The Obligatory Thanksgiving Wine Post - UPDATES!
I guess any wine blog worth its salt has (or will soon have) a post about the upcoming holiday, with some recommendations for wines to serve with turkey and the fixings, etc. Well, if you’ve come here for sound advice, you’ve come to the wrong place! I just haven’t had time to think about these things yet. So I thought I’d highlight a few posts I’ve seen recently which contain oodles of wine recommendations and holiday etiquette tips.
Serious Grape: Thanksgiving Wine Etiquette
Thanksgiving Wines Under $20
Lenndevours: The Perfect Thanksgiving Wine Myth
UDPATES:
Eric Asimov’s American Wine picks
Eric Asimov’s Thanksgiving picks in general
Wine Enthusiast says…drink beer on Thanksgiving?
The Wine Peeps try some unconventional menu items and wines to match
and…though Jesse Porter included it in the comments, we thought we should also add a link to the Young Winos’ Beaujolais Bonanza here as well…
I’m sure there will be many more over the next week, and perhaps I’ll keep a running tally here (see running tally above)…in the meantime, what libations will you be serving with your Thanksgiving meal? Please comment!
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2008 “Bebame” Red, El Dorado County, California
Cabernet Franc (65%) and Gamay (35%) from - gasp - California! And only 13% ABV, pretty modest by California standards. If I tasted this blind I would probably have said it’s from the Loire Valley. It has pretty much nothing in common with the full bodied iterations of Cab Franc coming out of Napa. Juicy, light, delicious quaffing wine.$18 a bottle
2006 Telegramme Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
Really balanced and smooth, this is a bargain of a Chateauneuf. Yeah, the 07s are lauded but what would I prefer to drink? This! It’s the second label of Vieux Telegraphe, from the same property but from younger vines. And it’s a deal at $33 a bottle.2006 or bust!
NV Barcino Cava: LA Times Wine of the Week!
Delicious and just in time for New Year’s Eve…this is the LA Times Wine of the Week, and we have plenty in stock. Order online, pick-up in-store!$14 a bottle!
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Wine Retail and Social Media: Yeah, I Should Be Blogging…:
But I’m not. Funny, it was pointed out to me that domaine547.com appears as a successful example of social media in wine (juxtaposed against the Wine Spectator of all things) in this recent presentation (see slide #25). I guess they haven’t looked at the blog lately; it hasn’t been updated in weeks.
Really, in my internet-only days, I never understood why Brick and Mortar retailers didn’t take the time to blog. Now I know. They don’t have the time!
Seriously. Even in the downtime when there aren’t any customers — which, let’s face it, exists in decent quantity — there’s always something to be done at the store that takes priority…from the very lowly tasks, like sweeping, to the equally tedious but still mundane paying of bills, or putting price labels on bottles, to tasting wine with reps, it all has to get done. And I am here without support staff a fair amount of the time.
Suffice it to say, to all those out there giving speeches about social media and the importance of it to branding for wineries and wine stores, people, for the most part, get it. I know I get it! But finding the time is another story. And finding a voice? Even harder.
So at the moment, what I’m doing is tweeting (@domaineLA), because tweeting is very time un-intensive. A tweet takes a few seconds, and I think I get both my voice and my point (when I have one) across in these little quick spurts. I don’t know that it’s enough, but at least it’s something.
I really hope to get back to blogging soon. I swear, I do! But right now I have something very important to do, so you’ll have to excuse me while I go empty the trash can in the bathroom…
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Frizzante
From Wikipedia: Frizzante is an Italian wine term term for semi-sparkling wine (as opposed to Spumante, which is generally used for fully sparkling wines). Frizzante wines generally owe their bubbles to a partial secondary fermentation in tank. You might notice a light fizz or tingly sensation on the tongue with a Frizzante wine, compared to the more carbonated sensation that more fully sparkling wines yield.
Scorekage
Okay, so we made up this word yesterday after a great restaurant experience. We brought a bottle of wine with us, expecting to pay a corkage fee. But the restaurant either forgot to charge us the $15, or decided to be nice to us. We scored! Hence, “scorekage” has entered our lexicon. This can also refer to BYO friendly restaurants that don’t charge for corkage under any circumstances.
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November 18th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Call me a traditionalist, but it’s Beaujolais for me all the way! However, this year the Winos are adhering to a strict “No on Prop ‘08″ policy — in other words, say no to Nouveau.
Here’s a roundup of our recent Beaujolais tasting:
http://youngwinosofla.com/?p=635
I noticed you’ve got the ‘07 Pierre-Marie Chermette Beaujolais for sale! (Now is that just the current vintage of the same Chermette Beaujolais that we tried in our tasting — the one with the cursive label — or is that a different tier? Because the label looks the same as the Fleurie, but obviously it’s not a cru. Thoughts?)
November 18th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Jesse,
The Chermette that we have is a different bottling. While it’s also a lowly Beaujolais AC, it’s made from fruit from old vines - hence, the Vieilles Vignes designation. They’re both excellent!
I look forward to reading your write-up shortly. Wondering what else you drank. Anything from Dominque Piron, Jean Foillard or Marcel Lapierre? I shall find out in a moment!
Best,
Jill
November 18th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I’m having Beaujolais. If I didn’t already have a bottle, I’d buy yours. Maybe I’ll have to buy a bottle of yours anyway…there’s more turkey in our future, I’m sure
November 19th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Though I’ll have several different wines on my table, one will be a Cabernet. Cabernet on Thanksgiving? Am I crazy? No, because we are not just having turkey but will also be having a tenderloin roast. I have not chosen the specific Cab yet. In addition, I might open one of the Fort Ross Pinots.
November 19th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Tenderloin roast on Thanksgiving = crazy. If the French had thought we were going to be eating tenderloin roast, they would’ve invented “Bordeaux Nouveau.”
November 19th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Jesse, clearly you don’t know Richard…crazy is the way he rolls!
What will I be drinking? Still trying to figure it out. But I see a bottle of Paul Lato Pinot Noir in my near future. Unfortunately I have only one, so that’s just a starter.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:36 am
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