Every food, decorating and lifestyle magazine on the rack this month is featuring the same thing: Thanksgiving. There’s no getting around it; the theme and subject have already been set. It’s fall; it’s football; it’s friends and family, and the change of seasons is just one of the blessings for which we have cause to be thankful. Let the celebration begin!
The question we hear the most—actually, there are two—is, “What wine goes best with turkey?”
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