Category: Thanksgiving

• A Guide To Pairing Wine With Thanksgiving – Dish by Dish

  

  Thanksgiving – the one day of the year when Americans gather around the table to focus on gratitude and the joy of being with those we love. This day centers on one epic meal, incorporating a cornucopia of flavors, textures, and spices that makes the most seasoned chef shudder.

  Michelle Williams

  November 19, 2018

  Food, Thanksgiving, Wine, wine and food pairing, wine review, Winetasting

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• The Daily Meal Article: The Ultimate Thanksgiving Meal Requires Oregon Wine

  

  Thanksgiving is almost upon us. It is a day that centers around possibly the most important meal of the year. It is also a complicated meal featuring a wide variety of textures, spices, and flavors. A daunting meal to prepare, much less pair with wine. Some try to go the dangerous one wine route. I […]

  Michelle Williams

  November 20, 2017

  food, Food and Wine Pairing, Thanksgiving, Willamette Valley, Wine, wine and food pairing, wine review, wine tasting

  2014 Ghost Hill Cellars Pinot Noir Blanc, 2014 Youngberg Hill Jordan Pinot Noir, 2015 Vidon Vineyard Chardonnay, 2016 Alloro Vineyard Riesling, Food and Wine Pairing, Thanksgiving, The Daily Meal, Willamette Valley, wine, wine and food pairing, wine review

• A Guide to the Perfect #Thanksgiving #Food & #Wine Pairings

  

  Thanksgiving. The one day of the year when Americans gather for family, friends, food, and football. It is a day meant to focus on gratitude and the joy of being with those we love. It is also a day that centers on one epic meal, and for some that meal can be daunting. To make […]

  Michelle Williams

  November 21, 2016

  Food, Thanksgiving, The Daily Meal, Wine

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• Exploring the Art of Living with Ferrari-Carano Vineyards

  

  The holiday season is upon us and with it comes hectic time of rush, rush, rush. I would like to challenge you to do something different this year. Really, a new way to approach the holiday season that will hopefully stay with you into 2016. I’d like us all to enjoy this holiday season with […]

  Michelle Williams

  November 25, 2015

  Ferrari-Carano Vineyard, Food, Italian Art of Living, McCue Communications, Music, Thanksgiving, Wine, winter

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• Fall into Languedoc AOP for Great Food and Wine Pairings

  

  I enjoy cooking. I like to cook year round but I particularly like the flavors and colors of fall cuisine. I prefer to use as many fresh ingredients as possible in my cooking but living in an urban area most of my fresh ingredients come from the local super market. However, I do have a […]

  Michelle Williams

  November 23, 2015

  Fall, Food, France, Languedoc, Music, recipes, Thanksgiving, Wine

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• Celebrate Thanksgiving Lodi Style

  

  When you think of Thanksgiving what are the first thoughts that come to your mind? Do you think gratitude for a year’s worth of blessings? Perhaps football? Shopping? Or maybe please give me enough alcohol to get me through this day with my family? Did you know more wine is consumed on Thanksgiving in the […]

  Michelle Williams

  November 14, 2015

  #LodiLive, #WinePW, Food, recipes, Thanksgiving, Wine, Wine Pairing Weekend

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• Reigniting a Post-Thanksgiving Tradition

  

  Many years ago when the kids were much younger we had a family tradition of attending the Dallas Stars hockey game each year on the Friday after Thanksgiving. However, as the years moved on my son went from playing recreation hockey to select travel hockey. That meant that literally every holiday throughout the year he […]

  Michelle Williams

  December 10, 2014

  AC/DC, American Airlines Center, Audi Club, Dallas, Dallas Stars, Food, hockey, Merlot, Music, Thanksgiving, tradition

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