Pairing Your Wine With Turkey

By:  Ed "The Wine Guy" 

We, the staff at Harney's, recommend the following wines for your Thanksgiving enjoyment. They are "tried and true" wines; Thanksgiving is a feast of tradition, a time of familiar and comforting food and wine, it is not the time for experimentation.

WHITE

Trimbach Pinot Blanc, Alsace, France. Elegant, dry (not sweet), with delicate hints of apple, peach, and apricot. 

Kris Pinot Grigio, Italy. Our best selling Italian-style Pinot Grigio: light-bodied, crisp, with satisfying, refreshing acidity. 

King Estate Pinot Gris, Oregon. A softer, creamier style than the Grigio. Also from Oregon, similar in style to the King Estate: Erath, Acrobat, A to Z, Big Fire. 

Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand. A perennial favorite. Also, First Crush: a less intense style of Sauvignon Blanc.

Chardonnay: 

Belcreme De Lys, California: oaky, creamy and buttery, a complement to roasted turkey.
Simi, California. A perfect balance of fruit and acidity with a minimum of oak.

Dr. L Riesling, Germany. Crisp, slightly sweet, with hints of fruit and mineral.

RED

Meiomi Pinot Noir, California. Our second largest selling California Pinot Noir, and, with good reason.

Centine, Banfi, Italy. An inexpensive, delicious red blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet, and Merlot.

14 Hands Columbia Valley, Washington State. A delicious red blend. Also their Merlot and Cabernet
Gascon Malbec, from Mendoza, Argentina, of course. Intense fruity flavors and spice (and everything nice).

Columbia Crest Grand Estates, Washington State. An inexpensive, satisfying Cabernet Sauvignon and a lush Merlot.

ROSE

Moulin de Gassac, France. Dry (not sweet), with hints of fresh strawberry. Our largest selling Rose' for both 2013 and 2014.

Wine of the Week, November 02, 2014

CAMERON HUGHES CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2009 LOT 279

NAPA, CALIFORNIA

By: Ed “The Wine Guy”

We are fortunate here at Harney's to have such a hard-to-find Cabernet Sauvignon. Arguably, no area in the wine world gets the most out of the Cabernet Sauvignon grape than California, and, no area in California than Napa Valley. Location, location, location! After a recent wine lecture, one of the audience said to me: "Thank you for the geography lesson." She had grasped the meaning of terroir: the environmental conditions, especially climate and soil, in which grapes are grown and that give a wine its unique aroma and flavor. This Cabernet Sauvignon is a robust, chewy, dense, rich wine, exhibiting aromas and flavors of plum, cassis/black currants (an earthy-tasting berry), dark cherries, licorice, and vanilla. And, there's even more: unmistakable hints of espresso and dark chocolate.