What to Drink Now: Thanksgiving Wines Featured Today on KXAS/NBC DFW A favorite is Cenyth Rose of Cabernet Franc with lilac and soft herb aromas, and a palate filled with berry, red pear, and pink lady apples.

What to Drink Now: Thanksgiving Wines Featured Today on KXAS/NBC DFW From the Russian River Valley, Arrowood Saralee’s Vineyard Viognier brings both ripe fruit richness as well as bright, punchy acidity thanks to the unique terraced block of the vineyard the grapes are grown on. The resulting wine is aromatic and juicy, with orange blossom, apricot, honey, and toasted spice.

What to Drink Now: Thanksgiving Wines Featured Today on KXAS/NBC DFW From vineyards sitting high in the clouds at 1600-1800 feet above sea level in Sonoma’s Alexander Valley, Legacy Chardonnay reveals the essence of the place in every sip, with every aspect of the wine crafted by hand with low intervention winemaking. The resulting wine is rich while maintaining freshness thanks to the cool evenings the elevation brings, capturing acidity, layering lemon custard, golden apple, and toasted almond.

What to Drink Now: Thanksgiving Wines Featured Today on KXAS/NBC DFW Siduri Willamette Valley Pinot Noir blends fruit from Yamhill-Carlton, Eola-Amity, and the Chehalem Mountain sub-AVAs delivering red berry, ripe plum, and black tea with bright acidity and a lively palate.

Don’t forget the wine, champagne, spirits, and cocktails this Thanksgiving dinner Standing as America’s #1 selling Chardonnay for 25 years and counting, the 2017 Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay is a true crowd-pleaser will accentuate every element of your Thanksgiving feast. Big and rich, this pick is extra turkey-friendly thanks to its tropical pineapple and papaya notes with hints of vanilla, honey and toasted oak that round out the palate and pairs effortlessly with sweet dishes like sweet potato casserole and savory stuffing.

Perfect Pairings Chardonnay wines offer a crisp refreshing option for your Thanksgiving table, because they carry notes of apple and citrus, pineapple, and in some cases buttery flavors. Chardonnay wines are perfect for pairing with herbal qualities found in your meal from sage to thyme, and even to roasted vegetables and turkey. With the richness found in most Thanksgiving meals, Chardonnay is a great way to cleanse the palate to prepare for your next bite. Some suggestions: $ Carmel Road Unoaked Chardonnay

Your Thanksgiving Wine-Up An American sparkler: Of course, there is beautiful sparkling wine made in US terroir, too. An outstanding example is Gran Moraine Brut Rosé. Released only once a year from this Yamhill-Cartlon, Oregon-based winery, this stunner made of a Champagne-reminiscent chardonnay-pinot noir (tell your uncle Drew not to pronounce it “pinoh no-wah”) blend is juicy, refreshing, and very focused. The subtle citrus peel (grapefruit, tangerine) flavors go splendidly with a variety of hors d’oeuvres as well as the main event or even fruity dessert.

2019 Christmas gifts: gourmet delicacies Arcanum IGT Toscana 2013, among the so-called Supertuscans, is an original and highly prestigious label. A Bordeaux-inspired wine, produced mainly from Cabernet Franc grapes, is elegant and of pedigree. Perfect to amaze true connoisseurs always in search of the most surprising winemaking excellence.

Sustainable gift guide: 100 stylish gifts you’ll feel good about giving – or receiving Kendall Jackson boasts the largest solar generator in the wine industry, helping to earn it sustainable certification from California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance. Kendall Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay.

Sustainable gift guide: 100 stylish gifts you’ll feel good about giving – or receiving This family-owned Santa Maria, Calif., vineyard has been sustainably farming its crops for more than 30 years, resulting in this ripe pinot noir with notes of black raspberry, blueberry, cranberry and pomegranate. Cambria Julia’s Vineyard Pinot Noir.

Great wines for giving thanks Bright citrus flavors and aromas of poached pear, lemon curd, baking spices with notes of orange blossom finish fresh and crisp.

