The definitive wine guide for Thanksgiving

Turkey got you down? Don't worry because booze has got your back.

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My Great Uncle George had Thanksgiving food and drink pairing down pat: “Everything tastes better with Budweiser”.

Straight shooting and always to the point, you’d never have known George was first generation Portuguese given his contentedness with America’s most generic of beers.

We are of course awash in choice these days and for those who like wine, Thanksgiving (whether the American one next week or the Canadian one in October) can make one a bit crazy given how pliable a flavor profile turkey has and the vast, wildly-varying array of side dishes that come with it.

Now is the time of year when anyone writing about wine offers up wine choices for the holiday, which, given its theme of conspicuous consumption seems to be the most important holiday of the year to get right when it comes to the wine. I’ve never given such a list here but now having seen them year after year in wine publications, I’ve finally broken down and am curating a selection of wines for Turkey Day but with the intent of it being timeless so that I never have to do it ever again.