So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner? Here's my suggestions What kind of wine for Thanksgiving? Two Reds and Whites sure to Delight Triplo G Italian Kitchen
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

On Nov 21, 6:00*am, gregg1785
> wrote:
> So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?
> Here's my suggestions 'What kind of wine for Thanksgiving? Two Reds and
> Whites sure to Delight *Triplo G Italian Kitchen'
> (http://tinyurl.com/ccju848)
> Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
>
> --
> gregg1785

No wine...either Colt 45 or Mickey's Big Mouth.

gregg1785 wrote:
>
> So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?

unlike others, i never serve wine with a meal. Too much wine will make any
meal taste good. But if a meal is good on it's own, it doesn't need wine.

Wine is a nasty taste to me to wash down some good food. Cleanse your
pallette, my ass. People that drink wine with dinner are weird to me....or
they aren't having a very good dinner. Why would you "wine away" that good
food taste in your mouth?

I drink water or milk with my meals.

G/

On 21/11/2012 3:02 PM, Gary wrote:

> Wine is a nasty taste to me to wash down some good food. Cleanse your
> pallette, my ass. People that drink wine with dinner are weird to me....or
> they aren't having a very good dinner. Why would you "wine away" that good
> food taste in your mouth?
>
> I drink water or milk with my meals.
>

Different strokes for different folks I guess. I like wine, and I
especially like it with a meal. Milk, OTOH is disgusting. I didn't like
drinking milk when I was a kid and I have not had a drink of milk in
decades. I cannot imagine ruining a meal with a drink of milk. Quite
seriously, if I were to look in the fridge for a cold drink and there
was nothing but milk, there would be nothing to drink.

On Nov 21, 12:02*pm, Gary > wrote:
> gregg1785 wrote:
>
> > So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?
>
> unlike others, i never serve wine with a meal. Too much wine will make any
> meal taste good. But if a meal is good on it's own, it doesn't need wine.
>
> Wine is a nasty taste to me to wash down some good food. Cleanse your
> pallette, my ass. People that drink wine with dinner are weird to me....or
> they aren't having a very good dinner. Why would you "wine away" that good
> food taste in your mouth? *
>
> I drink water or milk with my meals.
>
> G/

you're a real trend setter...

On 11/21/12 3:02 PM, Gary wrote:

> I drink ... milk with my meals.

Enjoy your milk with that citrus salad!

When you're old enough for the adult table, maybe they'll let you try wine.



-- Larry (hasn't drunk a glass of milk in at least 30 years...)

gregg1785 wrote:
>
> So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?

Some advice from a man who probably knows more about Spanish food and
wine than anyone else in the US:

"Spanish wines for Turkey Day. Look for a good unoaked Godello such as
A Coroa, Valdesil Montenovo, Casal Novo, Amizade, Pena Das Donas
Almalarga, etc.

A good dry Garnacha rosado from Navarra such as Chivite, Las Campanas,
especially Señorio de Sarria Viñedo #5 (if you can find it), perhaps
Ochoa, and such easily obtainable Rioja rosados from Cune and Marques de
Caceres. If you run across a David Moreno rosado from southern Rioja,
which is a very pale, lovely rosado, grab it.

For reds, I would go for unoaked, lower alcohol Ribeira Sacra reds,
especially from D. Ventura. Serve them cool.

With all these wines, give your guests a little primer about drinking
them with Thanksgiving Day fare. Tell them not to take a sip of wine
after 1) sweet potatoes with marshmallows; 2) cranberry sauce; or 3)
asparagus. If they take sips of wine after bites of turkey, dressing,
mashed potatoes with gravy and giblets, etc., they will avoid the
clashes that so many people experience when trying to pair wines with
traditional Thanksgiving Day meals."

Note the consistent recommendation for unoaked wines, which might lead
you to Chablis or american zins.

-- Larry

On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:10:29 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> Different strokes for different folks I guess. I like wine, and I
> especially like it with a meal.

Me too.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:03:27 -0700, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

> However. I would wager you have never had a really great wine
> pairing that brings out the best in both food and wine at the same
> time.

Most people who have opinions like that have only had wine that tastes
like battery acid. We're lucky that we can find decent wine easily
and fairly inexpensively, but a large part of the country can't.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:42:55 -0500, pltrgyst >
wrote:

> Larry (hasn't drunk a glass of milk in at least 30 years...)

Now that's just plain wrong too. There's nothing better than a glass
of milk with chocolate cake,chocolate chip cookies and I put it on my
breakfast cereal.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"gregg1785" > wrote in message
...
>
> So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?
> Here's my suggestions 'What kind of wine for Thanksgiving? Two Reds and
> Whites sure to Delight Triplo G Italian Kitchen'
> (http://tinyurl.com/ccju848)
> Happy Thanksgiving to all!!


Champage, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Chardonnay.

