Ep 032: The Urban Tribe, Food and Wine Pairing Revisited, and Thanksgiving Wines

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2011

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Yep, we’re throwing it down with the rest of the wine world…but doing it the normal way. It’s a family time, so MC Ice and Elizabeth huddle ’round the mic to share some ideas about Thanksgiving wine. Shout outs from Facebook, iTunes, and email (elizabeth(at)winefornormalpeople(dot)com) It’s a tough holiday for wine, but great to be with Urban Tribe or family (Elizabeth explains the Urban Tribe, and how it differs from being a Member of the Tribe) MC Ice talks about a dessert that he’ll never eat again Wine Pairing Horses of the Apocalypse: Why food and wine pairing is tough for Thanksgiving Elizabeth waxes poetic on pairing philosophy — it’s not just about the meat! The Brass Tacks: Elizabeth and MC Ice discuss pairings for Thanksgiving — why the standard recommendations work, and why some other wines should be on the menu. They discuss everything from traditional Thanksgiving food to smoked and fried turkey, to spicy glazed ham. Eli [...]

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:04.7	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio, the podcast for people who like wine but not the
0:08.7	snobbery that goes with it.
0:11.1	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified Silma Yea and certified specialist of wine.
0:15.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:18.0	Today, Thanksgiving wine, Thanksgiving pairings, and we are going to put our two cents in. Thanksgiving Why every time do I talk to you about this you say that?
0:33.7	Because that's what everyone thinks, right?
0:36.6	That's what I used to think.
0:38.2	What, here's what's very funny.
0:40.7	When we did this on, I want to thank everybody who weighed in on Facebook and I hope I I
0:46.2	think I incorporated all of the recommendations or we incorporated everything that
0:50.6	you guys wanted to hear about on this podcast but I said I did not want to do all of the
0:55.4	cliche stuff, but the fact of the matter is there's a reason why they recommend certain
1:01.9	pairings with Thanksgiving?
1:03.6	It's because Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Sparkling,
1:07.7	which are the three standard bearers,
1:10.1	the three horses of the.
1:11.9	The Thanksgiving. the three horses of the
1:16.0	Thanksgiving apocalypse. That's great. The Thanksgiving apocry-
1:17.0	Well, the way I cooked turkey, that would be...
1:20.0	Have you ever cooked a turkey?
1:22.0	Mm.
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