Food and wine
What wine for Thanksgiving dinner?
Thanksgiving dinner means turkey and the sides, often a ham, then pie. Open Tempranillo with the sides, Merlot with the main and Moscato with dessert. If you only buy two, make them Pinot Noir and Moscato. Pinot Noir goes with the stuffing and mushrooms, the turkey and the ham, and Moscato with the pie. Barello is a home cellar and bar app that tells you what to open tonight, what to keep, and what you can mix from what you have.
The whole table
A wine's age counts from its vintage, the year on the label.
These ages assume you keep the wine somewhere cool. If yours is somewhere warmer, open it sooner.
Other good matches
With the stuffing and mushrooms, you could also open Chardonnay, Grenache or Pinot Noir.
With the turkey, you could also open Pinot Gris, Sangiovese or Riesling.
With the ham, you could also open Cabernet Franc, Chenin Blanc or Beaujolais.
With the pie, you could also open sweet sherry or Pedro Ximénez sherry.
Add your bottles, tell Barello what's for dinner, and it picks one that's ready to drink.
Join freeQuestions people ask
What wine for Thanksgiving dinner?
Open Tempranillo with the sides, Merlot with the main and Moscato with dessert.
If I only buy two bottles for Thanksgiving dinner, what should they be?
If you only buy two, make them Pinot Noir and Moscato. Pinot Noir goes with the stuffing and mushrooms, the turkey and the ham, and Moscato with the pie.
How old should the Tempranillo be?
Drink it between 3 and 12 years after the vintage, the year on the label. It's best about 6 years in.
Sources: Wine Folly and the University of Adelaide.