Pairings
turkey
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AMARONE (ITALIAN DRY, FULL-FLAVORED, FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE VENETO REGION)
BAROLO (ITALIAN DRY, BITTER, TANNIC, FULL-FLAVORED RED WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION)
BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU (TWO-MONTH-OLD FRENCH LIGHT-BODIED RED WINE, OUT IN NOVEMBER)
BURGUNDY, WHITE (MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED; SEE ALSO CHARDONNAY, CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET, MEURSAULT, POUILLY-FUISSE, PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, ETC.)
CABERNET FRANC (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM BORDEAUX AND THE LOIRE VALLEY)
CHARDONNAY, AUSTRALIAN
CIDER, HARD (ALCOHOLIC FERMENTED APPLE JUICE)
GRENACHE (RED GRAPE GROWN IN FRANCE AND SPAIN; VERY FRUITY WITH BLACKBERRY SWEETNESS AND HINTS OF PEPPER; THE KEY GRAPE IN CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE, IT IS OFTEN USED TO MAKE ROSE AND VEGA SICILIA; SEE ALSO CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE)
LAGER (TOP-FERMENTING BEER BREWED PRIMARILY FROM MALTED BARLEY, HOPS, AND WATER; LIGHT IN COLOR, HIGH IN CARBONATION WITH A MILD HOP FLAVOR)
LOW-TANNIN WINE (E.G., BARBERA, BEAUJOLAIS, DOLCETTO, LOIRE VALLEY WHITE, PINOT GRIGIO, PINOT NOIR, RIESLING, VALPOLICELLA)
PINOT GRIGIO / PINOT GRIS (NORTHERN ITALIAN LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE BEST DRUNK YOUNG; PINOT GRIS, FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, IS SIMILAR BUT FULLER-BODIED; ALSATIAN PINOT GRIS IS THE FULLEST-BODIED OF ALL AND ALSO KNOWN AS TOKAY D'ALSACE)
SANGIOVESE (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE, PRIMARILY FROM TUSCANY; SEE ALSO CHIANTI, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, ETC.)
SAVENNIERES (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED DRY WHITE WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY)
SPARKLING WINE (SPARKLING WINE NOT MADE IN THE CHAMPAGNE REGION OF FRANCE; E.G., SPANISH CAVA, ITALIAN PROSECCO, GERMAN SEKT, ETC.; SEE ALSO CHAMPAGNE, CAVA, PROSECCO, VOUVRAY, SPARKLING, ETC.)
TOKAY PINOT GRIS (FRENCH FULL-BODIED PINOT GRIS FROM ALSACE; AKA TOKAY D'ALSACE, BUT NO RELATION TO HUNGARIAN TOKAY; SEE ALSO PINOT GRIS, ALSATIAN)
WATER, MINERAL, LIGHT (WITH SMALL BUBBLES, E.G., RAMLOSA, SOLE)