Grace at Thanksgiving

Aaaah, Thanksgiving, that most gluttonous of Holidays. The opportune occasion for stuffing oneself as full as possible and never having to look sorry. This year we hosted our annual orphan dinner with the usual suspects, along with two friends from Ohio who flew in for the weekend. A total of ten ultimately sat at our table (thoughthree were actually relegated to the 'kiddie' table set up next to our dining one), and trimmings included the traditional fare: the turkey, brined as usual, the stuffing, two types of potatoes, green bean casserole, etc., etc.

And then there was the wine...

We started with the Beaujolais, as it's tradition of course. Then Tim moved on to a pre dinner vouvray. After the mimosas we had been drinking all day, these two fruity wines were an appropriate continuation. Then, an 03 Rombauer chard was popped to prep everyone's palate for the good stuff.

The good stuff included an 02 Dehlinger Pinot and a 95 Leonetti Merlot, which was over the hill and, as Len put it, "was kind of like chewing on a barrel." He also popped a Grace Family cab. I believe this was in thanks for finally getting on their mailing list (05 will go down as the year his kiss up letters from 98 worked at Marcassin and Screaming Eagle as well -- he ended up on all three of these mailing lists in the last 6 months. Coincidence?)

After dinner activity included the watching of a Cavs game, and a truncated, new-rules-apply game of Trivial Pursuit. Neither of these had a desirable ending however (cavs lost; so did my TP team), so after a round of solace sought in pumpkin pie, we called it a night.

Til next year...