On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:02:07 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>gregg1785 wrote:
>>
>> So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?
>
>unlike others, i never serve wine with a meal. Too much wine will make any
>meal taste good. But if a meal is good on it's own, it doesn't need wine.
>
>Wine is a nasty taste to me to wash down some good food. Cleanse your
>pallette, my ass. People that drink wine with dinner are weird to me....or
>they aren't having a very good dinner. Why would you "wine away" that good
>food taste in your mouth?
>
>I drink water or milk with my meals.
>
>G/


You think wine ruins the taste of a good meal, yet you drink milk with
it? I've not had milk with a meal since about 12 years old. Water,
yes, just the thought of milk with many dishes is tummy curdling.

Put away the Mogen David and get a good wine with the right food and
you may understand how they enhance each other.

On Nov 21, 7:20*pm, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> "gregg1785" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?
> > Here's my suggestions 'What kind of wine for Thanksgiving? Two Reds and
> > Whites sure to Delight *Triplo G Italian Kitchen'
> > (http://tinyurl.com/ccju848)
> > Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
>
> Champage, Pinot Noir,

Agree 100%. Also cava or prosecco for a sparkler.

> Zinfandel, Chardonnay.

Zinfandels that I like are for red sauced pastas or beef dishes. If
you could find a light one, fine. And I'd rather a sauvignon blanc
(like a Concannon) than chardonnay.

On Nov 21, 7:23*pm, Christine Dabney > wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:20:33 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >"gregg1785" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> >> So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?
>
> >Champage, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Chardonnay.
>
> You have very good taste.
> No dessert wine?
>

What, no pumpkin ale?

On Nov 21, 8:13*pm, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>
> Put away the Mogen David and get a good wine with the right food and
> you may understand how they enhance each other.

MD hasn't been the same since they closed the Chicago winery that made
Illinois America's fourth largest wine producing state. There was just
something about those Western Michigan Concords.

Western Michigan fruit also went into Mott's and Gerber baby foods.

"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:20:33 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"gregg1785" > wrote in message
.. .
>>>
>>> So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?
>
>>
>>Champage, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Chardonnay.
>
> You have very good taste.
> No dessert wine?

I prefer cognac for dessert. Usually homemade vanilla ice cream with
crumbled espresso beans served with pumpkin pie or a tiramisu also made with
the cognac. I have served ice wines to great pleasure but they are so
expensive. Cognac keeps a long time.

"spamtrap1888" > wrote in message
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On Nov 21, 7:20 pm, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> "gregg1785" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?
> > Here's my suggestions 'What kind of wine for Thanksgiving? Two Reds and
> > Whites sure to Delight Triplo G Italian Kitchen'
> > (http://tinyurl.com/ccju848)
> > Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
>
> Champage, Pinot Noir,

Agree 100%. Also cava or prosecco for a sparkler.

> Zinfandel, Chardonnay.

Zinfandels that I like are for red sauced pastas or beef dishes. If
you could find a light one, fine. And I'd rather a sauvignon blanc
(like a Concannon) than chardonnay
----------

Zins pair very well with turkey and especially dressing.

On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:15:18 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:13:53 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> Put away the Mogen David and get a good wine with the right food and
>> you may understand how they enhance each other.
>
>It never fails that whenever somebody says they don't like wine that
>the hoity-toity pricks come out the woodwork and make derogatory and
>speculative remarks about the quality of wine they must be drinking.
>
>Makes y'all look like assholes. You're in the same class as Bryan
>with his food put-downs.
>
>-sw
>
>
>
>
It was the milk drinker that said wine drinkers were crazy and were
washing down the good flavor with bad tasting wine. If he honestly
thinks that is true, I stand by the Mogen David comment.

Dave Smith wrote:

>> Wine is a nasty taste to me to wash down some good food. Cleanse your
>> pallette, my ass. People that drink wine with dinner are weird to
>> me....or they aren't having a very good dinner. Why would you "wine
>> away" that good food taste in your mouth?

Wine doesn't "clean your palate": it interacts with it. It doesn't "wine
away" tastes, it enhances them if well paired. A sip of a bordeaux-style red
wine after a bite at a fromage de chevre is an experience which no food will
ever give you, without wine

>> I drink water or milk with my meals.

> Different strokes for different folks I guess. I like wine, and I
> especially like it with a meal. Milk, OTOH is disgusting. I didn't
> like drinking milk when I was a kid and I have not had a drink of
> milk in decades. I cannot imagine ruining a meal with a drink of milk.
> Quite seriously, if I were to look in the fridge for a cold
> drink and there was nothing but milk, there would be nothing to drink.

LOL, me too
--
"mi pare sia quindi arrivato il momento di salutarti definitivamente"
mardot su IHC 16.11.2012 promessa ovviamente non mantenuta [disordine
ossessivo compulsivo al galoppo]

> Dave Smith wrote:
>
Gary splurted:
> >> Wine is a nasty taste to me to wash down some good food. Cleanse your
> >> pallette, my ass. People that drink wine with dinner are weird to
> >> me....or they aren't having a very good dinner. Why would you "wine
> >> away" that good food taste in your mouth?
>
> Wine doesn't "clean your palate": it interacts with it. It doesn't "wine
> away" tastes, it enhances them if well paired.

