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The 30 Best Wines for Thanksgiving (2024)

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And spending time perusing wine shop shelves while internally panicking about how you need to baste the turkey in 15 minutes is no fun. We compiled our top Thanksgiving wine picks so you can shop with ease and get back in time to “shoo” everyone out of the kitchen. Read on for the 30 best wines to drink this Thanksgiving.

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8 of the Best Wines From the Northern Rhône

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The Northern Rhône Valley has some of the most breathtaking vineyards in the world — and some of the most stunning wines. The Northern Rhône has a more continental climate, not as warm as that of the south, and the wines, especially the reds, can be a bit lighter (though not “light”), lower in alcohol, and offer more acidity.

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8 of the Best Red Wines From Italy’s Puglia

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It says something when a well-known TV series about Italian food, in an episode about Puglia, ignores the wines of the region in the heel of the boot of southern Italy. But the wines? I guess the show’s host (a well-known actor) and producers must have figured that Puglia is still a backwater region when it comes to wine.

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The Mount Rushmore of California Wine, According to 8 Wine Experts

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Relative to Europe’s multi-millennia wine history, California is still just a baby. But whether or not France , Italy , and the rest of the Euro cohort care to admit it, the grand Golden State has fashioned an equally commanding seat in the boardroom of storied wine regions. Surprisingly, not a single wine was mentioned twice!

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The 10 Countries That Drink the Most Wine

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One would assume that the countries that drink the most wine in the world would remain pretty enthusiastic about the beverage, but this year, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Wine Industry Report , sharing current data on wine trends, including a list of the top 10 countries that consume the most wine. is the No.

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14 of the Best Wines From Montefalco, Umbria

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Understanding wine is often about comparisons: If you’re not familiar with a certain variety, what does it remind you of? The issue is tannins, the chewy, often “dusty” remnants of the grapes that coat the mouth, give red wines structure, and make them worthy of aging. Those young California Cabs are quite tannic. Plenty of time.

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The Top New Wine of 2023 Was… Stella Rosa’s Pineapple & Chili?

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The hottest new wine of 2023 turned up the heat on the wine industry: Stella Rosa Pineapple & Chili, the first of three new additions to the company’s Spicy Series. The low-alcohol (5 percent ABV) wine blends Moscato d’Asti grapes with tropical fruit natural flavors and a distillate of Calabrian chilis.

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