What wine to pair with your holiday meals…?

Well, depending on how you get along with your family, you may just want something with the highest possible alcohol content. If that is the case, disregard and simply look for the ABV on the side of the bottle.

If not, I can recommend a couple of my personal favorites. At August Briggs we love wine with every occasion, however, my best recommendations for your traditional holiday feast are Pinot and Zinfandel. In my opinion, these wines pair best when they are in the “Medium Bodied” category. Pinot, while light, has a terrific range of flavors. It can be light enough for fish, heavy enough for pork, compliments duck, and turkey very well. Zin can do the same, but is slightly less complex and heavier in body. It will pair with many of the same dishes, just with a heavier sauce. The alcohol in the Zin gives it more weight and so you will need to beef up the dish a bit (i.e. sauce!)

If that doesn’t help, just go back to the ABV.

 

Happy holidays!