Here’s how the pros pair turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes with pinot, bubbles, and chardonnay The wine in your glass is as important as the turkey and stuffing on the Thanksgiving table. Luckily, you don’t need to be a sommelier to make a great pairing with your holiday menu. I spoke with sommeliers and pairing experts to help guide your holiday wine shopping as you plan your holiday meal. Or, if you’re being hosted, any of these bottles would be a welcome gift for the cook. “Pairing wines with food begins with flavors that work well together,” says Michael Jordan, Master Sommelier at Jackson Family Wines. “There are structural elements of wine like the level of natural grape acidity in the wine or the level of tannin in a red wine that “frame’ the wine’s flavors and can make a pairing sing,” he says. When you taste the perfect match between plate and glass, you instantly know it: a full-bodied cab cuts through the richness of a juicy steak. A bracing sauvignon blanc mirrors the salty brine of an oyster.

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