Great wines for giving thanks A classic cool climate earthy Syrah with an abundance of dark fruit aromas and dark cherry flavors.

Great wines for giving thanks An easy drinking, fun style Rosé, dry and crisp with strawberry and bubblegum flavors.

Great wines for giving thanks A silky texture with spicy aromas opening up to flavors of raspberry, cherry, and truffle.

Great wines for giving thanks Clean and crisp with aromas of citrus and peach followed by green apple flavors.

12 American Sparkling Wines to Buy Right Now White-blossomed flowers, hawthorne, and hard apples energize the subtle nose here. The palate shows propulsive energy: This is not a rosé of lush generosity but rather of structure and linearity. Lots of orange-leaning fresh citrus, and the savory, slate-like minerality of the nose sweeps back in on the finish.

Looking for Thanksgiving wine? Here’s a list that will impress your guests. Tony Rynders has a series of expressive pinot noirs from Anderson Valley that we recently discovered. This one is elegant, much like a burgundy, but expressive with black cherry fruit flavors.

7 of the Best American Red Wines for Thanksgiving (2019) California isn’t typically associated with Syrah production, and this bottle makes us wonder why. It’s wonderfully balanced, blending fresh dark-fruit notes with well-rounded tannins, and it has a spicy, white pepper finish. With a relatively low alcohol content for the variety and region, it ticks all the boxes and will pair with anything on the table.

Top 100 of 2019! - #76 Veteran winemaker Lynn Penner-Ash crafts dynamic Pinot Noirs. She has a deft hand at coaxing supple textures and elegantly complex flavors from the grapes, and it shows in the Shea Vineyard bottling from the warm 2016 vintage. Planted across 200 acres of rolling hills, Shea is a source of grapes for many of Oregon's best producers. Penner-Ash, which was sold to Jackson Family Wines in 2016, has made a Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir since 2002. Starting with just one block, the winemaker expanded the vineyard selection to six, blending grapes from all of the blocks into this wine.

Top 100 of 2019! - #61 Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson's daughters Katie Jackson and Julia Jackson are the proprietors of this Santa Maria estate. The Katherine's Vineyard bottling—named after Katie—successfully expresses the site's terroir. Shallow sand and granite soils combine with cool maritime influences and a protracted growing season to provide a well-structured wine. Six months' aging in 15% new French oak retains the fresh fruit and minerality but also lends smoky richness and a creamy texture. Most impressive may be the volume and value that comes along with this textbook Santa Maria Chardonnay.

Top 100 of 2019! - #37 Chris Carpenter knows mountain wines. As the winemaker for Jackson Family Wines' Lokoya, Cardinale, Mt. Brave and La Jota, each focused on Napa mountain terroir, he finds that his biggest challenge can be wrangling rugged tannins. With the Merlot on Howell Mountain, Carpenter pays close attention to how the tannins harmonize with the sugar and acid during harvest. He often picks specific rows rather than the entire vineyard for optimal balance, and in the cellar he employs pump-overs and gentle racking to further manage the wine's tannic strength. The result is an elegant Merlot, but with plenty of richness that also captures Howell Mountain's signature minerality.

California Pairings for Thanksgiving Day Siduri Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir melds stewed cranberry, raspberry, and balsamic.

California Pairings for Thanksgiving Day Down the coast, Monterey County Chardonnay shows more tropical notes, thanks to warmer temperatures and a long growing season, with pineapple, mango, and Meyer lemon, as displayed in La Crema Monterey Chardonnay…

California Pairings for Thanksgiving Day Like the racehorses that are the inspiration for the winery, Maggy Hawk “Stormin” Pinot Noir wraps power with polish, revealing a complex wine with energy.

Oregon Riesling Is the Best Wine You’ve Probably Never Had Almost smoky on the nose and with a slight hint of almonds, the silky mouthfeel here and generous stone fruit join an inner core of spicy savoriness.