Thanksgiving Dress Rehearsal
November 5th, 2009
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and now is the time to start planning your menu and selecting wines to complement your feast. The big question – which wine or wines pair best with Thanksgiving Dinner.
To help answer to this question, Airfield Estates conducted a Thanksgiving Day Dress Rehearsal with our winemaker, owner, and cellar crew — pairing a wide range of our wines with turkey & all the trimmings (see video clip for footage). There are so many different tastes, textures and aromas that uniquely present themselves on Thanksgiving day, and we concluded that there was no one single wine that paired best.
The Lightning (a Rhone style white blend) paired wonderfully with the turkey, while the Mustang (a Rhone style red blend) was excellent with the wild mushroom stuffing, the Foot-Stomped Syrah Rosé paired great with the spinach, pear, & pecan salad, and the crispness of the Unoaked Chardonnay cut through the buttery sweet potato biscuits quite nicely. Overall, the cellar crew selected the Lightning as their top choice.
For your Thanksgiving dinner, we recommend that you do the same. Try selecting a handful of different wines to complement the various components of your meal. By doing this, it also helps cater to the various palates of your dinner guests.
Bon Appétit! Happy Thanksgiving!