pop & pour

To everyone out there in the PnP universe who has followed and supported this blog, whether or not you’re from north of the 49th parallel, I just wanted to take a quick minute tonight to wish you all a very happy Canadian Thanksgiving.  Apologies for the lack of posts this weekend, but we hosted this year’s family Turkey Day feast, which meant that most of the past three days has been spent either in the grocery store or the kitchen.  I’m happy to report that the meal turned out great — and if you’re wondering, I paired our brined, spice-rubbed and BBQ-rotisseried turkey with both a Ridge Geyserville Zinfandel from California and a Tantalus Old Vines Riesling from the Okanagan…both were top-notch wines, but I think the Zin was a surprise winner of the top pairing prize.  Pop & Pour should be back churning out content in a couple of days:  tomorrow night is the great wine & chocolate taste-off, where we will try to answer the question posed last week about what wines pair best with chocolate, so look for that write-up mid-week.  Cheers!