So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this week
I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Darlene

"Dar V" > wrote in message
...
> So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this
week
> I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving,
> Darlene

Having a red raspberry / red currant blend (all home grown) and a bottle of
my red wine from my backyard vineyard made from Merlot, Cab. Franc and
Chambourcin.

>
>
>

Our main wine will be my "Hurricane Red", a homegrown blend of
Chambourcin, Baco, Chelois & DeChaunac. Much like a full Beaujolais.

Happy Thanksgiving. Mike MTM

On 11/26/03 4:18 PM, in article ,
"Dar V" > wrote:

> So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this week
> I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving,
> Darlene

Aside from some Amberhill Cabernet and perhaps some nice fruity white wines
from Northern Michigan, I will definitely serve my cranberry melomel and end
with my "pretty good port".

--
Greg Cook
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine

(remove spamblocker from my email)

I will be supplying wine for the (large) family gathering. We will have:

Red - Shiraz from Cal. grapes
White - Pinot Grigio from a BK kit
- Gewürztraminer form a Spagnols kit
Desert - Peach/Apricot Chardonnay from a Island Mist Kit

After dinner - Dewberry Sherry

I wanted to use my Cranberry that I started last year but I think it need a
bit more time.

Ray

"Dar V" > wrote in message
...
> So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this
week
> I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving,
> Darlene
>
>
>

I'm bringing home-made Gewürz. (2002, Ontario) and Seyval Blanc 2002
(Chautauqua Co. Lake Erie, NY) Best wishes to all for a Happy
Thanksgiving...

Mark L.

"Paul E. Lehmann" > wrote in message >...
> "Dar V" > wrote in message
> ...
> > So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> > I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this
> week
> > I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
> >
> > Happy Thanksgiving,
> > Darlene
>
> Having a red raspberry / red currant blend (all home grown) and a bottle of
> my red wine from my backyard vineyard made from Merlot, Cab. Franc and
> Chambourcin.
>
> >
> >
> >

Looks like Cava this year, smaller crowd, still anti-french sentiment,
like sparkling and probably 1994 LBV at end when everyone is loosening
the belt a little. 2002 Bin 50 will be out for Red, just in case.

"Paul E. Lehmann" > wrote in message >...
> "Dar V" > wrote in message
> ...
> > So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> > I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this
> week
> > I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
> >
> > Happy Thanksgiving,
> > Darlene
>
> Having a red raspberry / red currant blend (all home grown) and a bottle of
> my red wine from my backyard vineyard made from Merlot, Cab. Franc and
> Chambourcin.
>
> >
> >
> >

Two bottles of cranberry-asian pear blend with the meal, a sweet
mangosteen with dessert, and blueberry port after the dishes are
washed. After that, who knows?

Jack Keller

Cinnamon and Clove spiced Apple for the white and Elderberry Grape for the
red.( Along with some Home-made Cream Ale)

--
Roger & Lynda

"Dar V" > wrote in message
...
> So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this
week
> I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving,
> Darlene
>
>
>

Good to see you again, Jack,
for me it will be a New Mexico Riesling, or a NY 62.01221.01 (an as yet
to be named hybrid from Cornell U.).
Joanne

"Jack Keller" > wrote in message
om...
> Two bottles of cranberry-asian pear blend with the meal, a sweet
> mangosteen with dessert, and blueberry port after the dishes are
> washed. After that, who knows?
>
> Jack Keller

Thought I'd bring a bottle of my oaked 2002 Seyval Blanc for the family
to try.

-Paul

"Dar V" > wrote in message
...
> So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this
week
> I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving,
> Darlene

A bottle each of pinot gris made from Peter Brehm's frozen grapes and an
oaked, partially ML'ed loganberry/blackberry with dinner, then an Ice Wine
style from a kit for desert.

The mad kiwi

Too many years ago when an officer cadet at the Royal Military Academy
Sandhurst I had to study a particular General in detail as part of my
military history studies. My first choice out of a short list was Alexander
the Great and my second was Stonewall Jackson. Happily for me my first
choice was accepted and has led to a lifetime fascination of the life and
times of Alexander, his predecessors and inheritors.
However it meant that I never studied the history of the USA in any detail,
which might have been nurtured had I researched General Jackson in the
detail to which I had done with Alexander.
So much of my knowledge of your history is based on peripheral knowledge
gained over a lifetime and is not without an element or two of detail.
However there are huge holes ( "black holes" is appropriate ). One of them
is your Thanksgiving date. Oh I understand the background of its historical
beginnings but have no idea of the date -- which is obviously at this time
of year.
It approaches the vagueness of " when is Easter". Hopefully it is not a
feast that spreads it date over several days ( or even weeks like
Christmas ). One of the sad things in UK is the deterioration of the ancient
"celebration" of "Guy Fawkes Night" ( Bonfire night ) on 5 November. As a
boy and for the last 400 odd years it had been celebrated uniquely on the
night of 5 November with a preceding evening ( Mischievous Night --
probably the antecedent of your Halloween). But that was it.
On an ever increasing basis it now covers about 2 weeks by various profit
and non profit organisations having their individual "safe" nights --
augmented by the local vandals letting of illegal "bombs" from the end of
September. or it happens on the nearest weekend before or after! Quite sad
really!
It is akin to me only eating fresh strawberries when they are in season
locally at the end of June/early July.
I can now buy hot cross buns all year round in my local supermarket but I
don't -- it is a treat at Easter when I bake my own.
I am, inevitably a product of my age -- but there is so much more inherent
pleasure in events that re-occur annually, in season and briefly. If you
extend the season then the pleasure is diluted to an eventual nonentity!


