Berkeley turkey
Everyone this time of year seems to be either writing or wondering about what wine goes with turkey. Personally, we always serve three types of wine for Thanksgiving at our house — a bottle of bubbly, a Chardonnay and a Pinot Noir. We open the sparkling wine to drink with appetizers while the turkey finishes in the oven. Then the Chardonnay (which goes well with traditional side dishes such as sweet potatoes) and the Pinot (which goes well with turkey) are opened and served with dinner. But you can find articles in the Wall Street Journal, Wine Spectator, SFGate, etc., to tell you what wines to serve at the Thanksgiving table.
What I want to tell you about is what went really well with Uzi’s famous spit-roasted pork loin seasoned with rosemary and garlic the other night–Pinot Noir. We opened a special bottle of premier cru Chambolle Musigny to go with it. And just to gauge our winemaking expertise against this Burgundy benchmark, we also opened a bottle of our 2007 garagiste Carneros Pinot Noir. Though they are very different wines and I almost hesitate to mention the two together in the same breath, they were both fantastic and both went splendidly with the pork.
So go cook one of these later this week when you’re tired of turkey and open up a bottle of Pinot Noir. And next year, when you’re planning your Thanksgiving dinner, consider a 2008 Stomping Girl Pinot Noir to go with the turkey.
Pork roast and Pinot
November 23, 2009 at 7:35 am
Thank you for suggesting foods to go with Pinot Noir. I am always interested in recommendations for which wine with what meat. I don’t always want just a white wine with a white meat or fish, so it helps me when someone recommends something like a Pinot Noir with pork roast. We received a bottle of Chardonnay as a gift recently and will be serving it along with Stomping GirlPinot Noir with our Thanksgiving turkey. Perhaps we’ll add a bubbly with hors d’oeuvres…..
November 23, 2009 at 2:18 pm
You’re right, you don’t have to serve white wine with fish and chicken. In fact, Pinot is a perfect match for salmon. It is also nice with roast chicken. Happy Thanksgiving and let me know what you think of the sneak peek you are getting of 2008 Stomping Girl Pinot!