Thanksgiving Wines to Put a Wobble in Your Gobble

Thanksgiving ... a time for celebrating food, family, friends -- and wine! No Thanksgiving meal would be complete without an appropriate wine to complement the food we are so grateful to have.

"It's all about matching wines with food," says Jerald O'Kennard of Tastings.com and the Beverage Testing Institute.

For fans of white wines, O'Kennard recommends Rieslings from New York state. "New York State makes great Rieslings," he says, calling them "very dramatic," with a classic German Riesling profile.

O'Kennard's recommendations include Knapp Riesling, which he calls a nice, super-dry recommendation from Finger Lakes, New York, which retails for about $14.95. Tastings.com describes its flavors of tangy apple, pear and citrus.

For more fruit character, he suggests Vintner's Select, Norbud Vineyard's Glenora. Take one whiff of Glenora, and Tastings.com says you'll be overwhelmed with the dry Riesling's scents of grapefruit peel, melon and apple, while flavors of tart green apple, honeydew and grapefruit will tickle your taste buds. Glenora, also from Finger Lakes, retails for about $23.99.

For a selection available nationwide, O'Kennard says Chateau Ste. Michelle from the Indian Wells Vineyard in Washington State is a wonderful pick. "It's really a crowd-pleasing kind of style," he says. "It has a little bit of tang and citrus to its finish. It's a really nice wine that cuts through food." Chateau Ste. Michelle, Silver Medal Award winner of the World Wine Championships, retails for about $17.99 a bottle.