Every second weekend in October, Canadian families celebrate the Thanksgiving season. It’s a time to express gratitude, thankfulness and, of course, to indulge in a bountiful Thanksgiving feast.
Let’s be honest, no good Thanksgiving dinner is complete without enjoying your favourite wines with your guests. Offering a complex range of tastes and textures, an elegant wine is the perfect complement to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner—especially with traditional servings of turkey, roast vegetables, and seasonal side dishes.
Make serving wine easier with essential wine accessories
For many families and friends who choose to celebrate the holiday together, Thanksgiving lasts longer than the time it takes to sit down and eat dinner. Many hours are often spent together, both before and after the meal, as guests reconnect and share stories about work, friends, life, and family.
If you’re serving as the host for a Thanksgiving feast, are you prepared to serve your guests wine with efficiency, elegance, and grace? Having an assortment of essential wine accessories creates the perfect ambience to savour a fine bottle of wine.
Wine accessories make it easier to store and serve wine. They can even intrigue curious family members and open the door to a stimulating conversation.
Aerate red wines with beautiful decanters
A little oxygen helps wine breathe ahead of consumption. It unlocks the more subtle nuances in preserved wine, creating a more fulfilling experience during consumption.
A sleek wine decanter adds a little elegance for every wine enthusiast. Decanters are the perfect accessory to temporarily store wine—particularly red wine—ahead of a festive occasion like Thanksgiving dinner.
Models like this featured decanter rest confidently on the countertop. The asymmetrically shaped base is complemented by an elegant neck that graciously pours wine before, during, or after Thanksgiving dinner. It adds a touch of class to the environment—and makes your red wine look even more savoury and delicious.
Provide perfect white wines with marble wine chillers
Red wines are more savoury when preserved for longer periods of time, whereas white wines can be enjoyed as soon as you’d like. If your guests happen to bring a bottle of white wine for the Thanksgiving festivities, show your appreciation for the gift by displaying the bottle in your sophisticated wine chiller.
A perfect example is the Marble Wine Cooler with a Removable Cork Base. The 100% all-natural marble keeps the wine bottle chilled for hours, and the cork base prevents any condensation from staining your countertop. All you have to do is pre-freeze the marble earlier in the day, and you can use your new accessory to keep white wine at the perfect temperature for a Thanksgiving feast.
The chilled marble looks incredible, and it’s a great conversation starter with anyone who comes into your home.
Guarantee a smooth uncorking with quality corkscrews and openers
Most sommeliers will carry high-end wine corkscrews—including the L’Atelier Du Vin corkscrews. If you’d like to learn more about what makes these wine corkscrews such invaluable accessories, read more from our detailed L’Atelier Du Vin wine corkscrew guide.
Don’t forget wine stoppers to preserve what’s left in the bottle
It’s not uncommon for wine bottles to remain unfinished at the end of a Thanksgiving dinner. Make sure you have a quality wine stopper to preserve what’s left in the bottle so you can finish the remains at your leisure over the reset of the Thanksgiving weekend.
L’Atelier Du Vin isn’t just a trusted brand for wine corkscrews—their company manufactures one of the best wine stoppers in the industry. The Modèle 54 is a universal cork that can safely seal any wine bottle and preserve the remaining wine for another few days. It hermetically seals the opening and preserves the subtle tastes and aromas so you can continue enjoying your wine as the Thanksgiving weekend rolls on.
Build a collection of stemware crafted for every type of wine
There are many styles of wine glasses manufactured for different types of wines. The size, shape, depth, and rim of each wine glass is tailor-made to support a unique type of wine tasting experience.
If you’re hosting a family Thanksgiving dinner, each guest is likely to prefer a different type of wine. Help them get the most enjoyment out of their wine of choice by supplying the correct wine glass.
What wine glasses belong in your collection? You can choose from Burgundy glasses, Bordeaux glasses, white wine glasses, and even Champagne flutes if you’re planning a special toast during Thanksgiving. The good folks at Good Housekeeping have a detailed list of the best wines to pair with Thanksgiving dinner, which will help guide how you build your wine glass collection.
Generally speaking, these are the types of wine glasses you should have in supply when your friends and family visit this Thanksgiving holiday.
Red wine glasses
Red wines are perhaps the most common drink to pair with a festive turkey dinner. Red wines have a fruity aroma that perfectly complements the taste of turkey and stuffing.
Cabernets and Merlots are excellent red wines to keep in stock for the Thanksgiving holiday. These wines are best enjoyed in Burgundy, Bordeaux, or similar red wine glass. These glasses have larger, rounder bowls that support better aeration, releasing delicate aromas, and helping you savour every delicious flavour of your wine.
Most family members will enjoy a glass of red wine with Thanksgiving dinner, so make sure you have a red wine glasses on hand.
White wine glasses
White wines have a slightly tarter taste than red wines, but they also have a refreshing, citrusy flavour. Sweeter white wines add to the richness of a Thanksgiving dinner, and they’re a splendid choice during dessert.
Chardonnays and Rieslings are popular white wines—beloved for their lighter, crisper tastes. You can pair any of these white wines with white wine glasses, which have a narrower bowl that protects the wine from losing its cool temperature. The shape of the rim directs the contents of the glass directly to the back of the tongue, intensifying the taste as you sip the wine.
White wines are a great drink of choice for pre-dinner events ahead of the main Thanksgiving dinner, and quality white wine glasses unlock the delicious subtleties of white wine.
Champagne flutes
Suppose a family member has a special surprise they want to share with all their loved ones at Thanksgiving. What better way to commemorate a celebration than with a bottle of chilled champagne.
If you’re going to uncork a bottle of the bubbly, you should have a healthy stock of Champagne flute glasses on hand. These wine glasses are known for their thin, narrow design that preserves the bubbles.
You can learn more about how to select the best wine glasses for each occasion by reading our detailed guide.
Host like a pro: prepare for your Thanksgiving guests
Finally, to complete the Thanksgiving-themed wine party for your family or friends, you should have the right accessories to store your wine so you can serve it like a pro. This way, you preserve the delicate, complex flavours of your wines that can be unlocked and savoured as soon as you uncork the bottles for your guests.
By maintaining a premium wine cooler in your home, you can preserve and protect your bottles in ideal conditions for as long as you need. Choose from sleek, compact units that can be stored under the counter, or spacious, multi-zone coolers in a designated space in your home.
Regardless of your preference in style and aesthetics, a proper wine cooler will help make Thanksgiving dinner taste a little more special.
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