I disagree. If the food is good, ANY drink of wine will wash that good taste
away immediately.

Same thing with certain meals that people traditionally drink beer
with...cookout food with beer, drinking beer while eating steamed crabs...

I didn't mean to say (above) that people drinking wine with dinner are
weird. I seem to definitely be in the minority on this subject, so I'm the
weird one. And I have eaten at other's houses where a good wine was
supposedly paired with the meal. Just not for me.

IMO, just mine, the drinking bone is NOT connected to the eating bone.
Drinking adult beverages and eating are two completely separate activities
in my evidently misguided world. I like good wine and beer sometimes but
never with food. Never, ever!

Milk for a few kinds of meals, like a breakfast for dinner, but for me it's
the neutral taste of water that I prefer most often.

:-o

Chemo wrote:
>
> On Nov 21, 12:02 pm, Gary > wrote:
> > gregg1785 wrote:
> >
> > > So what kind of wine is everyone serving with Thanksgiving dinner?
> >
> > unlike others, i never serve wine with a meal. Too much wine will make any
> > meal taste good. But if a meal is good on it's own, it doesn't need wine.
> >
> > Wine is a nasty taste to me to wash down some good food. Cleanse your
> > pallette, my ass. People that drink wine with dinner are weird to me....or
> > they aren't having a very good dinner. Why would you "wine away" that good
> > food taste in your mouth?
> >
> > I drink water or milk with my meals.
> >
> > G/
>
> you're a real trend setter...

LOL!

pltrgyst wrote:
>
> On 11/21/12 3:02 PM, Gary wrote:
>
> > I drink ... milk with my meals.
>
> Enjoy your milk with that citrus salad!

Yep. That would be nasty. I mostly drink water with meals. And yes, the
horrors city water, not bottled water. Sometimes I will drink Britta
filtered water but the ferrets get that most times, not me.

sf wrote:

> > However. I would wager you have never had a really great wine
> > pairing that brings out the best in both food and wine at the same
> > time.
>
> Most people who have opinions like that have only had wine that tastes
> like battery acid. We're lucky that we can find decent wine easily
> and fairly inexpensively, but a large part of the country can't.

That's not really an excuse. Anybody can acquire enough wine knowledge
to be able to buy complementary wines via mail-order.

Christine Dabney wrote:

> >> However. I would wager you have never had a really great wine
> >> pairing that brings out the best in both food and wine at the same
> >> time.
> >
> >Most people who have opinions like that have only had wine that tastes
> >like battery acid. We're lucky that we can find decent wine easily
> >and fairly inexpensively, but a large part of the country can't.
>
> I was wondering that..if Gary had ever had any really good wine.

Gary just said -- earlier today -- that he only likes what has pleased
him in the past. Ergo, he'd almost certainly run away from new wine
just as he does new food.

Great ideas!!!

Arbor Mist Cranberry Merlot

Not too sweet, not to dry, light delicate flavor, pretty in a glass, and
dirt cheap at your local grocery store. We've had this a couple times on
T-day and it goes perfectly. Usually time for a glass or two during
social hour before the cook dings the bell (the cook has a glass also
and is fanning her face in the kitchen.) Less formal years (no aunts) it
might be shots of schnapps :-)

My T-day is on Saturday this year, so I am off to the casino to try
their T-day buffet. Hoping they also serve prime rib...

There is definitely an anti-milk sentiment in the US today-what disturbs
me about it is how many children are not drinking enough milk for their
growing bodies. If you want strong bones good teeth and stable nerves
make them drink their milk. We had milk at every meal and it was the
only beverage besides water in the house. I remember babysitting for a
large family and to pinch pennies their kids drank kool-aid. Horrors!

"George M. Middius" wrote:

> Gary just said -- earlier today -- that he only likes what has pleased
> him in the past. Ergo, he'd almost certainly run away from new wine
> just as he does new food.

Hi George, my nemisis-type fellow! I constantly try new wines and food,
just not on the two traditional days of the year. That's when I play it
safe when I'm cooking. No matter what though, I still hold that wine/beer
with any meal is not acceptable to me. Drinking and eating are separate
activities, imo.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> "George M. Middius" wrote:
>
>> Gary just said -- earlier today -- that he only likes what has pleased
>> him in the past. Ergo, he'd almost certainly run away from new wine
>> just as he does new food.
>
> Hi George, my nemisis-type fellow! I constantly try new wines and food,
> just not on the two traditional days of the year. That's when I play it
> safe when I'm cooking. No matter what though, I still hold that wine/beer
> with any meal is not acceptable to me. Drinking and eating are separate
> activities, imo.


Some people have no sense of tradition, probably raised by wolves. ;-)

Cheri