Comments on: Thanksgiving wines – what was on your table?

By: Paulo Queiroz

Paulo Queiroz — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:44:42 +0000

You have one of the best wine blog all over the world.
Congratulations!
By the way… on my table…. Barnaresco Rabaja 2005 Bruno Rocca

By: nick

nick — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:04:07 +0000

We kept it simple since the crowd at my mother-in-laws is always substantial (this year it was at the lower end of the scale with 38 people – I think 55 was the max)…with that many people, we try to keep it down to a good supply of a few wines. Since I am the one in the wine business, it seems at least partially my responsibility to pick. This year we quaffed the Kenneth Volk Tempranillo 2004 from San Benito County and some Zaccagnini Montepulciano D’Abruzzo 2005. Our family seems to have resolved to drinking red lately…

By: Jon W

Jon W — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:51:47 +0000

We opened quite a hodgepodge with our friends and family this holiday.

Steele Shooting Star Blue Franc 2005
Dominio de Tares Baltos Mencia 2004
Terrai Garnacha 2006
Copain L’Automne Pinot Noir 2004
Londer Gewurztraminer 2005
The Gorge “Mosto” Semillon Frizzante NV
Two Brothers White (Riesling/Gewurz) 2007

By: Chicago Wine

Chicago Wine — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:55:04 +0000

Just Grapes Wine Blog has tons of great holiday wine pairing ideas.

http://blog.justgrapes.net

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:18:19 +0000

@Jason, thanks for the info and fun suggestions on your blog.

@dhonig. Whoa. Hope you had a big crowd.

@Howard – excellent! I tasted the 07 Dragonstone earlier and posted about it somewhere here; glad it worked for you. And thanks for mentioning that 94 Steinmetz since I think I pre-ordered some of that a few months ago and I haven’t heard anything about it coming in…

@Bill – Ha, no, but I did do that on Nov 20 and posted about it on Twitter.

By: bill

bill — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:39:41 +0000

Tyler, no local wines???

By: Howard

Howard — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:04:12 +0000

Plus one for the Lapierre! Wish we had a magnum, it went fast and was delicious. 05 Desvignes Javernieres Morgon made an appearance, too, as did a surprisingly good Beaujolias-Villages from Chateau Thulon/Jean-Marc Burgaud. But overall, the best match for the food was Leitz Dragonstone Riesling. 07 Zilliken Spätlese would have been even better – next year, perhaps. We tried an older Riesling, too, 94 Steinmetz Brauenberger Juffer, but the youth of the Leitz was much more refreshing amongst all the sweet food on the table.

By: dhonig

dhonig — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:07:01 +0000

Many bottles. Too many for The Wooden Guys. Click the picture for reviews.

By: Jason Haas

Jason Haas — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:36:01 +0000

Hey Tyler,

Fun link. I hadn’t looked for it this year yet, and was pleased to see that Tablas Creek was tied for 33rd on the list (with some pretty good company: Chateau Montelena, Brewer-Clifton, Estancia, Domaine Serene, and Siduri).

I always try to open the biggest bottle that we have with the thought that it’s usually a good excuse… and when else are you likely to have a bigger crowd at the table? I was disappointed that I couldn’t find a big bottle of a Cru Beaujolais anywhere nearby. That’s one consequence of living in the Central Coast.

At Tablas Creek, we took the approach of offering Thanksgiving wine suggestions from a bunch of the staff members here… asking everyone for a suggestion that was a Tablas Creek wine, and one that wasn’t. I was interested to see how well each person’s personality came through in their suggestions.

I hope your Thanksgiving was a good one.

All the best,
-Jason