It is a top day for me, Thanksgiving. It brings families and friends together, and the focus is on the table. I try to make Mama Stamberg’s cranberry relish every year for the occasion (thank you, Craig Claiborne, you did well), and I either brine a small turkey or order a smoked bird from Greenberg — they are good. Angela makes a pie or two, and I make Scooter’s Southwestern Dressing.
And we serve wine, of course. We usually kick things off with a sparkling wine — perhaps Champagne or Sekt — and I always look forward to seeing what guests bring to share.
Angela and I will celebrate Thanksgiving in Los Angeles this year, and a Greenberg bird will be the main course. What are going to drink? I can with certainty say that everything we open will be poured with gratitude. There’s a Lambrusco, a Chardonnay or two — one made by David Ramey, whose 2016 Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay is #7 on Wine Spectator’s 2019 list of the world’s top 100 wines — and a Pinot Noir, not to mention a Champagne from a storied house. We also have a great dessert wine from California.
Without further ado, my totally biased 2019 Thanksgiving Wine Selections, as first seen in PaperCity. Drink well, cook with love, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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