I am looking for ideas for a medium-priced bottle of wine or champagne to serve on Thanksgiving.?

Question

I was thinking about having something to serve either before during or after the meal. Please help me out. I have never hosted anything before.

Answer 1

Turkey is a white-wine meat. Depending on how you cook it, you might want to try different types. If you've stuffed it with fruit or other sweet items that give the meat a sweet taste. consider a Chardonnay, perhaps a Fetzer which is an average quality wine with a fruitier taste. Or you can also try a Wente or Kendal Jackson Chardonnay. They have a slightly "oak" taste to them and will compliment the turkey.

For dessert, have some fun. Try Gwertztraminer. It's a sweet dessert wine - a step up from Reisling.

Answer 2

S Robert is the one on here with the most sense other than me - lol If a gal named Shiraz Princess shows up, she knows her stuff too :)

Classic pairings for Thanksgiving dinner are Beaujolais Nouveau (but I agree that it's not the best tastewise... just traditional - lol) Try Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages (France) for an inexpensive crowdpleaser with your meal... that's for red :) It's only about $7-8 a bottle.

Now... if you're aiming for white, this is a little more expensive (maybe $10 - 12 a bottle) go for Trimbach Riesling. It's a dry riesling from the Alsace region of France and it's wonderful! The Chateau Ste. Michelle Johannisburg Riesling (Washington State) is also excellent and a bit less expensive... Ditto for Fetzer Echo Ridge Gewurtztraminer (California)

Ideally, you would want to get both (serve the Beaujolais lightly chilled and the whites well chilled) so that guests make select white or red (both can be served with turkey as well as ham.)

Any of these would go nicely before or during your meal. For after? Serve coffee :) (Chances are your guests will appreciate that with dessert, especially if they're driving hom afterward.) You can do a flavored coffee... or make plain coffee and have holiday flavored creamers to go in, which is fun. Coffee Mate makes good ones you'll find in the dairy case.

Above all, try to do as much as you can in advance so you can enjoy your guests and your own day as well :)

Answer 3

I would find a decent local wine store, and talk to the staff about what they would recommend in your budget. Find a light bodied red. I would avoid the Beaujolais Nouveau, it is a rather insipid wine, and instead go with a Beaujolais Village, or a French Pinot.
I would not recommend serving a sparkler with the turkey, but if you want to serve it before hand it is always a wonderful treat. I would also try and find a bottle of something special that you will not find in your local grocery store, you can find reasonably priced Cavas with more flavor than Frixenat, of a Procescco that is not as cloying and tasteless as grocery store Asti Spumante.

Answer 4

Find a sparkling chardonnay instead of champagne, will be just as good but half the price.

Or my own favourite, if you can get it, is Roche Lacour, Cremant de Limoux.

Round about £10 a bottle in UK, no idea of prices elsewhere

Answer 5

it depends onf where you live . I'n my Home town you can get a good bottle of small bottles wine for 5 bucks at the Super Groccery Store and a lager bottle can be up to 15 bucks. You might want to try red bicycles, mad house wife, little peguine. They look more expenive then they are.

Answer 6

Asti is a good champagne. Its sweet. Ice wine is something to serve with a dessert.
I normally buy wine thats local from the state vinyards and occasionally visit them. They are great for conversation when you get to talk about what you bought from the vinyards.

Answer 7

For red wines try Sebastiani sonoma county pinot noir and Kendal Jackson vinters reserve pinot noir.

Answer 8

What type of wine do you like, and think about your guests and what they like, we always get a sweet wine and a dryer wine that way everyone is happy, if available get Widmer Finger Lake Niagra wine. It is amazing very nice taste like wild grapes. And Muscato is like candy. Those are just some of my favs, but I like sweet wines.

Answer 9

veuve clique champagne is a moderatly priced champagne that is a popular starter for a meal. You can get it at Sam's club for around $40.

Good luck to you.

Answer 10

Freixenet makes a good "champagne". It is not very expensive, but tastes good. There are many sparkling white wines that will fit your budget.