By cathy

November 28, 2005 12:14 PM | Link to this

see Bob’s post. Yes, it was quiet and only ‘fairly’ restrained, since for 2 people we roasted a 16+ pound turkey, made 10 cups of stuffing, a batch of mashed potatoes, green beans with shitakes, braised fennel, cranberry sauce (made with wine instead of water -yummy), and a pumpkin pie. The Beaune was phenomenally great with the turkey.

By Michelle

November 28, 2005 12:12 PM | Link to this

We had to work on Thanksgiving, but we’ll have turkey and roast beef for Christmas. We’ll have champagne before and after (and probably during, what the heck), plus an English sparkling wine from Nyetimber. For the turkey, an Alsatian riesling, and 2001 Como Vella for the beef. I’ll bet you right now that my dad will say none of it is quite as good as his $5 box wine mixed with Sprite….

By Bob

November 28, 2005 11:14 AM | Link to this

We had a fairly quiet and restrained feast. The wines were 1999 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru – Louis Latour, 1996 Beaune 1er Cru Le Clos des Mouches - François Gaunoux and 1978 Château Rauzan-Gassies The wines were all excellent but the Beaune was by far the most enjoyable with the turkey. I committed dual sins with Corton-Charlemangne of a bit of infanticide and also having it a bit too cold. It opened up for hours throughout the evening. The Beaune was wonderful first sip to last. The Bordeaux, while showing its age, still had decent fruit and I enjoyed it a lot. It reminded me of some past memorable Thanksgiving wines.

By Jill

November 28, 2005 9:12 AM | Link to this

I am going to Tony’s house for Thanksgiving next year!!!

By Tony

November 27, 2005 9:01 PM | Link to this

Do you realy want to know? DOM PERIGNON 1993, MOET & CHANDON SANCERRE ROSE 2004, GERARD BOULAY RIESLING 2004,LUCIEN ALBRECHT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 1er CRU LA GARENNE 2000,SYLVAIN et NATHALIE LANGOUREAU CHATEAU LA GRANGERE 1997, SAINT-EMILION GRAND CRU And were they good? Superb is an understatement and so was the food!

By Lee Fuell

November 27, 2005 6:39 PM | Link to this

Hi, Mark, With our Thanksgiving dinner, we had a bottle of Gewurtztraminer from the Hazlit 1852 winery in the Finger Lakes of New York. It’s a good Gewurtz, but I think it’s spiciness was a bit much with the sweet potatoes we had with our turkey. On Friday, we had a Riesling from the Glenora winery in the Finger Lakes with leftovers, and it complemented the sweet potatoes nicely. I think the Gewurtz would have worked well with a “Yankee” Thanksgiving dinner with mashed white potatoes instead of sweet, but the Riesling was a better choice with sweet potatoes.

By Mel

November 27, 2005 2:22 PM | Link to this

Just a quiet dinner with my beloved. A whole duck grilled over mesquite, mashed potatoes, green peas and a very nice 1990 Mount Veeder Reserve (cab, merlot cab franc, petite verdot blend). Great on the first taste and it only got better. Unfortunately I only have one left and doubt i’ll ever find any more of this. Don’t remember where I got it or what i paid but whatever it was it was well worth it.

By wine-idiot

November 27, 2005 11:19 AM | Link to this

Hey, Mark—-first time poster, long time listener…. As an inexperienced “wine idiot”, I usually rely heavily on my “acquired” wine buddies to steer me in the right direction. But with a last-minute trip to VA for T-day, I was flying solo—and blind. Nevertheless, late Weds. I scurried through a VA supermarket called Wegman’s (for you locals, it’s like DLM Springboro on steroids!)looking for something to contribute to the table. “When in ——-, do as the ——ians”, I always say (though it sounds better when you fill in the blanks) so I purchased an untasted VA wine—- 2003 Rapidan River Semi-Dry Reisling, for under $10. I suppose saying it was worth every penny wouldn’t be too convincing, but all enjoyed it (what can I say, an entire FMAILY of wine idiots!). Actually, for the money, it was as good as any “under $20” bottle of Reisling I’ve had, so I guess that was a measured success. Feeling lucky, and rich (I still had $10 bucks left) I also opted for a red, and grabbed a promo 2003 Milton Park Shiraz (SE Australia; OK so when in VA you courteously pick ONE VA wine, but more would probably be masochistic)for the heck of it. Once again, in a sense it pays to be a wine idiot, because you are easily amused…er, pleased. For my palate, it was equally enjoyable, nice fruit up front, spicy and all that other good stuff you guys add to the picture!! So, for $20, the wine idiot held his own at the table and got an early invitation to next year’s dinner. But honestly guys, aren’t you glad I’m not “wine Santa”, soon to be delivering YOUR Christmas gifts??!!

By pratt

November 27, 2005 11:16 AM | Link to this

We did the double dinner thing: round #1 we opened a magnum of 1997 Robert Sinskey merlot. While magmums tend to age at a slower pace than 750’s, this wine was silky smooth now, but like a German Shepherd puppy with big feet, definitely would have grown into its big, bad self years from now. The only unfortunate thing is that it’s gone——but, oh, what could have been…. Round #2 was a 2000 pinot noir from Roche Winery, they don’t distribute (but will ship) to Ohio. Just a nice balance between California fruit and Burgundian cellar floor. PS—it goes without saying that there were more than several other libations consumed throughout the day, but these were the highlights!