Wine Pairing Principles for Thanksgiving? and Beyond

Holidays like Thanksgiving can pose some serious wine pairing paralysis. With the cacophony of flavors and textures involved in a meal whose primary goal is to stuff oneself until bursting, what wine could possibly (1) complement the meal (2) appeal to a variety of palates and (3) not break the bank? Don?t fret, my fellow wine lovers, here are a few tips to help make the process a little easier for Thanksgiving and any other holiday meal.

When presented with dishes such as roasted turkey, caramelized onion and cornbread stuffing, cranberry compote, sweet potato casserole and Brussels sprouts at the same meal, the best wines to select (and guests too I might add) are those that ?play nicely with others.? ...

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TGIF

Running your own business has many benefits including a lot more flexibility in your daily schedule.� While I log a considerable amount of hours during the week, they don’t have to fit into the standard corporate hours of 8am – 6 pm or whatever the norm is.� Even with a more flexible schedule, there is [...]

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Resolved Question: CAN ANYPNE GIVE THIS A MORAL LESSON?

.... His appetites for food, wine, and women were as massive... weapon was a massive club. His customary garment a lion skin, head...he managed despite his obvious gifts. As time passed the focus ...

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A tasting of one of California?s top sparkling wine producers

Sonoma county is relatively well known for a number of reputable sparkling wine producers, who make bubblies in the traditional Champagne method (i.e. second fermentation in the bottle). In my mind, with all due respect to all other methods of getting CO2 into a wine, the method of Champagne is the only way to go for any serious drinkin'! And while nothing touches Champagne itself (with the exception of perhaps Italy's Franciacorta and Trento DOC), our traditional method domestics from Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino counties, such as Roederer Estate, Domaine Chandon, Mumm, Domaine Carneros, Schramsberg and Gloria Ferrer, are not bad at all, and offer really delicious and cheaper alternatives, and a sense of patriotism...

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Holiday Digestion

I can finally say that I have completed my digestion of the holidays both personally and business wise.� While I would have liked to hit the ground running as fast as I could on January 1st, it just didn’t happen.� Chalk it up to holiday travel, my first year of holiday sales with Uncorked Ventures, [...]

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8 delicious Kosher wines to celebrate each night of Hanukkah

This year, Hanukkah begins early, marked by sunset on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Hanukkah is known as the "Festival of Lights", commemorating Israel's freedom from the oppressive Syrian-Greek rule and the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem...It?s customary to eat deep-fried foods to celebrate the miracle of Hanukkah, in which a cruse of oil lasted for eight days instead of one. I can?t swear to this, but I'd guess a lot of American Jews, myself included, love the fact that while goyim only have one day of presents, we get ?8 crazy nights?, as Adam Sandler says in his first Hanukkah song.

Pairing wine with anything fried can be difficult. Fried foods need acidic wines to cut the fat. Here are 8 of my Hanukkah menu specific and ?fried food friendly? kosher wines, one for each night...

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The Promiscuous Pinot Noir: the family tree of Austria?s red grapes

Rumor has is that one day, a long, long time ago, the ancient grapes Traminer and Pinot Meunier got together for some fun. Well, one thing led to another and they ended up crossing. Not long after, Pinot Noir showed up.

Pinot Noir had a good enough relationship with one of its parents, Pinot Meunier, spending a great deal in Champagne together, but something was missing. Pinot Noir feeling rejected and ignored by Traminer, the parent it rarely, if ever, saw, the spicy Pinot Noir took off in its see-through red dress to ensure its own lineage.

Well, Pinot Noir traveled far and wide, finding grapes to cross with wherever it went ? sometimes it didn?t even know the other grape?s name. Ultimately, its travels spawned all sorts of offspring, though none could ever be as fickle as the neurotic Pinot Noir...

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Resolved Question: Anyone know of a really good Wine of the Month Club that delivers to Mass?

...my parents as an anniversary gift, however, I am anything but a wine connoisseur and there seem to be a lot of wine club websites that are shady. They drink both...

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First trip of the summer (part 1)

I just got back from my first trip of the summer.� My family and I spent a week in Mammoth Lakes (Eastern Sierra) with my parents, sister, and my brother and his family.� Needless to say it was a full house, but thankfully a spacious house. From the Bay area, the drive was around 7 [...]

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Resolved Question: Wine Survey for Grad School Marketing Project?

...you purchase wine? (circle all that apply) a. gift b. as a collector c. for holidays...5. The majority of the time you consume wine with: a. by itself b. with tobacco ...wine? a. home b. restaurant c. bar/lounge d. club e. other NOTES: 7. When ...

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Resolved Question: Good gift for flower enthusiast?

... a blank. I think the perfect gift would be some sort of "seed club," like a wine or cheese club, where they send you ...

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Merry Christmas

I wanted to take a quick moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I hope you’re all able to spend time with family and friends as I have during these past couple of days.

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