|
|
Article: Beaujolais and Pinot Noir wines can stand up to spicy feast
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 20, 1986
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright (null) Chicago Sun-Times. (Hide copyright information)
|
Matching wines to traditional Thanksgiving foods is no easy
task. What other meal contains so many dishes with both sweet and
savory flavors? Each dish is laden with several herbs and spices,
which need to be judiciously teamed with a complementary wine.
The natural choice for a wine accompaniment for turkey is a
Pinot Noir or a Beaujolais, available in a variety of characters to
suit the spice combination of almost any feast.
From the manganese-rich soil of the Haut Beaujolais region of
Burgundy come the light, fresh, flowerly Gamay wines of Beaujolais.
These wines are best teamed with an oyster, nut or smoked-meat
stuffing and other Thanksgiving flavors such as orange, mustard, ...