be with their respective families. If I were allowed to travel (restriction of probation) I would dredge up the money to catch a bus and visit my parents.

Maybe I'll add some turkey to my ramen and trade the bourbon for a few bottles of Boones Farm!

Maybe one of your friends will fill you a plate and bring it to you. That's what we do quiet often. It's not like there's not plenty of leftovers.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:11 pm

chrisoff wrote:What do you guys eat at Christmas? More Turkey?

Honey Ham

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:23 pm

The idea of drinking wine at Thanksgiving is utterly foreign to me.

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:37 pm

cowtime wrote:As I type this I am working on a nice Australian Yellow Tail Cabernet-Merlot. Yummy.

My daughter-in law gave me a bottle of Yellow Tail CAB Sav for my birthday. Sadly, it is nearly gone, and my birthday isn't until tomorrow. Anyway, folks, tomorrow I will be thinking of this tune by the Beatles:
When I'm 64

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:28 pm

No turkey in the Nickel household. I'm making some lovely harvest-veggie packed filo packets for Thanksgiving this year (along with mashed Yukon Gold potatoes with Rosemary and green beans amandine). I'm thinking maybe a good, dry, Washington chardonnay (much as I hate to say it, California char is too sweet, and lacks the true, oakey, character).

Redwolf

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:20 am

http://www.seriouseats.com/required_eat ... ecipe.html

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:01 am

oh, this IS fascinating!
keep it up...

personally Ive never cared for Austrailian wine,
you do know why its called 'YellowTail', dontcha???
usually French reds, + Cali whites. (that's why I was so surprised with that cali red)

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:24 am

Pinot Noir is my pick. My family usually brings Cabs, and I have Pinot on the table waiting. For the life of me, I can't think of a particular vintner except Coppola at the moment.[/b]

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:55 pm

cowtime wrote:As I type this I am working on a nice Australian Yellow Tail Cabernet-Merlot.
Yummy.

MMMmmmm, Yellow Tail has become one of my favorite marks...

If you haven't tried Yellow Tail, I highly reccomend you do.

Funny wine story..

My Lodge was having a meet 'n greet before a meeting one evening, and the discussion turned towards wines with different dishes.
One fellow had mentioned having a nice austrailian shiraz with a particular dish, and another Brother pipes up out of the blue, "What are Austrailian Shiraz? They sound good."
Of course this is utah, and wine connoisseurism is in short supply...but nevertheless, we never let him forget it...

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:47 pm

I couldn't find any Turkey Wine, but I was able to find this:

jkwest · Post by **jkwest** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:23 pm

We really enjoy Francis Copolla's Claret....mmmmmmm..

Also, a nice Bogle Petite Syrah..

But, with the big fam..they have more money than us, so they usually pull out about 6 bottles of Groth Cab Sauv...yumyum!!

dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:58 pm

fel bautista wrote:Pinot Noir is my pick. My family usually brings Cabs, and I have Pinot on the table waiting. For the life of me, I can't think of a particular vintner except Coppola at the moment.[/b]

I usually go for Zin, but Pinot Noir would be a good one for turkey.

Clos du Val makes an incredible Pinot Noir. You may even be able to get it in a magnum.

Another great wine for non-game fowl would be the Pinot Munier still wine from Chandon. But you have to order that one straight from the winery, and I think they are out of it until the next release.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:09 pm

For some reason I usually crave Glögg or Glühwein around this time of year.