Oh sorry --- there I go again! All I originally started out on was that I
didn't know the date ( fixed?) of Thanksgiving day

Trust the US to have 2 "Christmases" ( you know -- family emotional times)

If any of you were nearer I might send you a bottle of my 4 year old
strawberry "Champagne" but I have only 3 bottles left!

Happy thanksgiving to all in USA


Sorry for the ramble!



--
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire, England
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"Dar V" > wrote in message
...
> So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this
week
> I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving,
> Darlene
>
>
>

"Pinky" > wrote in message
...
> If any of you were nearer I might send you a bottle of my 4 year old
> strawberry "Champagne" but I have only 3 bottles left!
>
> Happy thanksgiving to all in USA
>
>
> Sorry for the ramble!

Nice to hear from you, Trevor!

Happy Thanksgiving to you too - even though it's just an ordinary Thursday
in the UK.

I'm sipping my penultimate bottle of 1987 Rutherford Cabernet as I write. I
may hold the last one for another decade or more, as it still has lots of
unresolved tannin and plenty of fruit remaining. Cheers to all!

Tom S

On 11/26/2003 05:18 PM, Dar V said:
> So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this week
> I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving,
> Darlene

I opened a bottle of my 2002 wineberry wine.

Earlier this year, I was complaining in this group that, at 12
months old, the wine was too harsh and tart. Now at 16
months old, the tartness is gone, and it's very good.
Patience is a virtue, happy Thanksgiving!

--
Joe
http://www.joekaz.net/
http://www.cafeshops.com/joekaz

Trevor,
as to when the date for our Thanksgiving is, we just look it up on the
yearly calendar. No, it doesn't spread over a period of days. It's all us
adults who tend to spread over a period of years. But, actually, it's our
unique creation. Something purely American, where we stop and say "thank
you" to the Great Almighty for everything that we have. I'm sure that there
are those who would tie Thanksgiving into some sort of Harvest festival. No
doubt it is, of a sort. But it's something more than that. I could ramble
here, too, but I would get rather spiritual.
Unfortunately, Thanksgiving has now been seized by commercialism as the
excuse to start the (American) Christmas holiday season. I dispise this
completely. I avoid stores and shopping malls at this time.
As for Halloween, I am surprised at you, Trevor! All Hallow's Eve, hmmm?
In the southwestern states where there has been a strong latino influence,
you will also find 'Dios Dei Los Muertos' or 'Day of the Dead' (apologies
for incorrect spelling). This is from the Aztec culture.
regards,
Joanne

