Thanksgiving!

I was about to wonder why you are asking 6 1/2 weeks early...but then see you are from Toronto

Usually I open a CA Pinot Noir or two on Thanksgiving. For the white wine I prefer an Alsatian white, but the rest of the extended family has other ideas. They just like Champagne, and then on to the reds.

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Originally posted by Chilepepper:
I was about to wonder why you are asking 6 1/2 weeks early...but then see you are from Toronto

I was wondering about that too, but I was at Home Depot Saturday trying to find the 48lb. packages of charcoal, only to find them gone and replaced by Christmas displays.

Yes, a bit early. But, I've already got one bottle earmarked for Thanksgiving, a 2004 Domaine Des Amouriers Vacqueyras Les Genestes. Under $30, I loved it, and thought "Thanksgiving" immediately when I tasted it this past Spring.

Haven't decided on the others.

Not sure what I'll be drinking exactly, but I know it will be damn good. My brother is getting marry this Saturday. I know a few of my wino uncles from the States are bringing some La La's as his wife's nickname is LaLa......Yeeeeha....

Yes, a week to-day. Hard to believe. We celebrate both (Mom is American)
1996 Fiddlehead Cellars Pinot Noir, Oregon
2001 Sandhill Barbera, Okanagan Valley BC
1996 Paul Anheuser Riesling Spatlese KK
2005 Vineland Estates "Elevation" Riesling, Niagara
1991 Hillebrand Vidal Late Harvest, Niagara
Nov 22 we'll focus on Calif and Oregon.
P.S. The turkey is from North Carolina.

I'm still working on my Halloween wine first.

Hmmm, another excuse to drink on a Monday night...

aav,
how can I get invited to those wines? Wowsa.

Good luck to your brother and I wish him all the best.

I'll be spending this week mounting my annual anti-turkey lobby.

"Mounting my Turkey" - did I really say that?

It's not even Halloween yet!

We spend the day at my wife's parents, and we are usually stuck drinking their Blackstone Cabernet. This year however, we'll be bringing a few nice pinot noir's, as well as a magnum of Tobin James Ballistic Zinfandel. I can't wait to see the family get rocked off the high alcohol content Tobin. LOL! Gotta love this fruit bomb though! Old Toby is quite the Cowboy, but he sure does make some tasty wines, even though a few of them are over the top!

-mJ

I will be at work, thinking that if I had just stayed in Canada, I'd be having turkey with family. I'd be much poorer, pay more in taxes, but I'd still be having turkey and having a Tim Horton's double/double

I have a 2003 Sea Smoke set aside for the US TG and will probably just have a Wiser's manhattan Monday as a nod to the folks back home.

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Originally posted by Wayfarer:
I will be at work, thinking that if I had just stayed in Canada, I'd be having turkey with family. I'd be much poorer, pay more in taxes, but I'd still be having turkey and having a Tim Horton's double/double

I have a 2003 Sea Smoke set aside for the US TG and will probably just have a Wiser's manhattan Monday as a nod to the folks back home.

Sure wish we had some '03's still lying around!

-mJ

Among the wines I'll be drinking will be at least a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau.

It's kind of like those green bean casseroles with the fried onions on top. You serve it not because it's the best tasting thing on the planet, but because it's simply part of the tradition.

Also, it happens to work pretty well, IMHO, with the culinary variety show that is the typical modern Thanksgiving menu.

- Jeff

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You serve it not because it's the best tasting thing on the planet, but because it's simply part of the tradition.

Is there anybody else out there who hates turkey?

Turkey & avocado sandwich is good...turkey burger with sautéed mushrooms is very good...my aunts bone dry turkey every thanksgiving is not good! I will be countering the dry turkey with extra gravy, stuffing and a 6 pack of stella. She does have a 70in TV which makes the cowboy cheerleaders almost life size

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Originally posted by GlennK:
my aunts bone dry turkey every thanksgiving is not good!

You need to experience the culinary marvel that is the fried turkey!

No need to gasp for water with these babies. They are juicy as can be . . . as long as you can cook them without burning down the block!

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Originally posted by on the wine:

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You serve it not because it's the best tasting thing on the planet, but because it's simply part of the tradition.

Is there anybody else out there who hates turkey?

I can't say that I *hate* it, but I'd much rather have porchetta.

The best part of turkey is the stuffing my Dad makes - bread and pork sausage with sage and other herbs. None of the pine nuts, cranberry, apple, or carrot stuff.

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... and having a Tim Horton's double/double

Why do people insist on subjecting themselves to this dirty dishwater?

Blech.

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Originally posted by on the wine:
Is there anybody else out there who hates turkey?

Not me, I love the Thanksgiving bird. My sister's a great cook, who never screws it up. On the rare occasion when she lets me do the bird, I use a killer brine recipe, and it's even better.

I don't care so much for the bird but my late grandma charlotte, her stuffing and candied yams I will never forget!

Probably a CdP with the duck starter and a Cab with the rack of lamb. I can't recall a turkey ever having been in my parents house. It's not disliked, there just always seems to be a better option.

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... and having a Tim Horton's double/double

Why do people insist on subjecting themselves to this dirty dishwater?

Blech.

Come on, it's as Canadian as waiting for radiation therapy!

Go Rhone, young man! Just say "No!" to Beaujolais Nouveau.

The A-list:
Pinot Noir
Grenache
Syrah
Cru Beaujolais

Canadian Thanksgiving is just around the corner now and I'm heading home for the Holiday. Wines, so far, pegged for this occasion over the days:

2001 Octavius
1991 Kathryn Kennedy Cab
1999 Col D'Orcia BdM

Always nice goin' home.

For the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend we cracked open the following:

2003 Tawse "Robyn's Block" Estate Chardonnay
2005 Torbreck "Woodcutter's Shiraz"
2005 Caymus "Conundrum"

More exciting than any of the wines, however, was that I went wakeboarding on Lake Muskoka in October!!!

2001 e. guigal cdp
2001 rudd estate cab
2002 volnay

Duo,

Coincidently, I opened up a 2003 Arcadian SHV, as well as a 2005 Hospices de Beaujeu Morgon Cuvée Judith Jonchier (Cru Beaujolais).

The Arcadian was hands down the favourite of the evening, but the Cru Beaujolais was very interesting - I decided to try this in response to Eric Asimov's blog on the subject. Glad we tried it, but probably wouldn't have it again.

Cheers,

- Ian

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Originally posted by Duojet:
What will you be drinking on Thanksgiving?

It's got to something new world for me. I'm thinking of cracking open a bottle of the Arcadian Sleepy Hollow PN and/or a Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel for the red and Landmark Damaris Chardonnay for the white.

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Originally posted by on the wine:

Is there anybody else out there who hates turkey?

Heck, no! I'm like the dad in Christmas Story (including the occasional swear-fest). I can't get enough roast turkey.
We usually go over to the MIL's for Thanksgiving, then I make another for my own family. Brining is the only way to go!
Perhaps I'll bite, and buy the deep-frying outfit this year. Depends on the weather-- probably dangerous to do this in the rain.

We drank the 2004 Leoville Poyferre in NYC for the Canadian Thanksgiving.