The Perfect Wine Pairings For Your Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving is coming up, and it’s time to start preparing some warm, flavorful, classic foods. But what about the wine? Below we’ve paired one of our top wines with each dish for your Thanksgiving feast. Plus, you’ll learn some key points about comparing and contrasting your food and wine pairings. Remember to order your wines on time for a wonderful evening of food, drink, family, and fun!

The Domaine Herzberg Village is a perfect fit. I always like to go with a wine that has a little less alcohol for the turkey course. We want the turkey to be the star of the dinner, with the wine bringing out the flavor of the turkey. This wine has only a 12.5% alcohol level, and it's smooth, fruity texture will complement your bird any way you cook it.

Stuffing can be a very earthy dish, especially if it’s made from root vegetables and mushrooms. I like to contrast the stuffing with a fruity wine that will bring out the depths of both. The Novel Carrera is a private label wine and a great choice. The layers of black fruit flavors such as black berries and currants will round out the earthy stuffing beautifully.

This pairing touches on the opposing philosophy of wine pairing - comparing. The Twin Suns Reserve Zinfandel will compare and match perfectly with the cranberry sauce. With the zingy fruit flavors and strong tart effect in both the cranberries and the wine, this is a pairing made in wine heaven!

For the mashed potatoes we’ll focus on the contrasting side of wine pairing, placing earthy foods and fruity wines together. The Gito Lavan will go beautifully with this hearty dish. The white chardonnay brings that fruity character, but can still stand up to the potatoes.

Oftentimes at Thanksgiving dinners the vegetables are served roasted and stewed, and though they’re definitely delicious, they sometimes lack a bit of freshness. There is no better wine to refresh your palate than the new Nouveau. The Beaujolais Nouveau has just arrived, and the veggie course is a great time to bring out this conversation stopper. Celebrate the new year’s vintage at your Thanksgiving dinner for double the fun and double the freshness!

The sweet Covenant Zahav Late Harvest Chardonnay will pair beautifully with your sweet cornbread side dish. This wine has flavors of orange peel and marmalade which will go very well with the sweet corn flavors in the bread.

The word casserole conjures up imagery of a hearty dish passed around the table, where everyone spoons out some of the goodness. The Goblet Sonoma County Petite Sirah brings both the fruit to contrast with the earthy casserole flavors, and the full body to compare with the filling nature of the dish.

The Festa D'Estate Rossa is just the thing to go with your sweet potato pie, and to finish off this delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Just like with the stuffing and the Novel Carrera, we want to match the fruit with the earth. The sweetness of the dish will blend well with the fruity sweetness in the Rossa. This is the perfect pairing to round out your meal.