"Pinky" > wrote in message
...
> Too many years ago when an officer cadet at the Royal Military Academy
> Sandhurst I had to study a particular General in detail as part of my
> military history studies. My first choice out of a short list was
Alexander
> the Great and my second was Stonewall Jackson. Happily for me my first
> choice was accepted and has led to a lifetime fascination of the life and
> times of Alexander, his predecessors and inheritors.
> However it meant that I never studied the history of the USA in any
detail,
> which might have been nurtured had I researched General Jackson in the
> detail to which I had done with Alexander.
> So much of my knowledge of your history is based on peripheral knowledge
> gained over a lifetime and is not without an element or two of detail.
> However there are huge holes ( "black holes" is appropriate ). One of
them
> is your Thanksgiving date. Oh I understand the background of its
historical
> beginnings but have no idea of the date -- which is obviously at this time
> of year.
> It approaches the vagueness of " when is Easter". Hopefully it is not a
> feast that spreads it date over several days ( or even weeks like
> Christmas ). One of the sad things in UK is the deterioration of the
ancient
> "celebration" of "Guy Fawkes Night" ( Bonfire night ) on 5 November. As
a
> boy and for the last 400 odd years it had been celebrated uniquely on the
> night of 5 November with a preceding evening ( Mischievous Night --
> probably the antecedent of your Halloween). But that was it.
> On an ever increasing basis it now covers about 2 weeks by various profit
> and non profit organisations having their individual "safe" nights --
> augmented by the local vandals letting of illegal "bombs" from the end of
> September. or it happens on the nearest weekend before or after! Quite sad
> really!
> It is akin to me only eating fresh strawberries when they are in season
> locally at the end of June/early July.
> I can now buy hot cross buns all year round in my local supermarket but I
> don't -- it is a treat at Easter when I bake my own.
> I am, inevitably a product of my age -- but there is so much more inherent
> pleasure in events that re-occur annually, in season and briefly. If you
> extend the season then the pleasure is diluted to an eventual nonentity!
>
>
> Oh sorry --- there I go again! All I originally started out on was that
I
> didn't know the date ( fixed?) of Thanksgiving day
>
> Trust the US to have 2 "Christmases" ( you know -- family emotional
times)
>
> If any of you were nearer I might send you a bottle of my 4 year old
> strawberry "Champagne" but I have only 3 bottles left!
>
> Happy thanksgiving to all in USA
>
>
> Sorry for the ramble!
>
>
>
> --
> Trevor A Panther
> In South Yorkshire, England
> Remove "SPAMLESS" from my address line to reply.
> All outgoing mail is scanned by Norton
> Anti Virus for your protection too!
> "Dar V" > wrote in message
> ...
> > So what type of wine are you having for Thanksgiving?
> > I'm opening up my first bottle of cranberry wine, and at sometime this
> week
> > I'll open up a bottle of strawberry.
> >
> > Happy Thanksgiving,
> > Darlene
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Hi Trevor - In the US Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth thursday in
November, thanks to President Lincoln. It's a big family day. My wife and
I just had the 38th Thanksgiving dinner here at our house. Twentynine
family members attended, nine of which are under 5 years. The dinner is
usually turkey and traditional side dishes but this year our theme was
Italian. We have a non-turkey Thanksgiving every few years just to shake
the group up. I served a cranberry/raisin wine but my family is not big on
wine. Light beer, fruit punch and Coke were consumed in large volume.

Bill Frazier
Olathe, Kansas

"Pinky" > wrote in message
...
So much of my knowledge of your history is based on peripheral knowledge
> gained over a lifetime and is not without an element or two of detail.
> However there are huge holes ( "black holes" is appropriate ). One of
them
> is your Thanksgiving date. Oh I understand the background of its
historical
> beginnings but have no idea of the date -- which is obviously at this time
> of year.

"Ray" > wrote in message
m...
> I will be supplying wine for the (large) family gathering. We will have:
>
> Red - Shiraz from Cal. grapes
> White - Pinot Grigio from a BK kit
> - Gewürztraminer form a Spagnols kit
> Desert - Peach/Apricot Chardonnay from a Island Mist Kit
>
> After dinner - Dewberry Sherry
>
> I wanted to use my Cranberry that I started last year but I think it need
a
> bit more time.
>
> Ray
>

A follow up to my own post. This was the beer drinking side of the family.
I should not have bothered or rather I should have taken a case of Bud! The
Red went untouched except by me. The white went untouched except by me.
One bottle of sweet wine was drunk by the curious. The Sherry went
untouched. I didn't have the heart to open it just for me.

Oh well, next year it will be the other side of the family.

Ray

wow, listening to all the different kinds of wines you guys and gals are
producing and imbibing, I feel like i'm a boring nothing....Very interesting
assortment of wines!!!!

I had some kit wine - a shiraz - that I overoaked, so use most of it for
cooking, but thought I"d see what it was like again after 6 months.
And also some Concord Grape wine, which in this area is the favourite of
most of my friends! It was very good!
I mostly make fruit wines as there are not a lot of excess winemaking grapes
around, unless I venture out 2 hours north or 2 hours south next year and
try to get some grapes... just didn't have the time this summer, and
suddenly, motorcycle season and grape-picking season are allllllll over!
now it's a frigid below-freezing temperature! ugh!

right now I'm destemming and chopping pears which I received from a
friend...whatta chore, but it's good to get another batch started!

Happy holidays to you all -
Blessings.
Rick Vanderwal
fremont, MI

>I mostly make fruit wines as there are not a lot of excess winemaking grapes
>around, unless I venture out 2 hours north or 2 hours south next year and
>try to get some grapes... just didn't have the time this summer.

Rick:

I'm in Traverse City. It's good you didn't try to make the trip this
year. You couldn't have purchased grapes for any money: about 90%
wiped out by the -25 degree days in March :-( .

Even in the best years begging to buy grapes up here for home
winemaking is a long shot. Of course I haven't looked under every rock
yet so perhaps...

Anyway, there's always next year.

Cheers

Art S.

Ray,

I know exactly what you mean. We throw big picnics each summer, and you
can really see the difference in preferences. Live and let live, I guess.

Luck, Mike MTM