From the gas lamp lit brick sidewalks of Beacon Hill to the annual Boston Pops holiday concert and beautiful decorations everywhere you look,

there's really no place like Boston during the holiday season.

It's true. And I mean, a lot of cities sparkled this time of year, but I think maybe because of Boston's history, you really feel connected

to something timeless here, especially this time of here.

On today's episode from the Trader Joe's mothership on the East Coast, we hope to capture

that Boston holiday feeling, combining tradition with innovation, the old and the new.

And we're going to talk about some wine.

Yeah, that too.

Let's go inside Trader Joe's.

All right, let's call this meeting of the Trader Joe's Wine Club to order.

I'm Tara Miller. And I'm Matt Sloan. And we are joined today by Trader Joe's Boston-based

senior category manager for alcohol, all non-alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea, cereal, and

supplements. So all things imbibable. Colin, I might have gotten a little carried away talking about Boston during the holidays, but it's special.

I love the fact that the weather changes, and I love the fact that during the holidays,

the communities tend to really get together. People really look at it as a time to celebrate

with people that they really enjoy hanging out with.

So thinking about celebrating, maybe if you start the season with a Thanksgiving table setting,

that's a meal loaded with traditions, but I feel like I'm hearing more and more these days about people not making the typical Thanksgiving menu, or they might have variations on it.

What would you recommend for great Thanksgiving wine pairings this year?

We've got two great wines to talk about today, and they're classic.

There's a lot of folks now that think that Chardonnay is a less popular grape varietal,

or that maybe they're over it, and I would challenge that. I think a lot of Chardonnay is a less popular grape varietal or that maybe they're over it and I would challenge that.

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